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Adorable alpine animal acclimates behavior to a changing climate
Credit: Credit, J. Jacobson, from figure 4 of EA Beever et al (2017) Front Ecol Environ doi: 10.1002/fee.1502. As climate...
Poor appetite and food intake in older adults
Having a poor appetite is a serious health concern for older adults. It can lead to inadequate nutrition, which can...
How DNA damage turns immune cells against cancer
Credit: The lab of Roger Greenberg, MD, PhD, Perelman School of Medicine PHILADELPHIA - Cancer is essentially a disease of...
Refuting the idea that mutations cause cancer
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center What causes cancer? Smoking, certainly, and also things like sun and chemical exposure. Cancer...
New MRI contrast agent tested on big animals
Credit: IBS The top causes of death worldwide, ischemic heart diseases and stroke, together with another major source of illness,...
Statistical analysis for optimal immunization: New insights into T cell development
When T cells encounter an antigen, they proliferate and produce various types of daughter cells. A team at the Technical...
RI to require coverage of fertility preservation for at-risk patients
Rhode Island has become the first state to pass a law explicitly requiring coverage for fertility preservation prior to gonadotoxic...
What does trophy hunting contribute to wild lion conservation?
Trophy hunting of lions, the killing of selected individual animals for sport, is highly controversial, and there is much debate...
Statistical analysis to explain mechanism in state of general anesthesia
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (July 31, 2017) - Although the mechanisms by which anesthetic drugs induce the state of general anesthesia have...
How mice babies ensure mother’s protection
Credit: Image: Luis Hernandez-Miranda, MDC The calls of new-born mice draw the attention of their mother. A group of neuronal...
How camouflaged birds decide where to blend in
Credit: Project Nightjar Animals that rely on camouflage can choose the best places to conceal themselves based on their individual...
Biofeedback technology helping improve balance in Parkinson’s patients
Credit: University of Houston University of Houston researchers in the Department of Health and Human Performance are helping patients with...
New drug may treat and limit progression of Parkinson’s disease
BINGHAMTON, NY - Researchers at Binghamton University have developed a new drug that may limit the progression of Parkinson's disease...
Exercise incentives do little to spur gym-going, study shows
Credit: CWRU Even among people who had just joined a gym and expected to visit regularly, getting paid to exercise...
Brain & Behavior Research Foundation presents 2017 Klerman & Freedman awards
The Brain & Behavior Research Foundation celebrated 30 years of awarding research grants, honored its Scientific Council, and announced the...
New in the Hastings Center Report, July-August 2017
The Precision Medicine Nation Maya Sabatello and Paul S. Appelbaum The federal government's ambitious Precision Medicine Initiative proposes to accelerate...
Geologist offers new clues to cause of world’s greatest extinction
A study by a researcher in the Syracuse University College of Arts and Sciences offers new clues to what may...
Taboo around vaginal bleeding endangers women’s health
July 31, 2017 -- The culture of silence around vaginal bleeding at all stages of life endangers women's health and...
Wiley content sharing launches across Wiley Online Library
HOBOKEN, NJ--July 31, 2017-- John Wiley and Sons, Inc. (NYSE: JWa and JWb), today announced the launch of Wiley Content...
The undertaker’s census
Credit: Andres Hernandez, STRI How many mammal species live in a tropical forest? Some are nocturnal. Others are small, furtive...
