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Focus screening efforts to ‘save thousands of lives’ from digestive cancers — say experts
Credit: UEG (Prague, 26 September, 2017) Experts from United European Gastroenterology (UEG), presenting at the European Digestive Cancer Days (EDCD)...
Treating citrus greening with copper: Effects on trees, soils
Citrus greening is a major challenge for Florida growers. The disease destroys the production, appearance, and economic value of citrus...
NSF grant supports biochemistry research and mentoring outreach
Credit: WFU / Ken Bennett The National Science Foundation recently awarded a $680,000 grant to Wake Forest University Associate Professor...
Discovery: Bernie Sanders spider
Credit: Agnarsson lab A scientist at the University of Vermont and four of his undergraduate students have discovered 15 new...
Chronic wasting disease
One of the most contagious of the transmissible spongiform encephalopathies, is chronic wasting disease (CWD) which affects deer and represents...
How forest fires spoil wine
If wine is cultivated in an area where forest fires occur more often, such as in Australia or Southern Italy,...
Predatory bacteria found in study of cystic fibrosis patients’ lung microbiome
WASHINGTON, DC - September 26, 2017 - Cystic fibrosis patients have a wide variety of bacteria in their lungs, including...
‘Hypermutators’ drive pathogenic fungi to evolve more rapidly
Credit: Edmond Byrnes III, Joseph Heitman -- Duke; Valerie Knowlton - NC State DURHAM, N.C. -- Mutations tend to get...
Portland State study links cancerous toxins to cannabis extract
(Portland, Ore.) Sept. 25, 2017 - Researchers at Portland State University found benzene and other potentially cancer-causing chemicals in the...
Influence of C-section, formula feeding and antibiotics on infant gut microbiome
A new analytical approach, described in open-access journal Frontiers in Pediatrics, shows how different interventions - cesarean section, formula feeding,...
Illinois researchers develop gene circuit design strategy to advance synthetic biology
Credit: University of Illinois Department of Bioengineering. Over the last 17 years, scientists and engineers have developed synthetic gene circuits...
New study funded points to unexpected benefits of rabies vaccination in dogs
The rabies vaccine is extremely effective at preventing this fatal disease in dogs, but new research, funded by Morris Animal...
Nerves control the body’s bacterial community
Credit: Image: Christoph Giez, Dr. Alexander Klimovich A central aspect of life sciences is to explore the symbiotic cohabitation of...
Caribbean praying mantises have ancient African origin
Credit: Gavin Svenson, Ph.D. Three seemingly unrelated praying mantis groups inhabiting Cuba and the rest of the Greater Antilles actually...
Russian scientist finds a new way to predict cancer development
Credit: MIPT Press Office A scientist from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT) has proposed a model that...
Caribbean spiders named for Barack Obama, Bernie Sanders David Bowie, and others
A new paper published in the Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society has identified and named 15 new species of...
Bacterial outer membrane vesicles: An emerging tool in vaccine development
Credit: Kendrick B. Turner and Scott A. Walper, Bentham Science Publishers Outer membrane vesicles, biological nanoparticles shed during normal growth...
Antibiotics warranted for kids with minor staph infections
Credit: Washington University School of Medicine The overuse of antibiotics has left some doctors questioning whether to give such drugs...
The drying of peatlands is reducing bird diversity
Credit: Aleksi Lehikoinen A recent international study indicates that the populations of peatland birds in Finland, Sweden, Norway, Estonia and...
Novel route to polyamide 6: Catalytic oxidation of cyclohexane with ferrocene in ionic liquid medium
Credit: LuÃsa M.D.R.S. Martins et al, Bentham Science Publishers Polyamide (PA) 6 is widely used in several industries and therefore...
