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Credit: Hollings Cancer Center Scientists at Hollings Cancer Center at the Medical University of South Carolina have found that some...

New test uncovers metabolic vulnerabilities in kidney cancer

Credit: UT Southwestern DALLAS - Aug. 28, 2018 - In order to halt the growth of cancer cells, you have...

LT breathing tubes after cardiac arrest could save 10,000 more lives

Credit: UT Southwestern DALLAS - Aug. 29, 2018 - Heart attack patients given a different type of breathing tube by...

Research study sheds new light on relationship between genes and bone fracture risk

Boston (August 29, 2018)--A paper titled "Assessment of the genetic and clinical determinants of fracture risk: genome wide association and...

Genomic study of 412 anthrax strains provides new virulence clues

By analyzing genomic sequences from more than 400 strains of the bacterium that causes anthrax, researchers have provided the first...

Mongrel Mob open up to Otago researchers for the good of their health

Studying the liver health of a high-risk, hard-to-reach gang population certainly came with challenges and a few surprises, a University...

Funding to create unique drug and alcohol treatment for young people with mental illness

Research into clinical treatments to reduce drug and alcohol use in young people with mental illness has received a significant...

Scientists in Fiji examine how forest conservation helps coral reefs

Credit: Stacy Jupiter/WCS Researchers from the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa (UH Mānoa), WCS (Wildlife Conservation Society), and other groups...

Tree swallow study: Stressful events have long-term health impacts

ITHACA, N.Y. - Little is known about how brief yet acute stressors - such as war, natural disasters and terror...

Purdue researchers developing novel biomedical imaging system

Credit: (Purdue Research Foundation Image) WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Purdue University researchers are developing a novel biomedical imaging system that...

Three previously unknown ancient primates identified

Credit: Painting on marble by Randwulph AUSTIN, Texas -- Biological anthropologists from The University of Texas at Austin have described...

New phase proposed in the relationship between figs and wasps

Credit: Luís F. M. Coelho In an article published at journal Acta Oecologica, Brazilian biologist Luciano Palmieri Rocha has proposed...

Rare-earth magnet recycling tech wins innovation award

Credit: Ames Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy An acid-free dissolution rare-earth magnet recycling process has earned a 2018 Notable Technology...

Parasites discovered in fossil fly pupae

Credit: (Figure: Thomas van de Kamp, KIT; Nature Communications) Parasitic wasps existed as early as several million years ago. Within...

All that is gold is not biochemically stable

Credit: Duke University DURHAM, N.C. - It turns out gold isn't always the shining example of a biologically stable material...

Multiple facets of biodiversity reduce variability of grassland biomass production

Credit: Anne Ebeling, FSU Leipzig/Göttingen. A new study shows that, in addition to species richness, plant evolutionary history plays a...

New approach makes sprayed droplets hit and stick to their targets

Credit: The Varanasi Research Group CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- When spraying paint or coatings onto a surface, or fertilizers or pesticides...

Novel brain network linked to chronic pain in Parkinson’s disease

Scientists have revealed a novel brain network that links pain in Parkinson's disease (PD) to a specific region of the...

Scientists find a new way to attack herpesviruses

SAN FRANCISCO, CA--August 28, 2018--Human cytomegalovirus is a leading cause of birth defects and transplant failures. As it's evolved over...

Study provides new insights for ways to use cell metabolism to treat cancer