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Scientists find link between congenital cardiac malformation and adult adrenal cancer
SAN ANTONIO, Texas, U.S.A.--An international team led by Dr. Patricia Dahia, M.D., Ph.D., of UT Health San Antonio, discovered a...
Novel research involving cicadas explores way to restore silenced voices
Credit: Photo by Mary Donaldson, Vanderbilt A swarm of cicadas that left thousands of insect carcasses across the Vanderbilt University...
Largest-ever genetic study of stroke provides new insight into the disease
An international research group, including scientists at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, studying 520,000 people from around the...
GHIT Fund launches next phase focusing on access & delivery, bringing total investment to US $123 million
TOKYO, JAPAN (March 29, 2018)--The Global Health Innovative Technology (GHIT) Fund today announced a total of 1.6 billion yen (US$15.5...
DNDi, GSK, and University of Dundee to identify drug candidates to treat leishmaniasis and Chagas
Geneva / Brentford / Dundee - 27 March 2018 - The not-for-profit research and development organization Drugs for Neglected Diseases...
Salvage logging is often a pretext for harvesting wood
Credit: (Photo: Reinhold Weinberger, Bavarian Forest National Park management) Bia?owie?a Forest in Eastern Poland is one of the last remaining...
Paper-folding art inspires better bandages
Credit: Image courtesy of researchers CAMBRIDGE, MASS.--Scraped up knees and elbows are tricky places to securely apply a bandage. More...
Gene therapy may help brain heal from stroke, other injuries
Credit: UT Southwestern DALLAS - March 27, 2018 - Scientists have found a genetic trigger that may improve the brain's...
How do snakes eat live crabs? By being finicky diners
Credit: Bruce Jayne/UC Anyone who has sat down to a summer crab feast knows how hard, messy and delicious they...
Genes in songbirds hold clues about human speech disorders, UCLA biologists report
Credit: Reed Hutchinson/UCLA Insights into how songbirds learn to sing provide promising clues about human speech disorders and may lead...
£3 million boost for Liverpool advanced materials and healthcare research
(University of Liverpool) The University of Liverpool has been awarded more than £3 million from the Engineering and Physical Sciences...
From lullabies to live concerts: How music and rhythm shape our social brains
March 27, 2018 - Boston - A universal sign of motherhood is the lullaby. The world over, mothers sing to...
Repurposing inhibitors may provide new treatment approach for ovarian cancer
PHILADELPHIA -- (March 27, 2018) -- Wistar researchers have found rationale for repurposing a class of antitumor compounds called HDAC...
Montana State researchers find that beetle odor could help tackle tamarisk
Credit: Adrian Sanchez-Gonzalez/Montana State University BOZEMAN - In the fight against an invasive plant colonizing portions of the state, a...
The connection between diet, obesity, and cancer: Nutrition experts explore the evidence
Credit: Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Philadelphia, March 27, 2018 - About one third of cancer cases...
Surgeons transform static ‘Mona Lisa’ smiles to joyous ones
Credit: Kofi Bohene By modifying a muscle transplant operation, Johns Hopkins surgeons report they are able to restore authentic facial...
AI improves touchscreen interfaces for users with impairments
Credit: Kochi University of Technology (KUT) Researchers at Aalto University, Finland, and Kochi University of Technology, Japan, developed a new...
Foul ball! Time to abolish rule protecting MLB from liability when fans are injured
Credit: Indiana University Kelley School of Business BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- In advance of Major League Baseball's opening day on Thursday,...
BIABooster: A more sensitive device for characterizing DNA in blood circulation
Developed and patented(1) in 2012 and 2014 in the Laboratoire d'Analyse et d'Architecture des Systèmes (LAAS-CNRS) and implemented industrially by...
The clouds of spaghetti that keep DNA data safe
Credit: Michael Cowburn and David Rout Cells can avoid "data breaches" when letting signaling proteins into their nuclei thanks to...
