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Lines blurring between human herpes simplex viruses
HSV-1, which mostly infects the mouth, and HSV-2, which causes genital sores, are forming recombinants in present-day humansCredit: Greg Pepper...
Do ‘microglia’ hold the key to stop Alzheimer’s disease?
A Leuven research team led by Prof. Bart De Strooper (VIB-KU Leuven, UK DRI) studied how specialized brain cells called...
Research decodes one way cancer survives treatment, proposes a way to prevent it
ROCHESTER, Minn. -- Cancer cells have various tricks up their metaphorical sleeves to survive in the face of chemotherapy, radiotherapy...
Unraveling cannabinoids
Harvard Medical School receives $4.5 million for cannabinoid research from Harvard University alum Charles R. Broderick, an alumnus of Harvard...
Amid genomic data explosion, scientists find proliferating errors
Credit: WSU Pullman, Wash. - Washington State University researchers found a troubling number of errors in publicly available genomic data...
Star with strange chemistry is from out of town
Credit: NAOJ Astronomers have discovered a star in the Milky Way Galaxy with a chemical composition unlike any other star...
Study: Health care providers split on who should prescribe HIV prevention drug
Some say primary care doctors should take the lead on PrEP; others feel any provider can, according to new UB...
Work 4.0: In full flow thanks to artificial intelligence
AI-based competence assistance systems are to help achieve phases of concentrated work and to actively unfold personal and professional competencesCredit:...
Breaking open the gates of antibiotic resistance
Creating a defect in tRNA molecules could weaken bacteria's two-pronged defense and help make faster-acting antibiotics PHILADELPHIA - Antibiotic resistance...
A third of type one diabetes is misdiagnosed in the over 30s
More than a third of people over the age of 30 who are initially diagnosed with type 2 diabetes actually...
Chloride-channel in muscle cells provides new insights for muscle diseases
Small molecules such as hormones and ions are constantly transported in and out from our cells. This regulates what the...
Twelve-year follow-up after peptide receptor radionuclide therapy
Twelve-year retrospective study demonstrates efficacy of peptide receptor radionuclide therapyCredit: Dr. Irene Virgolini A 12-year retrospective clinical study of patients...
Almost half of World Heritage sites could lose their glaciers by 2100
Credit: IUCN/Martin Price WASHINGTON-- Glaciers are set to disappear completely from almost half of World Heritage sites if business-as-usual emissions...
New mathematical approach tested for the search of flight MH370
International team of researchers use data from research buoys to simulate the crash site's location based on how debris drifts...
Research explores behavior of quarks and gluons at Large Hadron Collider
Credit: Christophe Royon LAWRENCE -- A team of high-energy nuclear experimental particle physicists from the University of Kansas has earned...
‘Seeing the light’ behind radiation therapy
UBC research measures an accurate and precise dose of radiation Delivering just the right dose of radiation for cancer patients...
Antibiotics may treat endometriosis
Targeted treatment reduces number of disease-causing microbes in miceCredit: Kommagani lab/Washington University Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in...
New research offers insight into the proteins in the brain that detect cannabis
Credit: University of Bristol Researchers at the University of Bristol have made new progress in understanding how cannabinoid receptors (CB1Rs),...
A surprise: Bonobos eat and share meat at rates similar to chimpanzees
Growing evidence, including new observations by University of Oregon researchers, find that bonobo females control the meat, sometimes with a...
When a ‘she’ becomes an ‘it’
What happens in the human brain when a woman is put on a par with an object? A research answering...
