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Mixing and matching yeast DNA
Credit: Osaka University (Osaka, Japan) The billions of cells in your body can be traced to a single cell. That...
Northeastern biophysics study makes exciting advancements for the future of DNA sequencing
Credit: Image courtesy of Ella Maru Studio A Northeastern research team has developed new technology that optimizes DNA sequencing using...
New evidence suggests octupuses aren’t loners
Credit: Peter Godfrey-Smith. Octopuses are usually solitary creatures, but a new site in the waters off the east coast of...
Proteins keep a grip on cells
Credit: Osaka University (Osaka, Japan) While you are what you eat, cells are what they touch. The cells with which...
Biodiversity just as powerful as climate change for healthy ecosystems
Credit: Emmett Duffy/Smithsonian Environmental Research Center Biodiversity is proving to be one of humanity's best defenses against extreme weather and...
Rising CO2 leading to changes in land plant photosynthesis
Researchers led by Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego have determined that major changes in...
Helping plants adapt to climate change
In climate change scenarios, abiotic stresses, such as drought and heat stress, become intensified, leading to severe crop loss. Selection...
Half-a-billion-year-old fossils shed light animal evolution on earth
Credit: University of Bristol Scientists have discovered traces of life more than half-a-billion years old that could change the way...
Scientists discover genetic timetable of brain’s aging process
The programme controls how and when brain genes are expressed at different times in a person's life to perform a...
A novel and practical fab-route for superomniphobic liquid-free surfaces
Credit: KAIST A joint research team led by Professor Hee Tak Kim and Shin-Hyun Kim in the Department of Chemical...
Livestock production, a much smaller challenge to global food security than often reported
Credit: GLEAM 2.0 Philadelphia, PA, September 11, 2017 - Humans face mounting challenges when it comes to finding ways to...
Ambry Genetics & NorthShore University HealthSystem partner to advance precision medicine
Credit: Jonathan Hillenbrand Aliso Viejo, CA and Evanston, IL (September 12, 2017): Ambry Genetics (Ambry), a leading clinical genetics-testing lab,...
Neck mass in adults: Guideline for evaluation provides framework for timely diagnosis
CHICAGO, IL --With the development of the Clinical Practice Guideline: Evaluation of the Neck Mass in Adults, published today in...
Abdominal fat a key cancer driver for postmenopausal women
LUGANO-MADRID, 10 September, 2017 - Body fat distribution in the trunk is more important than body weight when it comes...
Cancer patients struggle with key aspects of clinical trial methodology
LUGANO-MADRID, 10 September, 2017 - Clinical trials are fundamental to the development of new treatments for cancer, yet the annual...
E-cigarettes linked to increased arterial stiffness, blood pressure and heart rate in humans
Milan, Italy: New research has shown for the first time that e-cigarettes with nicotine cause a stiffening of the arteries...
Incidence of acute myocardial infarction may increase the day after Asian dust exposure
(Kumamoto University) A recent environmental epidemiological study has shown that Asian sand particles from desert areas of the Asian continent...
Patients feel psycho-social impact of chemo more acutely than physical side effects
LUGANO-MADRID, 09 September, 2017 -The preliminary results of a study to be presented at the ESMO 2017 Congress in Madrid...
‘Triggers’: A new tool to assess cancer patients’ palliative needs
LUGANO-MADRID, 9 September, 2017 - A new tool to identify patients who would benefit from early palliative care will be...
Study identifies factors that limit work ability of young adult cancer survivors
LUGANO-MADRID, 9 September 2017 - Factors that limit the work ability of young adult cancer survivors are reported today at...
