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From mutation to arrhythmia: desmosomal protein breakdown as an underlying mechanism of cardiac disease
Mutations in genes that form the desmosome are the most common cause of the cardiac disease arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy (ACM), which...
Telomere shortening – a sign of cellular aging – linked to signs of Alzheimer’s in brain scans
Changes in the brain caused by Alzheimer’s disease are associated with shortening of the telomeres – the protective caps on...
Integrated structural biology provides new clues for cystic fibrosis treatment
(Memphis, Tenn.—March 22, 2023) Scientists at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and Rockefeller University have combined their expertise to gain a better understanding...
The Health Risks of Bereavement: In the first years after losing a spouse in later life, you’re significantly more likely to die yourself, with the mortality rate being especially raised for men
The Health Risks of Bereavement: In the first years after losing a spouse in later life, you're significantly more likely...
AJR national survey measures causes of, counters to moral distress in radiology
Leesburg, VA, March 22, 2023—According to an accepted manuscript published in ARRS’ own American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR), moral distress...
In the controversial field of sex selection during assisted reproduction, a new technique appears safe and around 80% effective in producing offspring of the desired sex, per a small clinical trial
In the controversial field of sex selection during assisted reproduction, a new technique appears safe and around 80% effective in...
Smokeless tobacco and cigarettes confer similar adverse vascular health risks
Ann Arbor, March 22, 2023 – A new study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, published by Elsevier, investigated...
Book: Professional jobs have changed – but not for the better
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Once perceived as the epitome of the American dream and tickets to prosperity and social status, careers...
Research uncovers details about the mysterious author of early astronomy textbooks
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Around 1800, an English schoolmistress named Margaret Bryan wrote several well-regarded textbooks on astronomy and physics for...
Surprisingly simple explanation for the alien comet ‘Oumuamua’s weird orbit
In 2017, a mysterious comet dubbed 'Oumuamua fired the imaginations of scientists and the public alike. It was the first...
How vision begins
Researchers at the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI have deciphered the molecular processes that first occur in the eye when light...
Ludwig von Beethoven’s genome sheds light on chronic health problems and cause of death
In 1802, Ludwig van Beethoven asked his brothers to request that his doctor, J.A. Schmidt, describe his malady—his progressive hearing...
Sea otters killed by unusual parasite strain
Four sea otters that stranded in California died from an unusually severe form of toxoplasmosis, according to a study from...
Beethoven’s genome offers clues to composer’s health and family history
Credit: Beethoven-Haus Bonn University of Cambridge Media Release Beethoven’s genome offers clues to composer’s health and family history ...
A viscious circle: Climate change affects greenhouse gas emissions from stream networks
Natural greenhouse gas emissions from streams and lakes are strongly linked to water discharge and temperature according to a new...
Europe’s most powerful 7-tesla MRI machine in operation
On Wednesday, 22 March 2023, at Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg, Europe’s most powerful 7-Tesla magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machine...
New invention: The oxygen-ion battery
Lithium-ion batteries are ubiquitous today - from electric cars to smartphones. But that does not mean that they are the...
Seniors’ use of urinary-tract infection antibiotics halved
As an international study involving University of Gothenburg researchers has shown, a decision tool for health professionals has proved capable...
The single protein that causes the fibrosis death spiral
Fukuoka, Japan—Researchers from Kyushu University have found how a single mechanosensitive protein induces the process that thickens and scars tissue,...
New mosquito species reported in Florida
Another new mosquito species has made its way across the tropics into Florida, making a permanent home in at least...
