Researchers criticize study calling for expansion of genetic testing for breast cancer
Researchers at the University of Cambridge have criticised a recent study calling into question guidelines on genetic testing for hereditary ...
Sea slugs use algae’s bacterial ‘weapons factory’ in three-way symbiotic relationship
Credit: Mohamed Donia, Princeton University Delicate yet voracious, the sea slug Elysia rufescens grazes cow-like on bright green tufts of ...
UMN researcher studies hip fracture probability on women in late life
MINNEAPOLIS, MN- June 27, 2019 - New University of Minnesota Medical School research evaluates the impact of multimorbidity on the ...
Despite the ACA, millions of Americans with cardiovascular disease still can’t get care
Harvard researchers found that nearly 10 million Americans with cardiovascular conditions gained coverage, but twice as many still lack insurance ...
NIST presents first real-world test of new smokestack emissions sensor designs
Credit: Sean Kelley/NIST In collaboration with industry, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have completed the ...
NJIT conducts the largest-ever simulation of the Deepwater Horizon spill
Credit: NJIT In a 600-ft.-long saltwater wave tank on the coast of New Jersey, a team of New Jersey Institute ...
New method reveals how well TB antibiotics reach their targets
Credit: Daniel Greenwood, Francis Crick Institute. Scientists have developed a new technique that enables them to visualise how well antibiotics ...
New research raises prospect of better anti-obesity drugs
Credit: Laboratory of Molecular Genetics at The Rockefeller University Effective weight-loss strategies call for eating less food, burning more calories--or ...
Model predicts bat species with the potential to spread deadly Nipah virus in India
Findings can help guide surveillance and prevent deadly outbreaksCredit: Rajib Islam (Millbrook, NY) Since its discovery in 1999, Nipah virus ...
Study examines association of naloxone coprescription laws on naloxone rx dispensing
LEXINGTON, Ky. (June 28, 2019) - In a new study published in JAMA Network Open, University of Kentucky researchers, in ...
Deciphering how the brain encodes color and shape
Salk study reveals how the brain processes the external world using overlapping visual circuitsCredit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA--(June 27, 2019) ...
Reducing delays in identifying visceral leishmaniasis
Women in Indian states with endemic visceral leishmaniasis - also known as Kala Azar - should be encouraged to seek ...
Experiment reverses the direction of heat flow
A study led by Brazilian scientists used quantum correlations to make heat flow from a colder to a hotter medium ...
Mutational ‘hotspots’ in cancer genomes may not necessarily drive cancer growth
Massachusetts General study finds 'passenger' mutations can be induced by DNA structures in genes unrelated to cancer development A study ...
How inhaled fungal spores cause fatal meningitis
Credit: Walsh NM, et al. (2019) Pathogenic fungal spores capitalize on host immune cells to escape the lung and gain ...
Nutritional cues regulate pancreatic tumor’s ‘cell drinking’
Credit: Sanford Burnham Prebys LA JOLLA, CALIF. - June 27, 2019 - Desperate for nutrients, rapidly growing pancreatic tumors resort ...
Researchers discriminate between mutations that promote cancer growth and those that don’t
Credit: UCI School of Medicine Until now, researchers believed recurrent mutations (hotspot mutations) in cancer tumors were the important mutations ...
New AI tool captures top players’ strategies in RNA video game
Neural network approach could aid efforts to build biomedically useful RNA structuresCredit: Koodli et al. A new artificial-intelligence tool captures ...
Too many antioxidants may cause lung cancer spread
A new study explains why lung cancer spreads faster in patients with certain genetic changes, and suggests that taking vitamin ...
A snapshot in time: Study captures fleeting cell differences that can alter disease risk
In cinema and science fiction, one small change in the past can have major, sometimes life-changing effects in the future. ...
