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Infectious outbreaks must be combatted strategically, Dartmouth-HHS…
HANOVER, N.H. – New funding is not enough to guarantee success against emerging infectious diseases around the world. Rather, good...
Recordings spout secrets behind blue whale behavior
Credit: Ana Širovi?, Scripps Institution of Oceanography PORTLAND, Ore. — Researchers are using underwater microphones to interpret and characterize the...
Novel classification can lead to new ways to diagnose and treat cancer
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine A novel approach to studying cancer has enabled researchers to group about 10,000 human cancers...
Genetics are key to hormone therapy lowering risk of broken bones in older women
Credit: University at Buffalo BUFFALO, N.Y. – Women at the highest genetic risk for fracture benefit the most from hormone...
Frozen chemistry controls bacterial infections
Credit: Mattias Pettersson Chemists and molecular biologists have made an unexpected discovery in infection biology. The researchers can now show...
New method to determine before surgery which prostate tumors pose a lethal threat
Credit: Krasnitz lab, CSHL Cold Spring Harbor, NY – The facts about prostate cancer can be confusing. It's the third...
How harmful are nano-copper and anti-fungal combinations in the…
Credit: Kay Ho A recently published article in Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, "Effects of Micronized and Nano-Copper Azole on Marine...
New analysis shows threats to 8K Red List species
Credit: Caleb McClennon/WCS New analysis in journal Nature looked at threats to more than 8,600 species on IUCN Red List...
A win-win for spotted owls and forest management
Credit: John Keane, USDA Forest Service Pacific Southwest Research Station Remote sensing technology has detected what could be a win...
Growing number of teens think getting heroin is ‘probably impossible’
Credit: Saint Louis University Despite reports about the increase in heroin use, more teens believed it was "probably impossible" to...
Latest research on blockchain and AI for healthcare was presented at…
Credit: Insilico Medicine Monday, 27th of November, 2017, Baltimore, MD – Insilico Medicine, a Baltimore-based next-generation artificial intelligence company specializing...
Spiders eat 400-800 million tons of prey every year
Credit: David E. Hill, Peckham Society, Simpsonville, South Carolina It has long been suspected that spiders are one of the...
New study sheds light on how mosquitoes wing it
Credit: Image credit: Bomphrey/Nakata/Phillips/Walker The unique mechanisms involved in mosquito flight have been shared for the first time in a...
TSRI scientists awarded $1.6 million grant to bring heroin vaccine…
LA JOLLA, CA – November 19, 2015 – Heroin use is on the rise in the United States and around...
Researchers find immune cells help rebuild damaged nerves
Immune cells are normally associated with fighting infection but in a new study, scientists have discovered how they also help...
Boosting your own defenses against heart disease
Credit: Chris Glembotski A protein found in the heart that is known to be involved in cellular stress responses in...
Protein once thought exclusive to neurons helps some cancers grow, spread, defy death
Credit: UT Southwestern DALLAS – Feb. 20, 2017 – How we think and fall in love are controlled by lightning-fast...
U-M launches emergency study of severe seizures
ANN ARBOR, Mich. – What's the best way to treat someone who's stuck in a prolonged, dangerous seizure? Although emergency...
Efforts needed to stop the spread of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii
Credit: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control Acinetobacter baumannii is the cause of difficult-to-treat infections in healthcare settings in...
Mobile women were key to cultural exchange in Stone Age and Bronze Age Europe
Credit: Stadtarchäologie Augsburg At the end of the Stone Age and in the early Bronze Age, families were established in...
