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Prenatal exposure to BPA at low levels can affect gene expression in developing rat brain
New research from North Carolina State University reveals that prenatal exposure to bisphenol A (BPA) at levels below those currently...
Elderly chromosomes activate genes differently than in the young
Grey hair, wisdom, and wrinkles on our skin mark us as we age, but it's the more subtle changes beneath...
Aging has distinct and opposite effects on tendon in males and females
New research from the University of Liverpool, published in the journal Scientific Reports, has identified that in tendon ageing has...
Air pollution is associated with cancer mortality beyond lung cancer
Air pollution is classified as carcinogenic to humans given its association with lung cancer, but there is little evidence for...
New toolkit reveals novel cancer genes
A new statistical model has enabled researchers to pinpoint 27 novel genes thought to prevent cancer from forming, in an...
Future climate change may not adversely affect seafood quality
Credit: Anaelle Lemasson/University of Plymouth The eating qualities of UK oysters may not be adversely affected by future ocean acidification...
Orphaned elephants’ social lives substantially altered by poaching
Credit: Shifra Goldenberg/Save the Elephants, Colorado State University Elephants live in a social structure with a level of complexity that...
Lemurs are weird because Madagascar’s fruit is weird
Credit: George Selley Lemurs are primates like us, but they're the weird cousins. They're found only on Madagascar off the...
MSU biologists discovered the pathwaysof groups of the lophophore
Credit: Aleksander Semenov Scientists from Moscow State University have proved that lophophorates - the invertebrates with special tentacular apparatus -...
The University Medical Center Groningen and Novogene announce the start of the 10K Metagenome Project
Groningen, Netherlands and Beijing, China - October 31, 2017 - A research group led by Professor Cisca Wijmenga from the...
Young bats learn bat ‘dialects’ from their nestmates
A new Tel Aviv University study finds that young bats adopt a specific "dialect" spoken by their own colonies, even...
Despite improvements, death rates from lupus remain disproportionately high
1. Despite improvements over the last decade, death rates from lupus remain disproportionately high Abstract: http://annals.org/aim/article/doi/10.7326/M17-0102 URLs go live when...
Potential cancer treatment breakthrough with nanoporous acupuncture needles
Credit: Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST) DGIST (Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology) announced that Professor...
Scientists discover surprising immune cell activity that may be limiting immunotherapy
ANN ARBOR, Michigan -- Researchers have uncovered a surprising process within a key immune cell that may help explain the...
Tourassi named top scientist at ORNL’s annual Awards night
Credit: Oak Ridge National Laboratory, US Dept. of Energy OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Oct. 28, 2017 -- Georgia Tourassi of Oak...
UA Cancer Center research team explores anti-breast cancer properties of soy
Credit: University of Arizona Cancer Center A University of Arizona Cancer Center research team is engaged in a series of...
Rousing masses to fight cancer with open source machine learning
Credit: Georgia Tech / McDonald lab Here's an open invitation to steal. It goes out to cancer fighters and tempts...
$12.5 million grant allows MUSC and SCSU to team up to tackle health disparities
Credit: Sarah Pack Marvella Ford missed out on a fundamental part of childhood: having grandparents to spoil and take care...
Helping smokers quit: Payments, personalized support can work
BOSTON - Money can be more powerful than nicotine, as a new study found that smokers who received financial incentives,...
3-D ‘scaffold’ map to help the search for new cancer treatments
Credit: Image: Onisha Patel/Walter and Eliza Hall Institute Researchers have produced the first three-dimensional (3D) map of a molecular 'scaffold'...
