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DNA barcodes that reliably work: A game-changer for biomedical research
Credit: Richard Wheeler (Zephyris). Used under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 license. In the same way that barcodes on your...
Do circulating bone turnover markers indicate hip fracture risk?
The evidence that circulating levels of markers of bone turnover correlate with hip fracture risk among postmenopausal women is limited....
A case of ‘kiss and tell’: Chromosomal kissing gets less elusive
Credit: Luft Lab, MDC How are chromosomes arranged in the cell nucleus? Is it possible that they communicate with one...
Study explores satisfaction, quality of life after breast reconstruction
Boston, MA -- More than 60 percent of women who undergo a mastectomy to treat breast cancer choose breast reconstruction,...
American Psychological Association’s 126th Annual Convention Aug. 9 – 12, 2018, San Francisco
The American Psychological Association's 126th annual convention will take place Aug. 9-12, 2018, at the Moscone Center in San Francisco....
Substance in hair may be a marker for alcohol consumption
A new Drug Testing & Analysis study reveals that measuring levels of ethyl sulphate (EtS), a metabolite of ethanol, in...
Finnish scientists analyzed the proteome of T helper 17 cells
Credit: Turku Centre for Biotechnology T helper 17 (Th17) cells belong to a group of T cells with essential functions...
New ‘e-dermis’ brings sense of touch, pain to prosthetic hands
Credit: Science Robotics/AAAS Amputees often experience the sensation of a "phantom limb"--a feeling that a missing body part is still...
Guidelines address self-management of hospitalized diabetes patients
It is important that patients with diabetes be involved in decisions concerning the management of their condition while they are...
Weight loss reverses heart condition in obesity sufferers
Australian research shows for the first time that obese people who are suffering from atrial fibrillation can reduce or reverse...
New tool using Facebook data shows worldwide gender gap
Credit: UC3M This tool produces a metric, called the Facebook Gender Divide, based on the aggregate statistics of almost 1,5...
Potential to replace race as a risk factor for kidney-transplant failure
Credit: Children's National Health System Right now, more than 100,000 adult and pediatric patients in the U.S. are waiting for...
ESA announces the recipients of the 2017 Student Awards
Credit: Michel T. Kohl June 19, 2018 For Immediate Release Contact: Zoe Gentes, 202-833-8773 ext. 211, [email protected]">[email protected] The Ecological Society...
Pediatric cancer diagnosis comes of age at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
Credit: Photo courtesy of Michelle's family "We thought she had a bug bite," says Michelle's mom, "but it turned out...
Preeminent cancer biologist Brian Druker, M.D., receives international science award
OHSU Knight Cancer Institute Director Brian J. Druker, M.D., has been awarded the 2018 Tang Prize in Biopharmaceutical Science for...
Risks of cancer and mortality by average lifetime alcohol intake
Credit: Free-Photos, Pixabay The risk of mortality, and of developing a number of cancers, is lowest in light drinkers consuming...
Ocean’s heat cycle shows that atmospheric carbon may be headed elsewhere
As humans continue to pump the atmosphere with carbon, it's crucial for scientists to understand how and where the planet...
D for danger! Speech sounds convey emotions
Credit: Paolo Tonato Individual speech sounds - phonemes - are statistically associated with negative or positive emotions in several languages,...
Game-changing finding pushes 3D-printing to the molecular limit
Credit: Victor Sans Sangorrin The research, led by Dr Victor Sans Sangorrin from the Faculty of Engineering and Dr Graham...
Museum collection reveals distribution of Carolina parakeet 100 years after its extinction
Credit: Huub Veldhuijzen van Zanten/Naturalis Biodiversity Center While 2018 marks the centenary of the death of the last captive Carolina...
