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Without 46-million-year-old bacteria, turtle ants would need more bite and less armor
Credit: Photo by Jon Sanders. You've probably heard about poop pills, the latest way for humans to get benevolent bacteria...
CRISPR enhances cancer immunotherapy
Credit: Huy Mach Last year, the Food and Drug Administration approved the first cellular immunotherapies to treat cancer. These therapies...
Research brief: Shifting tundra vegetation spells change for arctic animals
Credit: Daniel Ackerman For nearly two decades, scientists have noted dramatic changes in arctic tundra habitat. Ankle-high grasses and sedges...
Interim open-label study results suggest higher dapivirine vaginal ring use, lower HIV risk
BOSTON (March 6, 2018) -- Interim data from a large open-label study of the monthly dapivirine ring have found increased...
BODE may overestimate transplant benefit in COPD patients
Glenview, IL - COPD remains the leading indication for lung transplantation worldwide and accounts for one third of all lung...
Study suggests native UK Pine martens are helping to control invasive gray squirrels
Credit: University of Aberdeen AMHERST, Mass. - For many years, populations of a little red squirrel with cute ear tufts,...
Green spaces in cities help control floods, store carbon
Credit: (Photo: Lauren Jensen) MADISON - For many ecologists, fieldwork involves majestic mountains or rushing rivers or large tracts of...
Pain’s origins may be significantly different in males and females
New research from The University of Texas at Dallas supports the growing consensus that pain begins differently for men and...
Bioengineering team’s ‘circuit’ work may benefit gene therapy
Researchers at The University of Texas at Dallas have designed genetic "circuits" out of living cellular material in order to...
No fish story! Research finds marine reserves sustain broader fishing efforts
Credit: Florida Institute of Technology MELBOURNE, FLA. -- New research from Florida Institute of Technology finds that fish born in...
Scientists seek unfiltered truth about ‘light’ cigarettes
Credit: David Hungate/Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute Would banning ventilated filters on cigarettes protect public health? Scientists from multiple institutions,...
Study advances research in pelvic organ prolapse among women
By measuring the sagging of the vaginal walls in more than a thousand volunteers for up to nine years annually,...
Determinant factors for chronic kidney disease after partial nephrectomy
Credit: Giovanni Cacciamani When current literature is reviewed, it is found that factors that in uence renal function after partial...
Waterfalls offer insights into how rivers shape their surrounds
(University of Edinburgh) The amount of water flowing through a river has little influence over long-term changes to its course...
Current deforestation pace will intensify global warming, study alerts
The global warming process may be even more intense than originally forecast unless deforestation can be halted, especially in the...
Dispelling the myth that scientists don’t care about teaching
A new study using surveys and classroom noise analysis shows the success of a three-year effort by faculty in the...
Cancer stem cells, allies of the tumor and enemies of the patient
Credit: UEx The scientists of the UEx Molecular Biology of Cancer Research Group have a very clear objective. They want...
World’s largest ivory burn delivered a strong message — but who received it?
Credit: David Stiles Media coverage of the torching of huge caches of ivory presented a strong message against elephant poaching...
Culturing cheaper stem cells
Credit: Kyoto Univ iCeMS Human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs) can infinitely self-renew and develop into all major cell types in...
Fish’ ‘super power’ may offer clues about biodiversity evolution
Credit: University of Central Florida A group of international scientists, including a University of Central Florida biologist, recently discovered that...
