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Credit: Jose Sandoval A multinational South American team from Peru, Brasil and Bolivia led by the Universidad de San Martin...

Research offers clues for improved influenza vaccine design

Credit: NIH WHAT: Influenza vaccines that better target the influenza surface protein called neuraminidase (NA) could offer broad protection against...

Smartphone ‘scores’ can help doctors track severity of Parkinson’s disease symptoms

Credit: Noam Finkelstein/Johns Hopkins U Parkinson's disease, a progressive brain disorder, is often tough to treat effectively because symptoms, such...

How pathogenic bacteria prepare a sticky adhesion protein

Credit: Yu Chen, Harvard Medical School Researchers at Harvard Medical School, the University of California, San Francisco, and the University...

Index of tumor cells opens a new perspective to prevent cancer progression

Researchers from the School of Medicine in Ribeirão Preto (FMRP), at the University of São Paulo (USP), in collaboration with...

OU graduate students earn NSF National Research Traineeship program fellowships

Credit: University of Oklahoma University of Oklahoma graduate students from diverse disciplines earned one-year, $34,000 fellowships in support of aeroecology...

HIV Cell dysfunction discovery sheds light on how virus works

Credit: Carla Shaffer / AAAS A team of chemical and biomedical engineers from the Cockrell School of Engineering at The...

Fluorescent dye could enable sharper biological imaging

April 9, 2018

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Using the past to predict the future: climate change impacts on the sagebrush sea

LOGAN, UTAH, USA- Scientists from Utah State University developed a new way to use long-term population data to model how...

The relevance of GABA for diabetes is highlighted in two new studies

Dynamic interactions between the nervous system, hormones and the immune system are normally on-going but in diabetes the balance is...

Young Investigator Award talks at ASBMB Annual Meeting, April 22, San Diego

BETHESDA, Md., April 5, 2018 -- The American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology will hold its annual meeting April...

Researchers provide potential explanation for declines in brown bear populations

Animals may fall into what are called evolutionary and ecological traps when they make poor decisions using seemingly reliable environmental...

Experts propose method to monitor ocean health

It's important to closely monitor how climate change and our increasing use of the oceans are affecting important marine resources...

Women who believe their sex drive changes can better cope with low libido

Women who believe that their sex drive will change over time are better able to handle difficulties with sexual desire,...

Allina study shows patients with very small breast tumors may forgo lymph node biopsies

How to treat patients who have microinvasive breast cancer - tumors that are 1 mm or less in size (the...

Nemours study highlights psychological and social barriers to treating childhood obesity

WILMINGTON, Del. (April 5, 2018) - Children whose families have elevated psychological and social risks, including child behavior problems, parent...

Web-based program may help address underage drinking

A new study supports the use of a brief, web-based program alone and in combination with a parent campaign for...

Urinary incontinence may have negative effects on sexual health

In a new BJU International study, women with urinary incontinence reported declines in sexual activity and arousal over the last...

Web-based decision aid may help with breast reconstruction decisions following mastectomy

A new Psycho-Oncology study indicates that a free web-based decision aid that helps women with breast cancer make decisions regarding...

Study examines how social support affects mental health after a natural disaster