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Farming fish saves land
To satisfy the protein demands of an anticipated nearly 10 billion people by 2050, the United Nations' Food and Agriculture...
Penn Medicine-led study reveals potential for more precise diagnosis and treatment of TBI
LOS ANGELES-- Patients who've suffered from traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) have changes in tiny blood vessels in their brains that...
Keep calm and carry on: VTCRI scientists make first serotonin measurements in humans
Credit: Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute Scientists at the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute have begun to unravel how serotonin...
PCORI Board approves $10 million to support research on medication-assisted treatment
WASHINGTON, DC (April 30, 2018) -- The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) Board of Governors today approved $10 million to...
Research supports calls for food industry to reduce food product portion sizes
New research, published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, highlights the benefits of the food industry changing food product...
Systematic treatment of periodontal disease: Advantage of further therapeutic approaches
The German Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care (IQWiG) investigated the advantages and disadvantages of different treatments of...
Study identifies new target for treatment of pulmonary hypertension
Scientists at Stanley Manne Children's Research Institute at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago have identified a...
Study identifies ways smaller hospitals can effectively reduce antibiotic overuse
Credit: Intermountain Medical Center Researchers at Intermountain Healthcare and University of Utah Health in Salt Lake City have completed a...
World-first synthesis of globalization effects on people and planet
Credit: University of Sydney Australian researchers have compiled a world-first conclusive synthesis of the environmental and social impacts of globalisation...
Discovery of immune cells able to defend against mutating viruses could transform vaccine developmen
Scientists have found immune cells can fight different strains of the same virus - a discovery which could help transform...
Study explores link between curiosity and school achievement
ANN ARBOR, Mich. - Researchers know that certain factors give children a leg up when it comes to school performance....
UNICEF ‘muted’ on tobacco control for children
The tobacco industry manipulated the renowned children's rights agency UNICEF for more than a dozen years, from 2003 until at...
UChicago researchers lay out how to control biology with light — without genetics
Credit: Jiang et al/University of Chicago Over the past five years, University of Chicago chemist Bozhi Tian has been figuring...
Oxford University Press and West China Hospital to launch Precision Clinical Medicine
Oxford University Press and the West China Hospital are pleased to announce the launch of Precision Clinical Medicine. Precision Clinical...