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Study reveals connection between microbiome and autoimmune disorders

October 23, 2017

Credit: University of Calgary Many people associate the word "bacteria" with something dirty and disgusting. Dr. Pere Santamaria disagrees. Called...

Prozac in ocean water a possible threat to sea life, PSU study finds

(Portland, Ore.) October 17, 2017 - Oregon shore crabs exhibit risky behavior when they're exposed to the antidepressant Prozac, making...

UMass Amherst research investigating pollutant effects on embryos in three model species

Credit: UMass Amherst AMHERST, Mass. - Environmental health scientist Alicia Timme-Laragy at the University of Massachusetts Amherst recently received a...

New IOF Compendium documents osteoporosis, its management and global burden

Credit: IOF Today, on the occasion of World Osteoporosis Day, the International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) has issued the first edition...

Global CO2 emissions stalled for the third year in a row

The annual assessment of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by the JRC and the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (PBL) confirms...

Life goes on for marine ecosystems after cataclysmic mass extinction

Credit: Arc Centre of Excellence Coral Reef Studies One of the largest global mass extinctions did not fundamentally change marine...

2017 AIP Science Writing Award Winners announced

WASHINGTON, D.C., OCT. 20, 2017 -- The American Institute of Physics announced today the winners of its 2017 Science Communication...

Cool roofs have water saving benefits too

Credit: Berkeley Lab The energy and climate benefits of cool roofs have been well established: By reflecting rather than absorbing...

Research predicts increase in inflammatory bowel disease in developing world

For the last century, inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) has been a challenge for patients and the medical community in the...

Carbon coating gives biochar its garden-greening power

Credit: Nikolas Hagemann/University of Tübingen For more than 100 years, biochar, a carbon-rich, charcoal-like substance made from oxygen-deprived plant or...

Superstorm Sandy five years later: How NJIT assisted with recovery efforts

Credit: NJIT Five years ago, Superstorm Sandy devastated the U.S. east coast, taking the lives of 34 New Jersey residents,...

Northwestern Medicine Chicago Proton Center hosts 4th Annual PTCOG-NA Conference in Chicago

The Northwestern Medicine Chicago Proton Center will host over 200 leading clinicians, physicists and researchers in the growing field of...

Researchers pinpoint causes for spike in breast cancer genetic testing

Athens, Ga. -- A sharp rise in the number of women seeking BRCA genetic testing to evaluate their risk of...

Study shows how nerves drive prostate cancer

Credit: Courtesy of Albert Einstein College of Medicne October 19, 2017--(Bronx, NY)--In a study in today's issue of Science, researchers...

Number of newly diagnosed cancer patients without insurance drops in first year of ACA

Credit: Indiana University BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- The number of newly diagnosed cancer patients who were uninsured fell by one-third in...

Gene circuit switches on inside cancer cells, triggers immune attack

CAMBRIDGE, MA -- Researchers at MIT have developed a synthetic gene circuit that triggers the body's immune system to attack...

One to 10 mutations are needed to drive cancer, scientists find

For the first time, scientists have provided unbiased estimates of the number of mutations needed for cancers to develop, in...

The WHO selects Tivanisiran as the international nonproprietary name for SYL1001

Sylentis, a Pharmaceutical Company of PharmaMar Group (MCE: PHM), pioneer in the development of new compounds based on genetic silencing...

Study reveals key molecular link in major cell growth pathway

Cambridge, MA October 19, 2017. - A team of scientists led by Whitehead Institute has uncovered a surprising molecular link...

Changes in insurance coverage among patients with cancer under ACA