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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...
Discovered mode of drinking in mosquitoes carries biomedical implications
Credit: Virginia Tech Mosquitoes may have a reputation for being one of the world's most intractable pests, but they're actually...
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...
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...
Study: Men more likely to be readmitted to hospital after sustaining a firearm injury
(Boston)--Men have a substantially greater hospital readmission risk during the first three months following a firearm injury hospitalization compared to...
Can acupuncture help alleviate menopausal symptoms?
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, March 20, 2018--An umbrella review from Duke Clinical Research Institute that...
Innovation for ‘young & young at heart’ finds home at Disney & in geriatrics for #AGS18
Credit: (C) 2018, American Geriatrics Society Home to the American Geriatrics Society (AGS) 2018 Annual Scientific Meeting (#AGS18) (http://meeting.americangeriatrics.org/), the...
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...
Study IDs important role for specific gene in 16p11.2 deletion autism
Credit: Picower Institute for Learning and Memory In a new study of one of the most common genetic causes of...
International Society for Autism Research (INSAR) 2018 Annual Meeting: May 9-12 in Rotterdam
The 17th Annual International Society for Autism Research (INSAR) 2018 Annual Meeting (formerly IMFAR) will host nearly 2,000 researchers, delegates,...
Amygdala neurons increase as children become adults — except in autism
Credit: UC Davis Health In a striking new finding, researchers at the UC Davis MIND Institute found that typically-developing children...
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...
ELCC 2018: Fighting number-one cancer killer with research and a multidisciplinary approach
Geneva, Switzerland, 20 March 2018 - Around 2,300 participants from across the world will meet in Geneva at the eighth...
Child sex abuse much greater than believed with more women committing offenses
Credit: University of Huddersfield Research by a team of academics at the University of Huddersfield alerted the Independent Inquiry into...
BU: Children of centenarians feel stronger purpose in life
A sense of meaning and direction in life is associated with living longer and experiencing less disease, disability, and cognitive...
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