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Dr. Tuuli Lappalainen awarded major NIH grant to study variable penetrance
NEW YORK, NY (June 12, 2017) - Tuuli Lappalainen, PhD, Core Faculty Member at the New York Genome Center, and...
Scientists make first crystal model of under-diagnosed autoimmune disease
Credit: USC Chen lab and Advanced Photon Source in Chicago As a molecular biologist, Kaori Noridomi gets an up-close view...
Study: Use of prefabricated blood vessels may revolutionize root canals
Credit: OHSU - Kristyna Wentz-Graff While root canals are effective in saving a tooth that has become infected or decayed,...
AI that can shoot down fighter planes helps treat bipolar disorder
Credit: David Fleck/University of Cincinnati The artificial intelligence that can blow human pilots out of the sky in air-to-air combat...
Detailed new genome for maize shows the plant has deep resources for continued adaptation
Credit: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Cold Spring Harbor, NY - A new, much more detailed reference genome for maize, or...
Animal models can’t ‘tune out’ stimuli, mimicking sensory hypersensitivity in humans
Credit: Portera-Cailiau Lab/UCLA By tickling the whiskers of mice, and recording how they respond, UCLA researchers may be closer to...
Combining radionuclide therapy with a PARP inhibitor slows neuroendocrine tumor growth
Credit: S. Adant, J.M. Beauregard, N.K. Purohit, R.G. Shah, and G.M. Shah, Université Laval, Quebec City, Canada DENVER, Colo. -...
The confluence of science and art
Sometimes conferences pay off. Pun intended. For UC Santa Barbara microbiologist Alyson Santoro, the 2016 National Academies Keck Futures Initiative...
Irregular sleeping patterns linked to poorer academic performance in college students
BOSTON, MA - Previous research has analyzed variations in sleep patterns including number of hours slept, quality of sleep, and...
Promiscuous salamander found to use genes from three partners equally
Credit: Robert Denton, Ohio State University A promiscuous salamander has found a simple genetic formula for success: Mate with multiple...
Moffitt researchers identify inhibitor that overcomes drug resistance in prostate cancer
TAMPA, Fla. (June 12, 2017) - Prostate cancer is the third most common cause of cancer-related death in men in...
Promiscuous salamander found to use genes from 3 partners equally
Credit: Robert Denton, Ohio State University A promiscuous salamander has found a simple genetic formula for success: Mate with multiple...
Investigators examine the relationship between pain and opioid abuse
The drug overdose epidemic is largely driven by opioids, which continue to be prescribed for chronic pain despite recommendations to...
Neuro-receptor PET could provide an early warning for alcoholic relapse
Credit: UZ/KU Leuven, Belgium DENVER, Colo. - Alcohol abuse disorder is a devastating and complicated disease affecting millions of people...
Lianas stifle tree fruit and seed production in tropical forests
Credit: STRI archives Woody vines, known as lianas, compete intensely with trees and their numbers are on the rise in...
A changing climate affects plankton populations
Credit: © 2016 J.M. Gasol Bacterial and archaeal plankton, as the most abundant form of life in the oceans, profoundly...
Fasting glucose as a marker for greater weight loss on a high-fiber, low-glycemic diet
SAN DIEGO and BOSTON (June 11, 2017, 3:00 ET) -- Researchers from the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center...
Joanna S. Fowler, PhD, receives SNMMI 2017 Georg Charles de Hevesy Nuclear Pioneer Award
Credit: SNMMI DENVER, Colo. - Joanna S. Fowler, PhD, senior chemist emeritus of the Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory...
New grants for traumatic brain injury research announced by Julian Bailes, MD, at SNMMI17
Credit: SNMMI DENVER, Colo. - At the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) Annual Meeting, Julian E. Bailes,...
Chemical composition and microhardness of human enamel treated with fluoridated whintening agents
Aesthetic treatments are always widely sought by dental patients, especially dental whitening, in order to get whiter smiles. The big...
