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New study finds genetic testing can effectively identify patients with family history of high cholesterol to prevent heart attack, stroke, and death
Familial hypercholesteremia (FH) is an inherited condition that affects about 1 in 250 people, and often shows no signs until...
New study finds genetic testing is effective in identifying patients with inherited risk of cardiomyopathy to improve quality of life and reduce deaths
New research from Intermountain Health in Salt Lake City finds that genetic screening is effective in identifying patients who have...
Low-intensity fires reduce wildfire risk by 60%, according to study by Columbia and Stanford researchers
There is no longer any question of how to prevent high-intensity, often catastrophic, wildfires that have become increasingly frequent across...
Heart of Gold: Bath student team wins world Heart Hackathon competition
Student engineers from the University of Bath are on top of the world after winning an international competition to design...
Reduction in survival and growth rate of Betula ermanii seedlings at tree lines and southern limits by diverse mechanisms
Tsukuba, Japan—Plant species are distributed in their preferred climatic zones, and plants growing at the edge of their natural distribution...
A comprehensive evaluation of spontaneous pelvic organ prolapse in non-human primate as an ideal model for human prolapse studies
This study is led by Prof. Lan Zhu (Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital), Prof. Tao...
A revolution in crystal structure prediction of pharmaceutical drugs
Physical properties (stability, solubility, etc.), critical to the performance of pharmaceutical and functional materials, are known to strongly depend on...
The governance gap: Balancing innovation and ecological responsibility in a world at risk
“The world isn’t doing terribly well in averting global ecological collapse,” says Dr Florian Rabitz, a researcher at Kaunas University...
Yeast cells can produce drugs for treatment of psychotic disorders
Production of biological substances for medicine using genetically engineered yeast cells shows new promising results in basic research from an...
Stable and efficient robotic artificial muscles built upon new material combinations
Actuators, which convert electrical energy into motion or force, play a pivotal role in daily life, albeit often going unnoticed....
Physical fitness since childhood predicts cerebellar volume in adolescence
Physical fitness since childhood is associated with cerebellar grey matter volume in adolescents. According to a recent study conducted at...
Scientists found hundreds of toxic chemicals in recycled plastics
When scientists examined pellets from recycled plastic collected in 13 countries they found hundreds of toxic chemicals, including pesticides and...
CNIC scientists identify the crucial role of the protein neuregulin-1 in heart development
In a study published in the journal Circulation Research, researchers at the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CNIC) led by...
Found at last: Bizarre, egg-laying mammal finally rediscovered after 60 years
More than sixty years after it was last recorded, an expedition team has rediscovered an iconic, egg-laying mammal in one...
Mystery solved: how hummingbirds fly through gaps that are too small
Soaring, wings outstretched, many birds sail through the air unhindered. However, species that dine on fruit, seeds and nectar must...
Hummingbirds’ unique sideways flutter gets them through small apertures
Most birds that flit through dense, leafy forests have a strategy for maneuvering through tight windows in the vegetation —...
UTHealth Houston researchers awarded $2.6 million NIH grant to study molecular pathways and potential strategies for treatment of myocardial ischemia and reperfusion injury
A four-year, $2.6 million grant to study circadian rhythm and novel therapies to protect the heart during a heart attack...
NASA’s Webb, Hubble telescopes combine to create most colorful view of universe
Astronomers once again have combined the observational powers of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope and Hubble Space Telescope to create one of the most...
Scientists use quantum biology, AI to sharpen genome editing tool
Scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory used their expertise in quantum biology, artificial intelligence and bioengineering to improve how CRISPR...
Milky Way-like galaxy found in the early universe
Using the James Webb Space Telescope, an international team, including astronomer Alexander de la Vega of the University of California, Riverside, has...
