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Researchers ID new mechanism for keeping DNA protein in line
Credit: Susan Tsutakawa/Berkeley Lab The actions of a protein used for DNA replication and repair are guided by electrostatic forces...
Treatment benefits patients with thalassaemia and HCV
Many individuals with the blood disorder thalassaemia also carry the hepatitis C virus (HCV) due to contaminated transfusions before 1990....
Scientists make giant molecular cages for energy conversion and drug delivery
Credit: Professor Wolfgang Schmitt, Trinity College Dublin. Scientists from Trinity College Dublin and AMBER, the Science Foundation Ireland-funded materials science...
Cleveland Clinic researcher receives $3.4 million NIH grant for epilepsy surgery research
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) awarded a $3.4 million grant to Cleveland Clinic to develop a tool to predict...
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...
ACP Applauds House for Passage of Multifaceted Approach to Medical Liability Reform
(Washington, June 29, 2017) -- The American College of Physicians (ACP) applauds the House of Representatives for its passage of...
New study examines effectiveness of labor induction in India
Researchers from the University of Liverpool with colleagues from Gynuity Health Care in New York and the Government Medial College,...
Oceans are warming rapidly, study says
Credit: CHENG Lijing More than 90% of the earth's energy imbalance (EEI) in the climate system is sequestered in the...
Camera-trap research paves the way for global monitoring networks
Credit: S. Sunarto/WWF Biodiversity loss is one of the driving factors in ecosystem change, on par with climate change and...
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...
Scientists investigate link between air pollution and type 2 diabetes
An interdisciplinary team of scientists from the University of Leicester and other institutions has played a pivotal role in research...
Baycrest and CMHA partner to evaluate caregiver mental health program
Credit: N/A Baycrest Health Sciences has teamed up with Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA), Ontario to assess the country's first...
Variation at a central metabolic gene influences male fruit fly lifespan
Credit: NC State University The overexpression of an important gene that regulates energy metabolism can cause a severe shortening of...
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)...
Study shows antibiotics effective for treatment of small skin infections
New multicenter research, which included Vanderbilt University Medical Center investigators, could change treatment approaches to simple skin abscesses, infections often...
Are people ‘rolling the dice’ when it comes to food safety?
A new study, conducted by a team of UK based researchers led by the University of Liverpool known as the...
Success with first 20 patients undergoing minimally invasive pancreatic transplant surgery
Surgeons at Johns Hopkins Medicine report that their first series of a minimally invasive procedure to treat chronic pancreas disease,...
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...
State revenue declines lead to cuts in children’s Medicaid benefits, education spending
HOUSTON - (June 29, 2017) - State spending cuts during economic downturns fall more heavily on children than the elderly,...
Cocoa & chocolate are not just treats — they are good for your cognition
A balanced diet is chocolate in both hands - a phrase commonly used to justify ones chocolate snacking behavior. A...
