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Soil amendments for healthier spinach
Credit: Carrie Green. Soils keep plants healthy by providing plants with water, helpful minerals, and microbes, among other benefits. But...
Can census data better predict lead exposure in children?
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, Oct. 4, 2017--Researchers have developed a computational model based on available...
Air pollution and poverty stack the deck for ADHD
Scientists at the Columbia Center for Children's Environmental Health (CCCEH) at the Mailman School of Public Health report the first...
Professor Kenneth Leung awarded the Biwako Prize for Ecology by the Ecological Society of Japan
Credit: The University of Hong Kong Professor Kenneth Mei Yee LEUNG of the Swire Institute of Marine Science and School...
Study pokes holes in fetal alcohol hypothesis
A new study published in the journal Brain Behavior and Immunity appears to challenge the theory that cells in the...
Two agents deliver knockout punches to Ewing sarcoma
WASHINGTON -- When combined with an already FDA-approved chemotherapy, a novel agent developed by researchers at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer...
Ben-Gurion U. developing new sensor with the Ram Group for earlier disease diagnosis
BEER-SHEVA, Israel, Oct. 2, 2017 -- BGN, the technology-transfer company of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU), is collaborating with...
New key regulator of acquisition of immune tolerance to tumor cells in cancer patients
Credit: Javier RodrÃguez-Ubreva Researchers of the Chromatin and Disease Group from the Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL) in Barcelona have...
Heat-tempered magnesium alloy a strong choice for implants
BROOKLYN, New York - Titanium is the preferred material for surgical fixation procedures ranging from knee replacement to jaw implants....
Protein identified that drives initiation and growth of aggressive form of leukemia
A team led by Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) investigators has identified a new cancer-causing pathway behind most cases of an...
Breast cancer statistics, 2017
Overall breast cancer death rates dropped 39 percent between 1989 and 2015, averting 322,600 breast cancer deaths during those 26...
Novel platform for investigating quiescence in dormancy-capable cancer cells
Credit: Dr. Alptekin Aksan A team of researchers from the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities has reported a novel encapsulation approach...
New targeted alpha therapy protocol for advanced prostate cancer
Credit: C Kratochwil et al., University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany RESTON, Va. - Therapy options are limited for men with...
Tobacco smokers could gain 86 million years of life if they switch to vaping, study finds
WASHINGTON -- Up to 6.6 million cigarette smokers will live substantially longer if cigarette smoking is replaced by vaping over...
New method for tissue regeneration, inspired by nature, described by scientists
Credit: University of Birmingham Scientists have found a way of mimicking our body's natural healing process, using cell derived nano-sized...
Mold contamination in sea salts could potentially spoil food
ITHACA, N.Y. - Like fine wines, sea salts are artisanal products that inspire talk of terroir, texture and provenance. Now...
UW wins $7 million grant to wean crops from nitrogen fertilizers
MADISON, Wisconsin -- Researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of Florida will use a $7 million grant...
NIH awards $2.4 million to MPFI scientist to study neural circuits in the visual cortex
Credit: Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience Dr. David Fitzpatrick, Scientific Director and CEO at the Max Planck Florida Institute...
Keeping moving — flat worms shed light on role of migrating stem cells in cancer
Credit: Prasad Abnave A new study carried out by the University of Oxford has used flat worms to look at...
Tiny poisonous Brazilian frogs are ‘deaf’ to their own call
Credit: Sandra Goutte Tiny Brazilian frogs still 'sing' despite not being able to hear themselves - this is the surprising...
