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CNIC scientists discover how a decades-old drug reduces the size of a…
Credit: CNIC Scientists at the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares Carlos III (CNIC) have discovered a new mechanism of action...
Volunteering might prevent substance abuse for female student-athletes
Credit: MU News Bureau COLUMBIA, Mo. – More than 180,000 student-athletes from 450 colleges and universities compete in Division III...
IBD patients may stay healthier when doctors monitor medications before they lose efficacy
Credit: BIDMC BOSTON – In patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), the body attacks the lining of the digestive tract....
Microscope using UV instead of visible light emerging as diagnostic tool
Credit: Richard Levenson, UC Davis December 4, 2017 MUSE image of sebaceous glandA microscope using ultraviolet light to illuminate samples...
NIH, Scientific American, Science salute UVA brain discovery
IMAGE: Jonathan Kipnis, PhD, is a professor of neuroscience at the University of Virginia School of Medicine and director of...
Discovered: Gene associated with schizophrenia risk regulates early…
Credit: Yingwei Mao lab, Penn State University University Park, PA — A gene associated with the risk of schizophrenia regulates...
Better catalysts will remove carcinogenic chlorine compounds from water
The Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw has just unveiled two new catalysts developed...
Kent State professor works with NASA Glenn & others to improve Lake Erie’s water quality
Credit: Photo credit: Sunny Dickerson, Bowling Green State University The conditions in Lake Erie continue to pose several health risks...
Article: Clinicians should address needs of family caregivers of…
Credit: Penn Nursing (PHILADELPHIA) Dec. 5, 2016 – More than 15 million family members and other unpaid caregivers provide care...
Is Europe ready to eliminate viral hepatitis?
The goal for 2030: a world free of hepatitis. Currently, Europe records around 57 000 newly diagnosed acute and chronic...
Girls will be boys: Sex reversal in dragon lizards
Credit: Professor Arthur Georges One of Australia's iconic lizard species is hiding a secret – female central bearded dragon embryos...
Living color: Rainbow-hued blood stem cells shed new light on cancer,…
Credit: Nature Cell Biology 2016, Henninger et al A new color-coding tool is enabling scientists to better track live blood...
UNIST receives funding for $4.5 million ITRC project
Credit: UNIST The farm-based outbreaks of AI are still occurring constantly in a number of countries around the world, including...
Living downwind of coal-fired power plant could increase risk of low birth weight
Credit: (Source: http://www.state.nj.us/dep/baqp/petition/Exh%201%20New%20Picture.png). The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has studied the effects of coal-fired power plant emissions on p..
Dust mite allergens share rare combo of qualities
Credit: Holly Leddy, Duke University DURHAM, N.C. — A combination of stability and abundance may be what gives allergy-triggering dust...
Pregnant women at risk of getting the flu are not getting vaccinated
Credit: UBC Health-care professionals are hesitant to administer the flu vaccine to pregnant women, despite the potential life-saving benefits, according...
New moms moving toward the bottle
Credit: UBC New moms are increasingly using expressed breast milk (either pumped or expressed by hand) instead of directly breastfeeding...
Music may help make high-intensity interval training viable option for average person
Credit: UBC Listening to music may make it easier for people to adopt short duration exercise regimens that could help...
Los Alamos research fundamental to first efficacy study for mosaic…
Credit: Los Alamos National Laboratory LOS ALAMOS, N.M., Nov. 30, 2017 — Just in time for World AIDS Day (Dec....
Health care process a roadblock for adolescents with autism and their caregivers
Credit: MU News Bureau COLUMBIA, Mo. – For most people, trips to the doctor can be quite scary. For adolescents...
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