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Female genital mutilation/cutting is decreasing but more needs to be done
An estimated 100 million girls and women of reproductive age across 30 countries have experienced female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C), according to...
Ant queens control insulin to boost lifespan and reproduction
In most of the animal world, there’s a sad trade-off to make: The more babies you have, the shorter you...
The structure of protein RAF1 revealed: a key step in the development of new drugs against lung cancer
One of the main challenges in oncology is the development of drugs against KRAS oncogenes. These oncogenes -genes that cause...
Swathi Arur named Emerging Leader in Health and Medicine Scholar by National Academy of Medicine
HOUSTON ― Swathi Arur, Ph.D., professor and deputy chair of Genetics at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center,...
Less risk, less costs: Portable spectroscopy devices could soon become real
Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) is an analytical tool with a wide range of applications, including the magnetic resonance imaging that...
Technological advances in cancer therapy
Tumors have significant differences depending on the person affected, even if they are the same cancer, such as breast cancer....
School wellness centers: An innovative response to student stress and suicide
The wellness center at Utah’s Westlake High School is a port in the storm of adolescence. With comfortable couches, soft...
SU(N) matter is about 3 billion times colder than deep space
HOUSTON – (Sept. 1, 2022) – Japanese and U.S. physicists have used atoms about 3 billion times colder than interstellar...
Ferns finally get a genome, revealing a history of DNA hoarding and kleptomania
Ferns are notorious for containing massive amounts of DNA and an excessively large number of chromosomes. Defying all expectations, a...
Simple blood test predicts neurotoxic complications of CAR-T cell therapy
Cell-based immunotherapy called CAR-T cell therapy has revolutionized the treatment of several cancers. The treatment uses genetically modified T cells...
Belgian stem cell biologists create new human cell type for research
Professor Vincent Pasque and his team at KU Leuven have managed to generate a new type of human cell in...
Will Paris succeed? Research assesses if governments will make pledges a reality
Much of the world’s efforts to mitigate the effects of climate change hinge on the success of the landmark 2015...
Black-owned restaurants impacted disproportionately by COVID-19
It’s well established that people of color suffered higher mortality rates and worse health outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic than...
Improving foam stability in disinfectants with high ethanol concentrations
Since the outbreak of COVID-19, the importance wearing masks and disinfection of items has become paramount. As a result, there...
Department of Defense awards Weill Cornell Medicine new grant for kidney cancer research
Weill Cornell Medicine has been awarded a $1 million, three-year grant from the Department of Defense’s Kidney Cancer Research Program...
‘This Is Us’ Alzheimer’s storyline reduces stigma and promotes family discussions
PITTSBURGH, Sept. 1, 2022 – The primetime television drama “This Is Us” drew millions of viewers to a compelling narrative...
These mice grow bigger on the rainier sides of mountains. It might be a new rule of nature.
Scientists studying mice from the Andes Mountains in Patagonia noticed something they couldn’t explain: the mice from the western side...
Would helping only the least advantaged benefit society as a whole?
John Rawls, one of the 20th century’s most notable political philosophers, proposed a theory of distributive justice known as justice...
Link between disrupted enzyme and intellectual disability revealed
A new study reveals how a rare genetic mutation leads to intellectual disability. The P212L mutation in an enzyme called...
The impact of megafires on estuaries from Australia’s ‘Black Summer’
Australian researchers have explored the impact of bushfires on estuaries in New South Wales, Australia's largest state, finding fires can...
