RaQualia Pharma and Nagoya University’s ITbM start new collaboration
Nagoya, Japan – RaQualia Pharma Inc. and the Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules (ITbM) of Nagoya University have announced a joint...
Closing the evidence gap on public attitudes toward genetic data handling
The Global Alliance for Genomics and Health (GA4GH) and the Wellcome Genome Campus have launched a new project to explore...
New research suggests bird songs isolate species
Credit: University of British Columbia Two birds that look the same, but have songs so different they can't recognize each...
Foreign beetle species recorded for the first time in Canada thanks to…
Credit: Harald Schillhammer With social networks abound, it is no wonder that there is an online space where almost anyone...
NTU develops energy saving filters for wastewater treatment
Scientists at Nanyang Technological University (NTU Singapore) have invented a new type of nanofilter that could reduce the energy needed...
Strange ‘chimeras’ defy science’s understanding of human genetics
Credit: UVA Health System The human genome is far more complex than thought, with genes functioning in an unexpected fashion...
Discharge strategies to prevent asthma readmissions
Credit: Children's National Health System Readmission rates at three months for kids hospitalized for acute asthma dropped when families received...
Children of unintended pregnancies may experience depressive symptoms in early adulthood
BUFFALO, N.Y. – Children from unintended pregnancies tend to experience more depressive symptoms in early adulthood compared to children from...
Three new species of zoantharians described from coral reefs across the Indo-Pacific
Credit: Hiroki Kise Three new species of zoantharians were discovered by researchers from the University of the Ryukyus and Kagoshima...
Scientists find new evidence about how to prevent worsening pneumonia
Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer Augusta University AUGUSTA, Ga. (Sept. 5, 2017) – Sodium channels in the cells that line...
Prebiotics reduce body fat in overweight children
Bethesda, MD (June 5, 2017) — There may soon be a new tool in the fight against childhood obesity. Prebiotics...
University of Houston receives top honors for diversity
Credit: Jessica Almanza Since diversity and inclusion are hallmarks of the University of Houston, the University is honored to announce...
Could therapy animal visitation pose health risks at patient facilities?
Credit: Dominick Reuter for Tufts University (June 19, 2017)–A survey of United States hospitals, eldercare facilities and therapy animal organizations...
Biochemical ‘fossil’ shows how life may have emerged without phosphate
Credit: Joshua Goldford and Daniel Segrè One major mystery about life's origin is how phosphate became an essential building block...
Research paves the way for treatment strategies of multidrug-resistant chronic infections
Credit: Christian Als/ The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability at the Technical University of Denmark Antibiotic-resistant Pseudomonas infections in...
NSF issues new EPSCoR awards, investing in science and engineering across nation
Credit: Walter Dodds, Kansas State University. The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded five jurisdictions nearly $20 million each through...
Discharge strategies to prevent asthma readmissions
Credit: Children's National Health System Readmission rates at three months for kids hospitalized for acute asthma dropped when families received...
BIDMC’s Pier Paolo Pandolfi, MD, PhD, named AAAS 2017 fellow
Credit: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center BOSTON – Pier Paolo Pandolfi, MD, PhD, Director of the Cancer Center and Cancer...
Rockefeller University biologist Michael W. Young honored with Nobel Prize
Credit: Mario Morgado/The Rockefeller University Rockefeller University biologist Michael W. Young, who discovered the molecular mechanism of circadian rhythm, which...
Altered brain communication could be predictive marker of dementia in…
New Rochelle, NY, March 30, 2016–Dementia will develop in about 80% of patients with Parkinson's disease, and a new study...
