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Credit: Florida Atlantic University Restricting how much you eat without starving has been shown to robustly extend lifespan in more...

$2.6 million to build versatile genetic toolkit for studying animal behavior

Credit: Katelyn Marcus On Aug. 1, the National Science Foundation announced 17 Next Generation Networks for Neuroscience (NeuroNex) awards for...

Study shows mango consumption has positive impact on inflammatory bowel disease

COLLEGE STATION - Initial results of a study by researchers in the department of nutrition and food science at Texas...

Risk to Europe’s most dangerous pathogens revealed

The impact of climate change on the emergence and spread of infectious diseases could be greater than previously thought, according...

Weighing the benefits of incidental habitat protection

Regulations on land use that have been put in place to protect water quality, human lives, and property, may also...

Collaboration between pet owners and researchers helps children and dogs with rare epilepsy

The research, published in PLOS ONE, has identified the progression of Lafora disease, a devastating form of epilepsy which affects...

Cancer patients turning up in emergency departments with delirium likely to die earlier

According to a new study published in The Oncologist, patients with advanced cancer who are diagnosed with delirium when turning...

A new HER2 mutation, a clinical trial and a promising diagnostic tool for metastatic breast cancer

Credit: Baylor College of Medicine There is a group of metastatic breast cancers that has the HER2 gene amplified -...

Increased α5β1 integrin could improve tumor cell-killing performance in geriatric patients

A new report in the Journal of Leukocyte Biology describes an important step toward developing cancer treatments involving the body's...

Gene-regulatory factors shown to improve pancreatic cancer response to chemotherapy

Credit: Department of Molecular Cytogenetics,TMDU Tokyo, Japan - Pancreatic cancer is a particularly devastating disease because of the difficulty of...

Periodontal disease is associated with higher risk of several cancer types

Bottom Line: Periodontal disease was associated with increased risk of several types of cancer in postmenopausal women, even in women...

Study: History of gum disease increases cancer risk in older women

Credit: University at Buffalo BUFFALO, N.Y. - Postmenopausal women who have a history of gum disease also have a higher...

Tobacco industry steps up tactics to reduce impact of display ban

Credit: University of Stirling Tobacco manufacturers are offering retailers incentives to promote their products in a bid to mitigate the...

Researchers describe structures, mechanisms that enable bacteria to resist antibiotics

Credit: Edward Yu/Iowa State University AMES, Iowa - Two new discoveries from Edward Yu's Iowa State University laboratory are adding...

Scientists in China identify way to treat nerve damage caused by insecticides and chemical

New research has uncovered a potential new therapy for the currently untreatable delayed neuropathy caused by acute exposure to insecticides...

Building bridges within the cell — using light

Credit: Yun Huang and Yubin Zhou Each cell in the body is made up of a number of tiny sealed...

New approach on research and design for CQD catalysts in World Scientific NANO

Credit: World Scientific A new study that provides a new approach for the rational design of carbon quantum dots (CQD)...

Can insects be used as evidence to tell if a body has been moved?

Credit: Damien Charabidze The use of insects as indicators of post-mortem displacement is a familiar technique depicted on many crime...

Whole genome sequencing identifies cause of zoonotic epidemic