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Genetic advance for male birth control
Credit: Photo by Derrick Turner EAST LANSING, Mich. - When it comes to birth control, many males turn to two...
IIVS and Colgate-Palmolive team up to provide training on non-animal methods in Brazil
IIVS, supported by a grant from Colgate-Palmolive, held a training course this month in Goiania, Brazil focused on two in...
TB Alliance moves two novel tuberculosis drugs into human trials
GUADALAJARA (10 October, 2017) -- TBA-7371 and sutezolid entered phase 1 clinical trials, TB Alliance announced today. Both compounds have...
Sharing of science is most likely among male scientists
Humans are considered to be very prosocial in comparison to other animals, and many experiments have confirmed this idea. However,...
Research to personalize pre- and probiotic Rx to reduce diseases linked to HIV and alcohol use
New Orleans, LA - The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism has awarded LSU Health New Orleans a $401,500...
New smell test could aid early detection of Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s
Nisha Pradhan was seven when she began to suspect she was missing out on something. Her sister seemed to have...
MPFI scientists discover regional differences among chandelier cells
Credit: Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience The brain is composed of distinct regions that differ in their functional roles...
Breeding salt-tolerant plants
Credit: Picture: Jennifer Böhm Soil erosion is considered as a problem that puts the nutrition of the human population at...
Hibernating ribosomes help bacteria survive
Credit: Saint Louis University / Ellen Hutti ST. LOUIS -- In the second of two high-profile articles published in recent...
Liquid biopsy may be new way to detect liver cancer earlier, easier
An international team of researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine and Moores Cancer Center, with colleagues...
Women who undergo aggressive surgery for breast cancer may miss more work
A new study reveals that patients with breast cancer who received more aggressive treatments were more likely to experience disruptions...
Study finds double mastectomy tied to more missed work
(Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan) As more breast cancer patients are choosing to remove both breasts, researchers examine the...
Sustainable irrigation may harm other development goals, study shows
Pursuing sustainable irrigation without significant irrigation efficiency gains could negatively impact environmental and development goals in many areas of the...
What soot-covered, hundred-year-old birds can tell us about saving the environment
Credit: (c) Carl Fuldner and Shane DuBay, The University of Chicago and The Field Museum Horned Larks are cute little...
Molecular basis for memory and learning
October 2017. Learning and memory are two important functions of the brain that are based on the brain's plasticity. Scientists...
Global kids study: More trees, less disease
Credit: No attribution required. A University of Vermont-led study of 300,000 children in 35 nations says kids whose watersheds have...
Insight into our 50-plus lifespan still evolving, genetic study shows
It is an evolutionary riddle that has long puzzled scientists ... now the quest to find out why we live...
Type 1 diabetes and the microbiota: MAIT cells as biomarkers and new therapeutic targets
Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is an autoimmune disease that develops when the immune system attacks beta cells in the pancreas....
Nerve cells’ gatekeepers take many forms
Credit: Rice University/UTHealth HOUSTON - (Oct. 9, 2017) - The ability to track the movements of single molecules has revealed...
Singapore’s first robot masseuse ‘EMMA’ starts work
Credit: NTU Singapore A robot masseuse has started work in Singapore today. Named Emma, short for Expert Manipulative Massage Automation,...
