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Spider peptides battle superbugs and cancer
As antibiotic resistance rises and fears over superbugs grow, scientists are looking for new treatment options. One area of focus...
Family break-ups lead to domestic violence in fruit fly relationships
Credit: Amy Hong Male fruit flies with strong family ties are less likely to become abusive during mating than others,...
Research opens possibility of reducing risk of gut bacterial infections with next-generation probiotic
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine A team of researchers is exploring the possibility that next-generation probiotics - live bacteria that...
Decommissioning Platform Holly
When the Colorado-based oil company Venoco, Inc. -- founded in Carpinteria, California, more than two decades ago -- declared bankruptcy...
Improving detection of a ‘date rape’ drug
Because gamma hydroxybutyric acid (GHB), commonly known as a "date rape drug" is rapidly absorbed and metabolized by the body,...
Insight into learning via ‘friend of fragile X’ gene
Credit: Ken Moberg. We can learn a lot about somebody from the friends they hang out with. This applies to...
Bill Gates and Francis Collins to speak at ASHG 2017
WHEN: Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2017, 5:00-6:30 pm WHERE: Orange County Convention Center, South Building, Hall B 9800-9899 International Drive, Orlando,...
Researchers create biomaterial that delivers both a powerful drug and gene silencers
BROOKLYN, New York - Clinicians today have an arsenal of more than 200 drugs at their disposal for treating a...
How cicadas manage to ‘wing it’
(American Chemical Society) Unlike locusts and many other flying insects, cicadas don't soar through the air with the greatest of...
Defining standards for genomes from uncultivated microorganisms
During the Industrial Revolution, factories began relying on machines rather than people for mass production. Amidst the societal changes, standardization...
Damming and its effects on fish
Credit: Steven Mattocks Fish that migrate between freshwater and sea ecosystems play a multitude of ecological roles. In the centuries...
Mapping the brain
Credit: University of Konstanz In the past several years, and in close cooperation with the Janelia Research Campus of the...
NYITCOM researcher discovers potential cancer treatment breakthrough
Patients undergoing conventional chemotherapy for certain cancers could potentially receive more effective and less toxic drug treatment. In a July...
New genes discovered regulating brain metastases in lung cancer
Credit: McMaster University Hamilton, ON (August 8, 2017) - Research from McMaster University has identified new regulators of brain metastases...
New study discovers ‘killer peptide’ that helps eliminate resistant cancer cells
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Aug. 4, 2017) - A new study by University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center researchers shows that when...
$15 million grant to LSU Health New Orleans to help reduce cancer in louisiana
New Orleans, LA - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has awarded LSU Health New Orleans School of...
First-in-class drug holds promise for therapy-resistant breast cancer
Credit: UT Southwestern DALLAS - Aug. 8, 2017 - UT Southwestern Simmons Cancer Center researchers have shown that a first-in-class...
Colorectal cancer death rates rising in people under 55
ATLANTA -August 8, 2017- A new report finds that colorectal cancer mortality rates have increased in adults under 55 since...
Racial differences for trends in colorectal cancer mortality rates
Colorectal cancer mortality rates have decreased since 1970 in black individuals 20 to 54 years of age, but have increased...
Mental illness, suicide, and ‘intractable violence’ creating ‘lost generation’ in Middle East
SEATTLE (7 August 2017) - Suicide, homicide, and sexual assault are increasing much faster in the Eastern Mediterranean Region than...
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