A perturbed skin microbiome can be ‘contagious’ and promote inflammation, Penn study finds
Even in healthy individuals, the skin plays host to a menagerie of bacteria, fungi and viruses. Growing scientific evidence suggests ...
Internists make recommendations at meeting with HHS Secretary
Washington (June 28, 2017) -- The American College of Physicians (ACP) today told a meeting convened by Health and Human ...
Why does acupuncture work?
Credit: Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine LOS ANGELES - The use of acupuncture to treat pain dates back to the ...
Common antimicrobials help patients recover from MRSA abscesses
Credit: NIAID WHAT: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteria are resistant to multiple antibiotics and commonly cause skin infections that can ...
Car seat laws for older kids have limited impact
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Laws that require increasingly older kids to sit in car safety seats appear to have limited impact, ...
Even perfectly clean hands can lead to MRSA transmission in NICU babies
Even if hospital workers practice perfect hand hygiene, MRSA can still spread among babies in the NICU, according to new ...
Is this the long-sought answer to the question of tropical biodiversity?
Credit: Steve Paton, STRI Visitors to the tropics are amazed by the huge variety of colorful, complex and sometimes ferocious ...
Scientists find mechanism behind precise spinal cord development
Credit: Anna Kicheva Scientists have uncovered how nerve cells in the spinal cord are organised in precise patterns during embryo ...
Exciting new material uses solar energy to remove man-made dye pollutants from water
Credit: Daniel Jones/Swansea University A novel composite material has been developed by scientists in the Energy Safety Research Institute (ESRI) ...
Live-pig markets and traders could provide insight to controlling African swine fever
Credit: FAO Understanding how live pigs are traded between villages and backyard farmers can help health agencies better understand how ...
Wildlife of northern Central African Republic in danger
Credit: B.Mandaba/Ecofaune+ The first aerial assessment of the impact of Central African Republic's recent conflict on wildlife and other natural ...
Study shows high pregnancy failure, nutritional stress in southern resident killer whales
Credit: Jane Cogan Study shows high pregnancy failure in southern resident killer whales; links to nutritional stress and low salmon ...
Researchers find link between food allergies and childhood anxiety
June 29, 2017 -- Researchers at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health and Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology and ...
Mitochondria-targeted antioxidant SkQ1 helps to treat diabetic wounds
Members of the Faculty of Biology and A.N. Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, a unit of the Lomonosov Moscow State ...
UTA study recommends that children with autism be checked for DCD
(University of Texas at Arlington) UTA researchers are recommending in a new study that children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder ...
Bringing CRISPR into focus
Credit: Maofu Liao/Harvard Medical School At a glance: New study generates near-atomic resolution images of key steps in how CRISPR ...
Newly identified small RNA fragments defend the genome when it’s ‘naked’
Cold Spring Harbor, NY - Our genomes are minefields, studded with potentially damaging DNA sequences over which hundreds of thousands ...
Penn collaboration produces surprising insights into the properties of butterfly wings
Credit: Daniel Janzen A collaboration between biologists and materials scientists at the University of Pennsylvania is yielding new insights into ...
Bright thinking leads to breakthrough in nuclear threat detection science
Credit: (Photo by Randy Wong) LIVERMORE, Calif. -- Taking inspiration from an unusual source, a Sandia National Laboratories team has ...
More milkweeds located throughout the landscape can help conserve monarchs
Credit: Karen Oberhauser, University of Minnesota Image provided by Fred Ormand and Joyce Pearsall. Adding milkweeds and other native flowering ...
