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Kessler Foundation receives NIDILRR subaward to improve spinal cord…
Credit: Kessler Foundation Nov. 28, 2017. Amanda Botticello, PhD, MPH, received a $605,000 subaward from the National Institute on Disability...
Flexibility and arrangement — the interaction of ribonucleic acid and water
Credit: MBI Ribonucleic acid (RNA) plays a key role in biochemical processes which occur at the cellular level in a...
How far did you fall from the tree?
Credit: Kyoto University Japan — Mutations generate genetic variation, and are a major driving force of evolution. Therefore, examining mutation...
Distinguished role model for women in science receives global award
Credit: John Innes Centre A world-leading Norfolk plant scientist is today named as a 2018 L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science...
Collateral harm: The impact of Ebola and related fears on…
WASHINGTON — The first known household survey examining the collateral harm to pregnancy services in areas affected by the West...
CRI scientists discover new bone-forming growth factor that reverses…
Credit: UT Southwestern DALLAS – Dec. 13, 2016 – A team of scientists at the Children's Medical Center Research Institute...
Preventing cardiovascular disease in women — one physician’s approach to…
IMAGE: Journal of Women's Health published monthly, is a core multidisciplinary journal dedicated to the diseases and conditions that hold...
UMass Amherst research creating tool for sustainable cities
AMHERST, Mass. – Green building expert Simi Hoque at the University of Massachusetts Amherst recently received a five-year, $508,714 National...
Electrical ‘switch’ in brain’s capillary network monitors activity and…
Credit: Courtesy of Thomas Longden All it takes is the flip of a protein "switch" within the tiny wire-like capillaries...
Rare feline genetic disorders identified through whole genome sequencing at MU
Credit: Cleveland Zoo Whole genome sequencing (WGS), which is the process of determining an organism's complete DNA sequence, can be...
Women’s health has worsened while men’s health has improved, trends since 1990…
Credit: Umeå University/PLOS One Researchers at Umeå University and Region Norrbotten in Sweden have studied health trends among women and...
Human forebrain circuits under construction — in a dish
Credit: Sergiu Pasca, M.D., Stanford University National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded neuroscientists have created a 3D window into the human...
Penn, Notre Dame researchers mapping genetic history of the Caribbean
In the island chain called the Lesser Antilles, stretching from the Virgin Islands south to Trinidad and Tobago, a team...
Researchers ponder the shape of birds’ eggs
Credit: TR Birkhead The shape of birds' eggs varies considerably, for reasons that are unclear. The peculiarly elongated and pointed...
MDI Biological Laboratory to offer lecture series on the science of aging
BAR HARBOR, MAINE – The MDI Biological Laboratory will offer three lectures for the public on the science of aging...
UNC/N.C. State spinout company raises $5.8M for ‘smart’…
Credit: UNC/ NCSU Joint Biomedical Engineering Program. CHAPEL HILL, NC – Technology invented in a laboratory in the UNC-NC State...
Zika virus may be linked to more eye problems in Brazilian babies with microcephaly
SAN FRANCISCO – May 25, 2016 – Researchers studying babies with a Zika virus-related birth defect say they have found...
New model of T cell activation
T cell receptors are an important part of the human immune system. They are able to switch their conformation from...
UTA awarded $6 million in 2016 to find new ways to identify and treat…
Credit: UTA The University of Texas at Arlington is becoming a major cancer research institute, receiving more than $6 million...
