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AAS publishes a special issue on Chinese Carbon Budget Program
Credit: Advances in Atmospheric Sciences Global warming has been one of the biggest issues the whole world has been facing...
Female cancer survivors are one-third less likely to achieve pregnancy than women in general population
Geneva, 3 July 2017: For the first time, a large population study has quantified the chance of pregnancy after treatment...
Freeze-frames of enzymes in action have implications for a new cancer treatment concept
Credit: Joshua-Tor lab, CSHL Cold Spring Harbor, NY - Over millions of years of evolution, cells have developed myriad ways...
First large-scale genomic analysis of key acute leukemia will likely yield new therapies
Credit: Seth Dixon / St. Jude Children's Research Hospital A consortium including St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and the Children's...
Study shows childhood psychiatric disorders increase risk for later adult addiction
Washington, DC, July 3, 2017 - Children's health and well-being while growing up can be indicators of the potential health...
HKBU’s clinical trial acupuncture proves effectiveness for weight control
Credit: Hong Kong Baptist University The School of Chinese Medicine (SCM) of Hong Kong Baptist University recently completed a clinical...
School’s in for asthma medication adherence
Credit: Children's National Health System Doctors and researchers have long known that the level of stress patients experience is inversely...
Back to the future: The most efficient option for treating unexplained infertility
Geneva, 3 July 2017: An inexpensive fertility drug, which has been available for more than 50 years and can be...
Drug discovery: Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s spurred by same enzyme
Credit: From Zhang et al NSMB (2017). Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease are not the same. They affect different regions...
UTA’s Kyle O’Connell receives prestigious NSF doctoral dissertation grant
Credit: UTA Kyle O'Connell, a fifth-year Ph.D. student in biology, was selected to receive funds from the National Science Foundation's...
Quantum probes dramatically improve detection of nuclear spins
Credit: David A. Broadway/cqc2t.org Researchers at the University of Melbourne have demonstrated a way to detect nuclear spins in molecules...
Artificial bile ducts grown in lab & transplanted into mice could help treat liver disease
Credit: Fotis Sampaziotis Cambridge scientists have developed a new method for growing and transplanting artificial bile ducts that could in...
CF patients and physicians use shared decision-making tool to determine regimens
CINCINNATI--Physician-researchers at the University of Cincinnati have developed a computerized decision-making model to promote shared decision-making with cystic fibrosis patients....
Quick test finds signs of sepsis in a single drop of blood
Credit: Image by Janet Sinn-Hanlon CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- A new portable device can quickly find markers of deadly, unpredictable sepsis...
Colored glasses may provide light sensitivity relief post-concussion
CINCINNATI--Following a concussion or mild traumatic brain injury (TBI), patients may suffer from light sensitivity or photophobia, making it challenging...
Baker’s yeast can help plants cope with soil contamination
Credit: Raquel Carvalho Most plant species, including crops, cannot tolerate the toxic effects of soil pollutants, which dramatically impair their...
Flipping the switch on height variation
If you're taller than average and worried about what that means for your risk of arthritis later in life, Terence...
Female cancer survivors are one-third less likely to achieve pregnancy than women in general populat
Geneva, 3 July 2017: For the first time, a large population study has quantified the chance of pregnancy after treatment...
Certain OTC, less expensive hearing aids provide benefit similar to conventional hearing aid
A comparison between less-expensive, over-the-counter hearing assistance devices and a conventional hearing aid found that some of these devices were...
Tilted microscopy technique better reveals protein structures
Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA -- (July 3, 2017) The conventional way of placing protein samples under an electron microscope...
