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Blood biopsy test reads platelets to detect human lung cancer
Credit: Best et al. Researchers in the Netherlands have designed a different approach to the liquid biopsy. Rather than looking...
FDA approves emergency use for multiplex Zika test
The Center for Infection and Immunity (CII) at Columbia University's Mailman School today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug...
Change in protein production essential to muscle function
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine have shed light on the process that guides the...
‘Inefficient’ sailing fleet keeps oyster fishery alive
Credit: Adam Spargo Oyster stocks in a Cornish fishery are sustained thanks to "inefficient" traditional fishing methods, new research suggests....
$3.7 million grant to fund research on novel drug targeting heart diseases
New Orleans, LA - The Exscien Corporation of Louisville, KY, in conjunction with LSU Health New Orleans Cardiovascular Center of...
High sugar consumption gives rise to dental treatment costs in the billions
Worldwide, people are eating far too much sugar. This has negative consequences for their teeth and for their purses: seen...
UCLA scientists identify a new way to activate stem cells to make hair grow
Credit: UCLA Broad Stem Cell Center/Nature Cell Biology UCLA researchers have discovered a new way to activate the stem cells...
Long-term diabetes complication: Liver inflammation raises cholesterol levels
(Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health) Inflammatory processes in the liver lead to elevated cholesterol levels...
A tiny fraction of oceans could satisfy the world’s fish demand
From sashimi to smoked salmon, ceviche to mussels Provençal, seafood dishes are among the world's best-loved culinary delights and dietary...
Seafood for thought
Covering 70 percent of Earth's surface, the world's oceans are vast and deep. So vast, in fact, that nearly every...
Biogerontology Research Foundation salutes staff on multi-year drug development agreement
Credit: Juvenescence AI Tuesday, Aug. 14th, 2017, London, UK: Biogerontology Research Foundation (BGRF) Chief Science Officer Alex Zhavoronkov and BGRF...
Genetic mechanism prevents kidney injury after severe dehydration
DURHAM, N.H. - Millions of people die every year from dehydration as a result of exposure and illness. In humans,...
Researchers describe neural mechanisms for gregariousness and monogamy in zebra finches
How do gregarious songbirds such as zebra finches, where both males and females live in close proximity and where females...
Researchers 3-D print first truly microfluidic ‘lab on a chipl devices
Credit: BYU Photo Researchers at BYU are the first to 3D-print a viable microfluidic device small enough to be effective...
The best place to treat type 1 diabetes might be just under your skin
Credit: Sefton Lab. A group of U of T researchers have demonstrated that the space under our skin might be...
Varroa mites — bees’ archenemies — have genetic holes in their armor
Credit: Photo by Zachary Huang EAST LANSING, Mich. - Seemingly indestructible Varroa mites have decimated honeybee populations and are a...
Probiotics help poplar trees clean up toxins in Superfund sites
Credit: Michael Blaylock/Edenspace Systems Corporation Trees have the ability to capture and remove pollutants from the soil and degrade them...
Ozone treaty taking a bite out of US greenhouse gas emissions
WASHINGTON D.C. -- The Montreal Protocol, the international treaty adopted to restore Earth's protective ozone layer in 1989, has significantly...
Granulins are brain treasure, not trash
Credit: Chris Holler, Emory University School of Medicine Emory University School of Medicine researchers have developed tools that enable them...
Brain injury in kids might lead to alcohol abuse
Researchers at Ohio State University have surveyed previous studies to investigate the relationship between traumatic brain injuries and alcohol abuse....
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