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Biodiversity, ecosystem services, land degradation: IPBES launching 5 major assessments
Credit: UNEP Major new assessments of the state of biodiversity, ecosystems and nature's contributions to people will be presented to...
Why arched backs are attractive
Researchers have provided scientific evidence for what lap dancers and those who twerk probably have known all along - men...
Researchers developing home test kit for lupus nephritis flares
Credit: University of Houston With a four-year $1.4 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), two University of...
Marine microbiology: Scavenging to survive below the seafloor
Microorganisms living in the sediments buried below the seafloor obtain their nutrients by using secreted enzymes to degrade adsorbed detritus....
The role of the gut microbiome in posttraumatic stress disorder: More than a gut feeling
The bacteria in your gut could hold clues to whether or not you will develop posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after...
Pre-clinical study suggests path toward non-addictive painkillers
Credit: Indiana University BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - A pre-clinical study led by Indiana University scientists reports a promising step forward in...
Cells’ mechanical memory could hold clues to cancer metastasis
In the body, cells move around to form organs during development; to heal wounds; and when they metastasize from cancerous...
Marine species threatened by deep-sea mining
Credit: The University of Gothenburg Less than half of our planet's surface is covered by land. The rest is water,...
Navigation system of brain cells decoded
Credit: Photo: KIT, Weth The human brain contains roughly 100 billion neurons. Information among them is transmitted via a complex...
Fred Hutch researchers engineer complex TCR immunotherapy that may target relapsing leukemia
Credit: Fred Hutch file photo SEATTLE - Oct. 25, 2017 - Researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and the...
Fred Hutch researchers engineer complex immunotherapy that may target relapsing leukemia
Credit: Fred Hutch file photo SEATTLE - Oct. 25, 2017 - Researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and the...
Pesky pollutants that persist, courtesy of nature
In the late 1970s, the United States banned the production of an assortment of synthetic pesticides, insulators, coolants and flame...
Could Squirrel trade have contributed to England’s medieval leprosy outbreak?
Credit: Dr Sarah Inskip Genetic analysis of a pre-Norman skull unearthed in a garden in Hoxne, Suffolk, has added to...
Skin found to play a role in controlling blood pressure
Skin plays a surprising role in helping regulate blood pressure and heart rate, according to scientists at the University of...
Stirling leads £1.1m trial into pelvic organ prolapse
(University of Stirling) A new £1.1million trial led by the University of Stirling will assess whether a self-management programme could...
SNMMI publishes appropriate use criteria for FDG PET/CT imaging of cancer patients
RESTON, Va. - The Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) has published appropriate use criteria (AUC) for FDG...
Colon cancer: APC protein affects immunity by preventing pre-cancerous inflammation
Credit: © Institut Pasteur Adenomatous polyposis coli (APC) is a gene whose mutations are associated with a rare, hereditary form...
Researchers advocate for single-cell diagnostics for breast cancer
Women diagnosed with breast cancer may benefit from having the molecular subtype of different cells within their tumors identified, argue...
Study finds increase of herbicide in older adults
Among a sample of older adults living in Southern California, average urine levels of the herbicide glyphosate and its metabolite...
Study indicates arsenic can cause cancer decades after exposure ends
A new paper published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute shows that arsenic in drinking water may have...
