Researchers reveal connection between female estrogen cycle and cocaine addiction
Hormonal fluctuations women undergo make them particularly sensitive, compared to men, to the addictive properties of cocaine, according to a...
Study shows how marine microbes recycle iron from the debris of dead algae
Washington, DC - January 10, 2017 - A new study from the Scripps Institute of Oceanography in La Jolla, California,...
Wastewater treatment upgrades result in major reduction of intersex fish
Credit: University of Waterloo Upgrades to a wastewater treatment plant along Ontario's Grand River led to a 70 per cent...
New report finds significant improvements in methods to collect data on recreational fishing
WASHINGTON - Although individual anglers - people who fish recreationally - generally take small numbers of fish, collectively, a large...
Inhibiting a DNA-repairing protein in brain could be key to treating aggressive tumors
Targeting a specific DNA-repairing protein in the brain could be an effective way to treat the most aggressive type of...
New research suggests anti-viral role for aravive biologics’ anti-AXL candidate against Zika virus
Cell Reports publication highlights dual role of Gas6-AXL during ZIKA infection: promoting viral entry of glial cells in the developing...
Couch potatoes face same chance of dementia as those with genetic risk factors: Research
Credit: McMaster University Sedentary older adults with no genetic risk factors for dementia may be just as likely to develop...
Nothing fishy about better nutrition for mums and babies
Researchers from the South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute and the University of Adelaide have found a way to...
Byzantine skeleton yields 800-year-old genomes from a fatal infection
Credit: Gebhard Bieg MADISON, Wis. - Eight hundred years ago, in a hardscrabble farming community on the outskirts of what...
What kind of selfie taker are you?
Credit: Nate Edwards/BYU Photo You do it. Your mom, dad, siblings and friends probably do too. World leaders and entertainers...
Study finds postdoc jobs in biomedicine don’t yield positive returns in the labor market
(BOSTON) - Federal research agencies, such as the National Science Foundation and National Institutes of Health, tout postdoctoral positions as...
High-sugar diet programs a short lifespan in flies
Flies with a history of eating a high sugar diet live shorter lives, even after their diet improves. This is...
Plus-sized fly: A model to understand the mechanisms underlying human obesity
Credit: Jen Beshel, Zhong Lab, CSHL Cold Spring Harbor, NY - Why do people become obese? Poor dietary choices and...
Bacterial Pac Man molecule snaps at sugar
Credit: © Dr. Gregor Hagelüken/Uni Bonn Many pathogens use certain sugar compounds from their host to help conceal themselves against...
Researchers develop new compound to fight cytomegalovirus
A Retro94-based compound may prevent a common and sometimes fatal virus -- human cytomegalovirus (CMV) -- from reproducing and help...
Antioxidant may protect offspring of obese mothers from fatty liver disease
In new research published online in The FASEB Journal, scientists show that the antioxidant pyrroloquinoline quinone (PQQ) may prevent the...
$10M CDC grant funds center to fight vector borne diseases
Managing mosquito-borne viruses, such as West Nile, Dengue, Zika and tick-borne Lyme disease have been a challenge due to lack...
Circulating fatty acids ratio may help predict bariatric weight loss surgery outcome
New findings published online in The FASEB Journal, may one day help clinicians predict the outcome of roux-en-Y gastric bypass...
Compound from chicory reveals possible treatment strategy for neurodegenerative disorders
In a new research report published online in The FASEB Journal, scientists used mice to show that chicoric acid, a...
‘Dementia gene’ may guard against decline associated with parasitic disease
New research published online in The FASEB Journal, suggests that carriers of the Apolipoprotein E4 allele, which is the single...
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