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Latest advances in artificial intelligence for aging research to be…
Credit: The Buck Institute Tuesday, Dec. 12th, 2017, Baltimore, MD. Aging is one of the most complex and multifactorial processes...
Fungus a possible precursor of severe respiratory diseases in pigs
Respiratory diseases in pigs typically involve multiple infections from different pathogens. Some pathogens play a greater role than others in...
Marijuana derivative reduces seizures in people with…
IMAGE: Principal investigator Orrin Devinsky, M.D., is director of the Comprehensive Epilepsy Center at NYU Langone Medical Center. Credit: NYU...
Blood test for early osteoarthritis diagnosis unveiled
Credit: Warwick Medical School Patients could soon be diagnosed with early-stage arthritis several years before the onset of physical and...
Research aims to grasp complexities in plant-pollinator networks…
LAWRENCE — According the Environmental Protection Agency, the declining health of pollinators reported for the past decade is tied to...
Harnessing nature’s vast array of venoms for drug discovery
Scorpions, snakes, snails, frogs and other creatures are thought to produce tens or even hundreds of millions of distinct venoms....
Expanding development associated with declining deer recruitment across western co.
Credit: Colorado Parks and Wildlife A new study from Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW), WCS (Wildlife Conservation Society) and Colorado...
Rapid, low-cost detection of Zika virus using paper-based synthetic…
Loading video… Credit: University of Toronto and Wyss Institute at Harvard University Toronto, ON – University of Toronto Assistant Professor...
Partnering with the community to advance health care quality for immigrant children
Credit: Children's National Health System CHICAGO–The grade school student has been a patient for a while, but during a routine...
Peruvian rainforest 22 times the size of Chicago named a national park
The Peruvian government announced on Sunday the designation of 3.3 million acres of Amazonian rainforest as a national park in...
Crop failure in the Andes
Credit: Saúl M. Tito. Kenneth Feeley, the Smathers Chair of Tropical Tree Biology in the University of Miami's Department of...
Assessing ecosystem services: Increasing the impact on decision making
Assessments of ecosystem services (ES), aiming at informing decisions on land management, are increasing in number around the globe, but...
Nanosensor that lights up cancer to be tested in surgeries
Credit: UT Southwestern Medical Center DALLAS – Jan. 24, 2018 – UT Southwestern Simmons Cancer Center scientists next month will...
How hooded seals are transferring contaminants to their pups
Credit: Kit Kovacs at the Norwegian Polar Institute PENSACOLA, Fla. – Environmental contaminants such as perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) can be...
Researcher Manel Esteller is awarded a 2016 Proof of Concept…
Dr Manel Esteller, leader of the Cancer Epigenetics and Biology Program (PEBC) of the Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), ICREA...
African-American women with ovarian cancer — can obesity mask early symptoms?
New Rochelle, NY, April 28, 2016 — African American women with ovarian cancer are more likely to die from the...
Potential heart disorder cause, treatment identified
IMAGE: Lynne O'Sullivan (back to camera) and Glen Pyle conduct a cardiology exam on Roxy. Doberman pinschers are prone to...
Out of sight and out of mind, sewage can actually tell us a lot about health
Photo: Casey Atkins The maxim “one man’s trash is another man’s treasure” certainly describes the work of Mariana G. Matus:...
Malaria parasite packs genetic material for trip from mosquitoes to humans
Credit: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention The parasite that causes malaria has not one, but two, specialized proteins that...
In rats that can’t control glutamate, cocaine is less rewarding,…
Credit: Zheng-Xiong Xi and Lauren Brick Rats missing a neuroreceptor that controls the release of the neurotransmitter glutamate are less...
