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The highly complex sugarcane genome has finally been sequenced
Credit: R. Carayol CIRAD and its partners* had to use cunning to establish the first sugarcane reference sequence. The plant's...
Gastrointestinal flora — the culprit for severe lung damage after blood transfusion
Credit: Tove Smeds Knowledge that the gastrointestinal flora affects both healthy physiological processes and various disease mechanisms has increased in...
A study points to new therapeutic targets for tumors associated with chronic inflammation
Credit: Author: Catrin Youssif, IRB Barcelona. Scientists headed by ICREA researcher Angel R. Nebreda at the Institute for Research in...
Enzyme discovery could help in fight against TB
Credit: University of Warwick Research by a team led by Dr Elizabeth Fullam, has revealed new findings about an enzyme...
Success of conservation efforts for important Caribbean Reef fish hinges on climate change
Credit: Photo by Alfredo Barroso. For more than 20 years, conservationists have been working to protect one of the most...
Footwear habits influence child and adolescent motor skill development
New research finds that children and adolescents who spend most of their time barefoot develop motor skills differently from those...
Researchers design delivery system to treat premature infants with NEC
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Most of the time, we think biofilms are bad news. And when pathogenic microbes form biofilms, they...
Study raises concern about flame-retardant metabolites in bald eagles
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Scientists have raised concerns for decades about toxic chemicals in the environment that accumulate in the tissues...
Database analysis more reliable than animal testing for toxic chemicals
Advanced algorithms working from large chemical databases can predict a new chemical's toxicity better than standard animal tests, suggests a...
Youth report improved wellbeing as result of tailored mental health services
Credit: Lawson Health Research Institute LONDON, ON - In a new study from Lawson Health Research Institute and Western University,...
UM researchers receive $700,000 in NIH funding to study tick-borne lyme disease
Credit: Micrograph by Dan Drecktrah. MISSOULA - University of Montana researchers Dan Drecktrah and Scott Samuels were recently awarded $449,998...
What is the association between asthma and atrial fibrillation risk?
Bottom Line: Researchers report moderately increased risks for atrial fibrillation (AF), an irregular and often rapid heart rate, in adults...
Robotic surgery as effective as open surgery for bladder cancer
MAYWOOD, IL - Robotic surgery is as effective as traditional open surgery in treating bladder cancer, according to a landmark...
15-minutes of exercise creates optimal brain state for mastering new motor skills
Credit: McGill University If you want to learn to walk a tightrope, it's a good idea to go for a...
Study examines emergency department suicide prevention intervention
Bottom Line: Patients who are suicidal often seek care at a hospital emergency department (ED). This comparison study of about...
Reining in soil’s nitrogen chemistry
Credit: Darin Lickfeld Take a trip down into the soil beneath a field of crops. You won't find just dirt,...
Why are neuron axons long and spindly? Study shows they’re optimizing signaling efficiency
Credit: Image courtesy of Francesca Puppo. A team of bioengineers at UC San Diego has answered a question that has...
Breakthrough in construction of computers for mimicking human brain
A computer built to mimic the brain's neural networks produces similar results to that of the best brain-simulation supercomputer software...
Preoperative opioid use by patients having surgery
Bottom Line: Nearly 1 in 4 patients undergoing surgery at an academic medical center reported preoperative opioid use in a...
Most US lawmakers don’t look to universities for behavioral health research
When trying to inform their decisions on behavioral health policy, almost three-quarters of state legislators choose not to use universities,...
