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COLUMBUS, Ohio - Rear-facing car seats have been shown to significantly reduce infant and toddler fatalities and injuries in frontal ...

Study suggests pasta can be part of a healthy diet without packing on the pounds

TORONTO, April 3, 2018 -- Carbohydrates get a lot of bad press and blame for the obesity epidemic, but a ...

New receptor genes turn T-cells into powerful liver cancer foes

Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University AUGUSTA, Ga. (April 3, 2018) - Mouse genes that make human T cells ...

Your wood stove affects the climate more than you might think

Credit: SINTEF Energy Norwegians love to heat with wood. That's easy to see when driving around the Norwegian countryside in ...

400-year-old documents reveal evidence of Japanese opium production and winemaking

Credit: Prof. Tsuguharu Inaba Research from the Eisei Bunko Research Center of Kumamoto University reveals that Tadatoshi Hosokawa, a 17th ...

In zebrafish, the cholera bacterium sets off a surprising flush

Credit: Image courtesy of Raghuveer Parthasarathy EUGENE, Ore. -- April 3, 2018 -- Researchers experimenting with live zebrafish witnessed a ...

River’s evolution unfolds with fresh mix of dating techniques

Credit: Melanie Bartz Griffith University has participated in the first international dating study of the fluvial terraces of the Lower ...

Experts define global criteria for hospital programs to tackle antimicrobial resistance

Basel, Switzerland, 03 April 2018 - Infection specialists at hospitals are introducing so-called antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) programmes to use antimicrobial ...

Potential of manipulating gut microbiome to boost efficacy of cancer immunotherapies

PHILADELPHIA -The composition of bacteria in the gastrointestinal tract may hold clues to help predict which cancer patients are most ...

Earth’s stable temperature past suggests other planets could also sustain life

Credit: Joshua Krissansen-Totton/University of Washington Theories about the early days of our planet's history vary wildly. Some studies have painted ...

‘Molecular scissors’ could be key to cutting off diseases including HIV infection

COLUMBUS, Ohio - One way to fight diseases including HIV infection and autoimmune disorders could involve changing how a naturally ...

Using water molecules to read electrical activity in lipid membranes

Credit: Jamani Caillet/EPFL Every human cell is encased in a five-nanometer-thick lipid membrane that protects it from the surrounding environment. ...

UMD researcher uncovers protein used to outsmart the human immune system

Credit: Dr. Utpal Pal, University of Maryland A University of Maryland (UMD) researcher has uncovered a mechanism by which the ...

Uncovering a mechanism causing chronic graft-vs-host disease after bone marrow transplant

Allogeneic bone marrow transplant (BMT) is an essential treatment to cure patients with blood cancers such as leukemia. In patients ...

Researchers develop injectable bandage

A penetrating injury from shrapnel is a serious obstacle in overcoming battlefield wounds that can ultimately lead to death.Given the ...

When drugs are wrong, skipped or make you sick: The cost of non-optimized medications

Credit: UC San Diego Health Rising drug prices have gotten a lot of attention lately, but the actual cost of ...

Building lithium-sulfur batteries with paper biomass

Credit: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute TROY, N.Y. -- A major byproduct in the papermaking industry is lignosulfonate, a sulfonated carbon waste ...

Even DNA that doesn’t encode genes can drive cancer

Most of the human genome -- 98 percent -- is made up of DNA but doesn't actually encode genes, the ...

Combination immunotherapy improves survival in mouse models of mesothelioma

Combined treatment with two cancer immunotherapy drugs - one a novel immune modulator and one that focuses and activates the ...

Novel PET imaging agent could help guide therapy for brain diseases