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Treating koalas for chlamydia alters gut microbes
Koalas are one of Australia's iconic animals, but they have been hard hit by an epidemic of Chlamydia infections contributing...
New research shows fertilization drives global lake emissions of greenhouse gases
Credit: Credit: Christian Dinkel DULUTH, Minnesota--A paper published this week in the journal Limnology and Oceanography Letters is the first...
Remake, refill, reuse: Recycling at the synapse revealed
Credit: OIST Neurons in the brain form tangled webs of connections. Within these webs, cells communicate with each other to...
Half of vision impairment in first world is preventable
Around half of vision impairment in Western Europe is preventable, according to a new study published in the British Journal...
Analysis of the 9p21.3 sequence associated with coronary artery disease
Credit: Natalay Kouprina, email: [email protected] Before a conclusive link between the SDs and the cardiovascular diseases can be made, further...
Animal migrations
Forty million miles of major roads crisscross the Earth's continents -- enough to circle the planet 1,600 times. For humans,...
Genetic factors for most common disease in the first year of life are identified
A scientific study conducted at the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP) in São Paulo State, Brazil, has identified genetic factors...
Two immunotherapies used together for the first time to tackle tumors
Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University AUGUSTA, Ga. (March 26, 2018) - Two immunotherapies - one that enables the...
Opioid analgesics reduce use of antipsychotics in persons with Alzheimer’s disease
Initiating an opioid analgesic reduced the use of antipsychotics and benzodiazepines in persons with Alzheimer's disease, a recent study from...
Obesity is shifting cancer to young adults
A Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine researcher has compiled evidence from more than 100 publications to show how...
Keeping the genetic code
Credit: iStock/Meletios Verras (BOSTON) -- Many life-threatening diseases are caused or exacerbated by a mere change of a single nucleotide...
Are fire ants worse this spring because of Hurricane Harvey?
Credit: Brandon Martin/Rice University HOUSTON -- (March 26, 2018) -- Rice University ecologists are checking to see if Hurricane Harvey's...
What three feet of seawater could mean for the world’s turtles
Credit: Todd Stailey/Tennessee Aquarium Ninety percent of the world's coastal freshwater turtle species are expected to be affected by sea...
Breakthrough in battle against rice blast
Scientists have found a way to stop the spread of rice blast, a fungus that destroys up to 30% of...
Scientists launch global effort to model pancreatic beta cell, solve diabetes
Credit: Yekaterina Kadyshevskaya, Bridge Institute at the USC Michelson Center for Convergent Bioscience USC researchers have launched a massive scientific...
3-D Printed robot prosthetic limb for amputees created by students
Credit: Alex Agboola-Dobson and his team- - lead electrical engineer Sebastian Preston-Jensen, lead software engineer Panagiotis Papathanasiou and mechanical and...
The rhythm of genes: How the circadian clock regulates 3-D chromatin structure
EPFL biologists and geneticists have uncovered how the circadian clock orchestrates the 24-hour cycle of gene expression by regulating the...
Research reveals a new direction for halting the citrus greening epidemic
Credit: Marina Mann ITHACA, NY - New clues to how the bacteria associated with citrus greening infect the only insect...
Hybrid chickadees found deficient at learning and memory
Credit: Michael McQuillan For a long time, hybridization--when distinct species mate and produce offspring--was thought to be a mistake. Yet,...
Top sports leagues heavily promote unhealthy food and beverages, new study finds
Credit: NYU Langone Health The majority of food and beverages marketed through multi-million-dollar television and online sports sponsorships are unhealthy...
