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EAST LANSING, Mich. – If Paul Simon were to write a song about the bacteria in Richard Lenski's long-term evolution...
Study advances potential test to sort out precancerous pancreatic cysts from harmless ones
In a "look-back" analysis of data stored on 130 patients with pancreatic cysts, scientists at Johns Hopkins have used gene-based...
Deadly parasite messaging tactic may help curb sleeping sickness
Professor Keith Matthews, of the School of Biological Sciences New insight into sleeping sickness suggests communication between parasites that cause...
HKU and international researchers promote marine fisheries reform in China
Credit: Cheng Tai-sing A study highlighting the challenges and opportunities of fishery management in China has just been released in...
Researchers explore how Zika infection causes microcephaly
Credit: Courtesy Dr. Zhang BETHESDA, MD – Infection with Zika virus disrupts fetal brain development by interfering with the proliferation...
Some bats develop resistance to devastating fungal disease
Credit: J. R. Hoyt Bat populations in some places in North America appear to have developed resistance to the deadly...
A virus lethal to amphibians is spreading across Portugal
Credit: Gonçalo M. Rosa A new strain of ranavirus is currently causing mass mortality in several species of amphibian in...
Parent misconceptions may hinder child organ donation
Credit: C.S. Mott Children's Hospital National Poll on Children's Health ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Children in need of an organ...
Scientists reveal new and improved genome sequence of Daphnia pulex
Credit: Matt Cashore/University of Notre Dame For many, experience with Daphnia, commonly known as water fleas, ends in high school....
The first urban park butterfly study in HK: HKU ecologists reveal…
Credit: The University of Hong Kong Hong Kong is home to a dazzling diversity of over 250 butterfly species, many...
Why are Australia’s shrublands like ‘knee-high tropical rainforests’?
Credit: Etienne Laliberté MONTREAL, Jan. 12, 2017 – Some of the Earth's ecosystems host a disproportionately high number of plant...
Siberian chemists have improved hydrogen sensors
Credit: Pavel Krasnov A group of scientists from the Siberian Federal University (SFU, Krasnoyarsk, Russia) and the Nikolaev Institute of...
St. Jude researchers pinpoint key influenza-fighting immune trigger
Credit: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital / Peter Barta St. Jude Children's Research Hospital immunologists have identified the protein trigger...
Study details Zika virus disrupting fetal brain development during…
For the first time, abnormal brain development following a Zika infection during pregnancy has been documented experimentally in the offspring...
UTEP team advances in developing vaccine for cutaneous leishmaniasis
Credit: J.R. Hernandez/UTEP Communications A research team at The University of Texas at El Paso is one step closer to...
Hot spots of marine biodiversity most severely impacted by global warming
Credit: F. Ramírez, I. Afán, L. S. Davis and A. Chiaradia A new study aimed at identifying areas of highest...
Sanofi and the Institut Pasteur reward five researchers in the service of human health
Credit: Jeffrey Gordon: (c) James Byard – Washington University Antonio Lanzavecchia: (c) Alessandro Crinari Michel Nussenzweig: (c) Mario Morgado –...
New findings detail structure of immature Zika virus
Credit: (Purdue University image courtesy of Kuhn and Rossmann research groups) WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Researchers at Purdue University have...
Antibiotics warranted for kids with minor staph infections
Credit: Washington University School of Medicine The overuse of antibiotics has left some doctors questioning whether to give such drugs...
Power outage in the brain may be source of Alzheimer’s
Credit: Courtesy: Kelvinsong On Nov. 25, 1901, a 51-year-old woman is admitted to a hospital in Frankfurt, Germany, displaying a...
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