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New York, NY (October 19, 2018) -- Scientists at Mount Sinai have developed a novel technology for simultaneously analyzing the functions of hundreds of genes with resolution reaching the single cell ..
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Credit: Courtesy of MSU EAST LANSING, Mich. - Just as species evolve, so do classes. Michigan State University researchers have improved an introductory biology class to make it more accessible f..
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Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, October 19, 2018--Researchers have taken advantage of the benefits of DNA immunization over traditional protein-based immunization to eli..
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Credit: McGill University People who have better spatial memory are also better at identifying odors, according to a study published this week in Nature Communications. The study builds on a recent ..
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Credit: FSU College of Medicine TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- While women have long been warned about the dangers of smoking during pregnancy, far less has been known about risks for offspring of men who sm..
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Credit: Georgia State University ATLANTA--Adding highly refined fiber to processed foods could have negative effects on human health, such as promoting liver cancer, according to a new study by res..
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Credit: Jay Chen/Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U.S. Dept. of Energy OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Oct. 18, 2018--Scientists studying a valuable, but vulnerable, species of poplar have identified the genetic me..
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Credit: University of Sussex Checking the heartbeat of babies in the womb is set to become more accurate and less stressful for expectant mothers thanks to research by the University of Sussex. D..
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The fast-moving advancement in medical imaging technology has revolutionized health care science. When information technology is integrated with imaging technology, it takes health care to new horizon..
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Credit: Klaus Leipholz / Anja Widdig Most of us would acknowledge that family members often resemble one another, particularly in the face. Indeed, humans are good at picking out pairs of close rela..
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For the first time, researchers have measured what is known as the ground effect of flying animals - and it turns out that they save a lot more energy by flying close to the ground than previously bel..
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SINGAPORE, 19 October 2018 - Duke-NUS researchers have discovered that a growth factor protein, called brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), and its receptor, tropomyosin receptor kinase B (TrkB) ..
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Air pollution in the U.S. has decreased since about 1990, and a new study conducted at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill now shows that this air quality improvement has brought substanti..
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Texas A&M University and The University of Texas at Arlington have established The Texas Genomics Core Alliance to increase access to and decrease costs of cutting-edge, high-throughput genomics seque..
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