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SickKids-led project investigates malnutrition in children, liver…
Credit: © 2016 Sargent et al. Malnourished children living in the same household who are given the same food to...
Researchers developing new tool to distinguish between viral,…
Credit: University of Rochester Medical Center Antibiotics are lifesaving drugs, but overuse is leading to one of the world's most...
Diabetic fruit flies may unlock secrets in humans
Credit: Courtesy of MSU EAST LANSING, Mich. — Fruit flies may be small, but the genetic secrets they can unlock...
USC researchers discover a key difference between mouse and human kidney cells
The best laid plans of mice and men are a bit different — at least when it comes to kidney...
New meta-analysis: Recreational football is broad-spectrum medicine
Credit: The Danish FA It is now well-established that physical fitness and resting heart rate are a strong mortality predictors...
Molecule identified that helps give resident T cells in the skin their…
Credit: Photograph courtesy of Medical University of South Carolina immunologist Dr. Chrystal M. Paulos and Dartmouth's Dr. Mary Jo Turk....
Dr. Chiaravalloti of Kessler Foundation to study effect of cognitive…
Credit: Kessler Foundation East Hanover, NJ – January 17, 2018 – Nancy Chiaravalloti, PhD, director of Traumatic Brain Injury Research...
Smart physical training in virtual reality
CITEC is funding this large-scale research project with 1.6 million Euro and it will run until 2017. During a project...
Children’s Research Institute identifies emergency response…
DALLAS – November 16, 2015 – Scientists at the Children's Medical Center Research Institute at UT Southwestern (CRI) have determined...
Stem cells from muscle could address diabetes-related circulation…
Credit: Image courtesy of W. Lawrence Dobrucki CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Stem cells taken from muscle tissue could promote better blood...
Activated T-cells drive post-heart attack heart failure
Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Chronic inflammation after a heart attack can promote heart failure and death. University of Alabama...
New technology helps pinpoint sources of water contamination
Credit: Berkeley Lab When the local water management agency closes your favorite beach due to unhealthy water quality, how reliable...
First transcatheter implant for diastolic heart failure successful
Credit: The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center Results presented today at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions and published...
International efforts needed to save world’s largest mammals,…
A team of conservation biologists is calling for a worldwide strategy to prevent the unthinkable: the extinction of the world's...
These ring-tailed lemurs raise a ‘stink’ when they flirt with potential mates
Credit: Devin Sturgeon A U of T Scarborough study finds that a unique ritual performed by male ring-tailed lemurs may...
Age-old secret that Hollywood celebrities try to keep from you has…
Credit: Lauren Mulligan/Wits University Hollywood celebrities spend large amounts of dollars on it. The hunky stud at the local pub...
Global risk of Madagascar’s pneumonic plague epidemic is limited
Credit: Tsuzuki S., et al., Eurosurveillance, Nov. 16, 2017 Mathematical models have proven the risk of the on-going pneumonic plague...
What role can schools play in preventing and responding to teen dating violence?
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, December 12, 2017-A nationwide study of school principals has shown that...
Leaving the electrical grid in the Upper Peninsula
Known for snow rather than sun, Michigan's Upper Peninsula could still support a significant network of solar photovoltaic (PV) energy...
New cancer model shows genomic link between early-stage and invasive…
Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center HOUSTON — new genetic-based model may explain how a common form of early-stage breast cancer...
