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April 18, 2026

Diagnostic biomarkers in saliva show promise in recognizing early…

Credit: Beaumont Your spit may hold a clue to future brain health. Investigators at the Beaumont Research Institute, part of...

Penn researcher calls on the scientific community to defend individuals with disabilities

Credit: Center for Mental Health Policy and Services Research in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania...

Diabetes drug may prevent recurring strokes

Pioglitazone, a drug used for type 2 diabetes, may prevent recurrent stroke and heart attacks in people with insulin resistance...

What will it take to protect hospital patients from UTIs? National effort shows promise

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Right now, about one in five hospital patients has a catheter collecting their urine – and...

Key barriers to quality end-of-life care for ethnic minorities

New Rochelle, NY, Nov. 18, 2015 — A new study identifies six main patient-reported barriers to receiving quality end-of-life (EOL)...

University of Missouri researchers receive $1.3 million NIH grant to…

Credit: Photo courtesy of Jianlin Cheng. Jianlin Cheng has been in the business of protein structure prediction since before coming...

Toxoplasma’s balancing act explained

Credit: Matthew Bowler/EMBL The parasite Toxoplasma gondii is a silent success. It infects up to 95% of people in many...

Critical link between obesity and diabetes has been identified

Credit: UT Southwestern DALLAS – Nov. 28, 2017 – UT Southwestern researchers have identified a major mechanism by which obesity...

Walnuts may support sperm health, according to new animal research

Credit: California Walnut Commission FOLSOM, Calif., Feb. 28, 2017 – New animal research suggests eating a walnut-enriched diet may improve...

Fossilized bees were finicky pollen collectors

The ancestors of honeybees, living 50 million years ago, were fairly choosy when it came to feeding their offspring. This...

Satellites, airport visibility readings shed light on troops’…

Credit: NASA Using data from NASA satellites and airport visibility sensors, Veterans Affairs (VA) researchers and colleagues are extending an...

Scientists win UN data prize for monitoring threats to South African biodiversity hotspot

Credit: Adam Wilson BUFFALO, N.Y. — South Africa's Cape Floristic Region is one of the richest repositories of plant life...

Are patients sufficiently shielded against stray radiation during CT…

Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, November 21, 2017–Radiation exposure during diagnostic imaging such as computed tomography...

Research shows new neurons created through exercise don’t cause…

Credit: Texas A&M Health Science Center Research has found that exercise causes more new neurons to be formed in a...

Surprising discovery — how the African tsetse fly really drinks your blood

Credit: University of Bristol Researchers at the University of Bristol have been taking a close-up look at the biting mouthparts...

Strathclyde professor receives RSE Royal Medal from Her Majesty the…

Credit: Gary Doak Photography, courtesy of the RSE. A University of Strathclyde Professor has received a prestigious award from the...

Born to love superheroes

Credit: Kyoto University Japan — We recognize justice before we can talk, reports a research team in Nature Human Behaviour....

How does brain functional connectivity change from the awake to unconscious state?

Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, February 8, 2017–A new study examined how brain functional connectivity patterns...

DNA evidence shows that salmon hatcheries cause substantial, rapid…

CORVALLIS, Ore. – A new study on steelhead trout in Oregon offers genetic evidence that wild and hatchery fish are...

TSRI study identifies new type of protein clump that may be implicated…