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Fish reproduction: Two times a lady
Credit: Photo taken by Takafumi Fujimoto A DNA probing technique clarifies the mechanism behind clonal reproduction of female dojo loach...
Mapping blue carbon in mangroves worldwide
Credit: MIke Polito, LSU BATON ROUGE - Mangroves are tropical forests that thrive in salt water and are found in...
Novel PET imaging method could track and guide therapy for type 1 diabetes
Credit: J Bini et al., Yale University, New Haven, CT. RESTON, VA - Researchers have discovered a new nuclear medicine...
Tropical forest seeds use three strategies to survive
Credit: Rodrigo Aragua/AFP The oldest living seeds found on Earth germinated after resting more than 30,000 years in Arctic soils....
Study elucidates epigenetic mechanisms behind autoimmune diseases
Credit: Karina F. Bombonato-Prado (FORP-USP) A group of researchers at the University of São Paulo (USP) in Brazil used a...
Insulin resistance under-diagnosed in non-diabetics with Parkinson’s disease
Amsterdam, NL, August 2, 2018 - Almost two-thirds of non-diabetic patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) may be insulin resistant, despite...
Insilico to present at the 2nd Annual Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain in Healthcare Forum
Credit: Insilico Medicine Thursday, Aug. 2, 2018, Rockville, MD - Insilico Medicine, a Rockville-based company specializing in the application of...
Routine screening of relatives of aortic disease patients could save lives
Routine screening and genetic testing of the relatives of patients suffering from aortic diseases could save lives, new research has...
New light shed on relationship between calorie-burning fat and muscle function
Credit: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center BOSTON - Abundant in human babies and small mammals, brown adipose tissue (BAT), or...
Safety claims up in smoke
In direct contradiction to marketing efforts claiming that hookah (water pipe) smoking is less hazardous to health than cigarettes, a...
How do you assess pain in children who can’t express themselves? New research identifies priorities in identifying pain in nonverbal children with medical complexity
August 2, 2018 - Pain is a frequent problem for children with complex medical conditions -but many of them are...
Study reveals early warning signs of heart problems in patients with newly diagnosed lupus
Cardiovascular disease is a leading cause of death in patients with lupus, a systemic autoimmune disease. In a new study...
MGH team defines the mechanisms of action of key genetic abnormality in Ewing sarcoma
A Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) research team has used epigenome editing tools to investigate how the genetic abnormality that drives...
pH imbalance in brain cells may contribute to Alzheimer’s disease
Credit: Hari Prasad Johns Hopkins Medicine scientists say they have found new evidence in lab-grown mouse brain cells, called astrocytes,...
Big-data study pinpoints more than 150 genes associated with atrial fibrillation
ANN ARBOR, Mich. - Drawing on genomic data from more than one million individuals, researchers from the University of Michigan...
Newly characterized molecule offers possibilities for novel Alzheimer’s treatments
Alzheimer's disease is an increasingly prevalent, neurodegenerative condition that erodes memory and other cognitive functions. Treatments for this complex disease...
Obamacare relieved financial strain of those closest to the federal poverty line
The Affordable Care Act - or Obamacare - most benefitted those closest to the federal poverty line, a study led...
Aortic atherosclerotic plaque inflammation may contribute to the progression of fatty liver disease to liver fibrosis
(Boston)--The world's rising obesity epidemic is associated with a broad spectrum of ailments including atherosclerosis and non-alcoholic fatty liver (NAFL)...
ERS partners with 3D Systems/Simbionix on simulation technology for EBUS training
The European Respiratory Society (ERS) and 3D Systems have signed a collaboration agreement to provide simulation equipment and event services...
Metabolomics applications for precision nutrition, formula, & neurodegenerative disorders
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, August 2, 2018--Metabolomics is the latest omics systems science technology with...
