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Longer reproductive years linked to lower cardiovascular & cerebrovascular risk in women
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, June 28, 2017–A new study has shown that every 1 year...
FSU gets $10 million for nuclear research center
Credit: Bill Lax/Florida State University TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida State University will receive $10 million from the U.S. Department of...
Greater prairie chickens cannot persist in Illinois without help,…
Credit: Photo by Michael Jeffords CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — An iconic bird whose booming mating calls once reverberated across "the Prairie...
Zika reached Miami at least four times, Caribbean travel likely responsible
Credit: Photo by Faith Hark LA JOLLA, CA – May 24, 2017- With mosquito season looming in the Northern Hemisphere,...
Tracking the viral parasites of giant viruses over time
Credit: Image courtesy of Trina McMahon In freshwater lakes, microbes regulate the flow of carbon and determine if the bodies...
New method improves stability, extends shelf life of protein drugs
Credit: University of Notre Dame Gaining access to important biopharmaceuticals needed to treat illnesses and autoimmune diseases is one of...
Sandia Labs team continues to quantify fatigue using wearables
Credit: Michael Padilla LIVERMORE, Calif. – Can fatigue be predicted? Can life-threatening fatigue be differentiated from recoverable fatigue? A team...
In human clinical trial, UAB to test diet’s effect on ovarian…
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – New research conducted at the University of Alabama at Birmingham has shown that a particular type of...
An implant to prevent Alzheimer’s
In a cutting-edge treatment for Alzheimer's disease, EPFL scientists have developed an implantable capsule that can turn the patient's immune...
Can breastfeeding reduce a woman’s risk of metabolic syndrome?
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, Feb. 16, 2017 — A new study shows that women who...
These 5 tests better predict heart disease risk
Credit: UT Southwestern DALLAS – March 30, 2017 – Five simple medical tests together provide a broader and more accurate...
UMass Amherst Biogeographer leads study on wildfire risk related to invasive grasses
Credit: UMass Amherst AMHERST, Mass. – Invasive plant expert Bethany Bradley at the University of Massachusetts Amherst has received a...
Children’s sleep quality is related to mothers’ insomnia symptoms
Children more often sleep poorly if their mothers suffer from insomnia symptoms. This report researchers from the University of Basel...
Finding a lethal parasite’s vulnerabilities
Credit: James Lok An estimated 100 million people around the world are infected with Strongyloides stercoralis, a parasitic nematode, yet...
Researchers fold a protein within a protein
Credit: Dr Chester L. Drum A team from the NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine (NUS Medicine) has invented...
Trapped in a nuclear weapon bunker wood ants survive for years in Poland
Having built their nest over the vertical ventilation pipe of an old nuclear weapon bunker in Poland, every year a...
First surface-based estimation of the aerosol indirect effect over…
Credit: Jianjun Liu Aerosol indirect effect (AIE) can significantly affect climate change and is one of the largest uncertainties in...
Personalized cell therapy combination achieves complete remission in CLL patients
Credit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA – Combining the kinase inhibitor ibrutinib with an investigational personalized cellular therapy known as CTL119 can...
Scleroderma study: Hope for a longer life for patients with rare…
Credit: UVA Health System An unusual autoimmune disease that causes skin and lung damage can be treated effectively by stem...
How will genomics enter day-to-day medicine?
A quiet transformation has been brewing in medicine, as large-scale DNA results become increasingly available to patients and healthcare providers....
