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The quest for neuronal origins
Credit: © UNIGE The cerebral cortex consists of a large diversity of neurons, each displaying specific characteristics in terms of...
Insects could help us find new yeasts for big business
Credit: Anne A. Madden Yeasts are tiny fungi - but they play key roles in producing everything from beer and...
First ‘non-gene’ mutations behind neurodevelopmental disorders discovered
In the largest study of its kind, genetic changes causing neurodevelopmental disorders have been discovered by scientists at the Wellcome...
Natural sniper kills hospital bacterium
Bacteria produce proteins to take out specific competitors. One of these proteins can kill the hospital bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Microbial...
Natural enemies reduce pesticide use
Credit: Photos: Sarah Redlich The greater the diversity of crops grown in agricultural landscapes is, the better natural enemies are...
Brewing hoppy beer without the hops
Credit: Roxanne Makasdjian and Stephen McNally, UC Berkeley Hoppy beer is all the rage among craft brewers and beer lovers,...
New Gulf of Maine study investigates return of kelp
Credit: Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences has been awarded funding from Maine Sea Grant for...
Researchers create new low-cost, sustainable material for reducing air and water pollution
Credit: © 2018 Zanoletti, Vassura, Venturini, Monai, Montini, Federici, Zacco, Treccani and Bontempi. Front. Chem. | doi: 10.3389/fchem.2018.00060 A new...
Aluminum and food — almost half the population tries to avoid Aluminum in everyday life
Consumers already ingest high quantities of aluminium via their food, which means that it is likely that some people already...
It’s givin’ me excitations: U-M study uncovers first steps of photosynthesis
ANN ARBOR -- Photosynthesis has driven life on this planet for more than 3 billion years -- first in bacteria,...
Medicare claims show long-term prostate cancer prevention benefits of finasteride
Credit: The Hope Foundation Men who take the medication finasteride get a prostate cancer prevention benefit that can last 16...
Could drugs used after an organ transplant protect against Alzheimer’s?
Credit: UT Southwestern Medical Center DALLAS - March 20, 2018 - A UT Southwestern study in mice provides new clues...
Tamoxifen and raloxifene slow down the progression of muscular dystrophy
Credit: The American Journal of Pathology Philadelphia, March 20, 2018 - Steroids are currently the only available treatment to reduce...
Chronic fatigue syndrome possibly explained by lower levels of key thyroid hormones
Credit: © 2018 Ruiz-Núñez, Tarasse, Vogelaar, Dijck-Brouwer and Muskiet. Front. Endocrinol. | doi: 10.3389/fendo.2018.00097 New research demonstrates a link between...
Study of climate change could lead to understanding future of infectious disease
Credit: Steven J. Schiff, Penn State Over the past 34 years, rainfall in Uganda has decreased by about 12 percent...
‘Missing mutation’ found in severe infant epilepsy
Credit: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Researchers have discovered a "missing mutation" in severe infant epilepsy--long-suspected genetic changes that might trigger...
Surgeons at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles treat the hospital’s first patient with gene therapy
On March 20, 2018, surgeons at Children's Hospital Los Angeles, treated the hospital's first patient with gene therapy. The complex...
Cardiovascular health disparities between whites and minorities narrow, study shows
The nation's overall cardiovascular health worsened from 1988 to 2014, with disparities among racial and ethnic groups dropping slightly. But...
Weight loss after stomach-narrowing surgery eases chronic knee pain
A new report finds that extremely obese people who have a band surgically strapped around their stomachs to restrict food...
Sound new technique tunes into the shifting shapes of biology
Credit: Phil Robinson - John Innes Centre It's one of the major challenges of biology: how to accurately quantify the...
