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Could co-infection with other viruses affect the survival of those with Ebola virus?
Ebola virus is one of a variety of viruses that causes a disease that comes under the general heading of...
NIH awards aim to understand molecular changes during physical activity
The National Institutes of Health Common Fund announced today the first awards for the Molecular Transducers of Physical Activity in...
Lunar sonic booms
The sonic boom created by an airplane comes from the craft's large, speeding body crashing into molecules in the air....
American death rate from drugs, alcohol, and mental disorders nearly triples since 1980
Credit: Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation SEATTLE - More than 2,000 US counties witnessed increases of 200% or more...
Drug for narcolepsy could help food addicts lose weight
Overweight people could be given help with the discovery that a drug used for sleep disorder could also reduce the...
UCI team to play key role in national study on how physical activity benefits health
Credit: Steve Zylius / UCI Irvine, Calif., Dec. 13, 2016 -- With the support of a major National Institutes of...
Science and legal experts debate future uses and impact of human genome editing in Gender & the Genome
Credit: ©Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, December 13, 2016--Precise, economical genome editing tools such as CRISPR have...
Oregon researchers find bacterial protein that boosts insulin-producing cells in zebrafish
Credit: Courtesy of Jennifer Hampton Hill EUGENE, Ore. -- Dec. 13, 2016 -- A newly discovered bacterial protein produced in...
Switchgrass may be a good option for farmers who have lost fertile topsoil
COLUMBIA, Mo. - The loss of fertile topsoil from agricultural fields is an economic problem for modern farmers. When runoff...
Rural nursing homes are falling behind in health information technology
Credit: MU News Bureau COLUMBIA, Mo. - According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 1 million...
NASA provides 2 views of former Tropical Cyclone Vardah
Loading video... Credit: Credits: NASA/JAXA, Hal Pierce NASA satellite data provided a look at the cloud cover and rainfall rates...
McMaster engineer named Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors
Credit: McMaster University, Faculty of Engineering HAMILTON, Ont. (Dec. 13, 2016) -- Dr. Ali Emadi of McMaster University's Faculty of...
Laboratory-on-a-chip technique simplifies detection of cancer DNA biomarkers
WASHINGTON, D.C., Dec. 13, 2016 -- Cancer is the second leading cause of death in the U.S., making early, reliable...
Young, thin and hyperactive: That’s what outlier galaxies look like
If we put the galaxies for which we have the relevant data into a graph relating the mass of stars...
Topical skin cream for treatment of basal cell carcinoma shows promise as an alternative to surgery
Credit: Journal of Investigative Dermatology Philadelphia, PA, December 13, 2016 - Basal cell carcinoma (BCC), a type of skin cancer,...
Studies probe value and impact of direct-to-consumer genetic testing
Despite being on the market for nearly a decade, direct-to-consumer (DTC) genetic testing continues to be controversial among experts and...
Squeezing life from DNA’s double helix
Credit: Xiaojiang Chen, USC For years, scientists have puzzled over what prompts the intertwined double-helix DNA to open its two...
CSU uses test for chronic wasting disease to study brain ailments in people
Credit: CSU Photography Wildlife disease experts at Colorado State University are investigating whether a test developed to detect early-stage chronic...
Study first to show role of Parkin gene in eye lens free radical formation, cell survival
Credit: Florida Atlantic University Although mutations in the PARK2 gene that encodes the Parkin protein are associated with developing early-onset...
Study offers approach to treating pain
Credit: Nereo Kalebic/EMBL For many patients with chronic pain, any light touch - even just their clothes touching their skin...
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