The rhythm of genes: How the circadian clock regulates 3-D chromatin structure
EPFL biologists and geneticists have uncovered how the circadian clock orchestrates the 24-hour cycle of gene expression by regulating the ...
Keeping the genetic code
Credit: iStock/Meletios Verras (BOSTON) -- Many life-threatening diseases are caused or exacerbated by a mere change of a single nucleotide ...
Analysis of the 9p21.3 sequence associated with coronary artery disease
Credit: Natalay Kouprina, email: [email protected] Before a conclusive link between the SDs and the cardiovascular diseases can be made, further ...
Study tracks impact of neonatal abstinence syndrome on state Medicaid programs?
In the United States, one infant is born every 15 minutes with withdrawal symptoms after being exposed to opioids before ...
Novel blueprint for faster implementation of more evidence-based healthcare solutions
Credit: Indiana University Center for Health Innovation and Implementation Science INDIANAPOLIS -- Scientist-clinicians from the Indiana University Center for Health ...
How did the guppy cross the ocean?: An unexpected fish appears on a volcanic archipelago
Credit: Marcelo Brito While people tend to describe tropical oceanic islands as 'paradises on Earth' and associate them with calm ...
Looking deeper into brain function
Credit: Copyright: Forschungszentrum Jülich To uncover connections between brain regions and specific cognitive functions, neuroscientists have long made extensive use ...
Canadian neuroscientists say daily ibuprofen can prevent Alzheimer’s disease
Credit: Kinsmen Lab. of Neurological Research VANCOUVER, BC (March 26, 2018): A Vancouver-based research team led by Canada's most cited ...
Vampire bat immunity and infection risk respond to livestock rearing
Athens, Ga. - The availability of livestock as a food source for vampire bats influences their immune response and infection ...
First IVF bison calf joins NoCo herd
Credit: Mary Guiden/Colorado State University And then there were... 44. Eight bison -- four calves and their mothers -- were ...
Insect toxin detected in the world’s longest animal
Credit: Photo Erik Jacobsson The longest animal in the world, the bootlace worm, which can be up to 55 metres ...
Drug reduces inflammation in stroke patients
An anti-inflammatory drug given to patients in the early stages of a stroke has been shown by researchers at The ...
Increase in number of places for local medical students
Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry at Queen Mary University of London has been allocated an additional ...
Karger Publishers expands in the Middle East
On March 25, Karger Publishers opened a new Regional Office in Dubai, United Arab Emirates - an important step in ...
Neural fingerprints of altruism
Credit: Moll et al., 2018 There are two war veterans, both with penetrating traumatic brain injury (TBI) caused by a ...
Lung transplant drug enters human testing in culmination of decades of work
Credit: Josh Barney | UVA Health System In the culmination of decades of research at the University of Virginia Health ...
3-D Printed robot prosthetic limb for amputees created by students
Credit: Alex Agboola-Dobson and his team- - lead electrical engineer Sebastian Preston-Jensen, lead software engineer Panagiotis Papathanasiou and mechanical and ...
Obesity is shifting cancer to young adults
A Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine researcher has compiled evidence from more than 100 publications to show how ...
Half of vision impairment in first world is preventable
Around half of vision impairment in Western Europe is preventable, according to a new study published in the British Journal ...
Patients to skip the lab, get immediate results with new blood test technology
Credit: Arsenii Zhdanov TAMPA, Fla. (March 26, 2018)- The often costly, time consuming process of obtaining bloodwork and urinalysis could ...
