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Mother tongue vs. father tongue: A new study reconciles the 2 hypotheses
Credit: ©Science China Press Mother or father who has a stronger influence on their children's language has puzzled linguists for...
Mechanism behind orchid beauty revealed
Credit: Mai Mitoma Researchers at Tohoku University in Japan have identified the gene related to the greenish flower mutation in...
Autonomous gene expression control nanodevice will contribute to medical care
Credit: Hisasi Tadakuma / Osaka University Gene expression is a fundamental of life, where each cell switches on and off...
Synthetic DNA-based enzymes
Credit: RUB, Kramer Enzymes perform very specific functions and require only little energy - which is why the biocatalysts are...
Stone tools reveal modern human-like gripping capabilities 500,000 years ago
Credit: Alastair Key and Metin Eren This research is the first to link a stone tool production technique known as...
Organizers of the 2019 Crohn’s & Colitis Congress announce agenda & call for abstracts
Bethesda, MD (Aug. 20, 2018) -- The Crohn's & Colitis Congress® https://www.crohnscolitiscongress.org/CCC19/Public/Enter.aspx, the premier meeting for clinical and research professionals...
Brain cancer potentially resists immunotherapies by trapping T cells in bone marrow
Credit: Osaka University Osaka, Japan - Certain brain cancers are associated with low numbers of immune system T-cells circulating in...
E-cigarettes can damage DNA
BOSTON, Aug. 20, 2018 -- The popularity of electronic cigarettes continues to grow worldwide, as many people view them as...
New drug could prevent debilitating side effect of cancer treatment
Credit: Courtesy of Dennis Riley BOSTON, Aug. 20, 2018 -- About 50,000 people in the U.S. are diagnosed annually with...
A GPS for inside your body
Credit: Simon Simard Medical processes like imaging often require cutting someone open or making them swallow huge tubes with cameras...
Techniques for reducing sugar content in dairy products show promise
Philadelphia, August 20, 2018 - Dairy foods are popular among consumers, and sales gross more than $125 billion per year...
Consuming milk at breakfast lowers blood glucose throughout the day
Philadelphia, August 20, 2018 - A change in breakfast routine may provide benefits for the management of type 2 diabetes,...
New assay to detect genetic abnormalities in sarcomas outperforms conventional techniques
Credit: The Journal of Molecular Diagnostics Philadelphia, August 20, 2018 - Sarcomas are rare tumors that are often misdiagnosed. Specific...
Mother tongue versus father tongue: a new study reconciles the two hypotheses
Mother or father who has a stronger influence on their children's language has puzzled linguists for many years? Mother tongue...
Adolescents’ concern over societal discrimination associated with worse behavioral health
Bottom Line: Many southern California high school students report being concerned that discrimination is increasing in society and that concern...
Your office may be affecting your health
Workers in open office seating had less daytime stress and greater daytime activity levels compared to workers in private offices...
Helping surgical patients taper off opioids safely and successfully
(Monday, August 20, 2018 - Toronto) - A unique pain program is helping complex surgical patients wean off opioids safely...
Gene therapy vectors carrying the telomerase gene do not increase the risk of cancer
Credit: CNIO Negative results and findings in science are perhaps less newsworthy, but they are no less important. Particularly when,...
Sex in plants requires thrust
Credit: Anja Geitmann In a paper to be published in the September 2018 issue of TECHNOLOGY, the thrust produced by...
Proposal seeks to improve assessment of drug risks
A drug policy researcher is proposing a suite of changes to overhaul the Multi-Criteria Drug Harm Scale (MCDHS), which informs...
