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Researcher receives three grants from the National Institutes of Health to combat mosquito-borne viruses
West Nile virus, Usutu virus, Zika virus, and St. Louis encephalitis virus are all transmitted by mosquitoes and cause a...
Modern animal life could have origins in delta
The ancestors of many animal species alive today may have lived in a delta in what is now China, new...
A non-hormonal pill could soon expand men’s birth control options
SAN DIEGO, March 23, 2022 — Women have many choices for birth control, ranging from pills to patches to intrauterine...
Men and women process pain signals differently
A new study published in the journal BRAIN shows for the first time that neurons in the spinal cord process...
Correcting night blindness in dogs
People with congenital stationary night blindness (CSNB) are unable to distinguish objects in dim-light conditions. This impairment presents challenges, especially...
Stress hormone reduces altruistic behavior in empathetic people
The stress hormone cortisol reduces altruistic behavior and alters activity in brain regions linked to social decision making — but...
Shining a light on protein aggregation in Parkinson’s disease
A novel system to control protein aggregation in a model of Parkinson’s disease may answer longstanding questions about how the...
Investigators uncover small molecule to engineer intestinal cell types
Investigators at the Brigham and the Broad Institute have created specialized, tissue-like structures in the laboratory to model barrier tissues,...
Treating TB: uOttawa scientists collaborate to identify new drug for unique therapeutic approach
A Faculty of Medicine team from the University of Ottawa and their international collaborators have shown proof of concept for...
Scripps Research scientists hunt for neurons responsible for alcohol withdrawal
LA JOLLA, CA—When a heavy alcohol drinker tries to take a night off, their body protests, with shaky hands, heart...
Quantum dots shine bright to help scientists see inflammatory cells in fat
URBANA, Ill. – To accurately diagnose and treat diseases, doctors and researchers need to see inside bodies. Medical imaging tools...
Study: First-pass metabolism of alcohol occurs in women’s stomachs
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — While scientists have broadly agreed that a fraction of the alcohol people consume is broken down before...
Environmentally conscious consumers more likely to buy chicken raised on insects or algae
Consumers who are environmentally aware will likely warm up to the idea of using alternative proteins like insect meal in...
Study reconsiders early evolution of sea urchins
New insight on the origins and early evolution of echinoids, a group that includes the sea urchins, the sand dollars,...
New research sheds light on causes of reproductive disorders, infertility, miscarriage, birth defects
Researchers at Rutgers University, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Rockefeller University, and Cornell University are teaming up to examine how...
Study points to strategies for closing the participation gender gap in engineering courses
Students’ identities can play a key role in how comfortable they feel and how often they speak up in the...
How sugar promotes inflammation
People who consume sugar and other carbohydrates in excess over a long period of time have an increased risk of...
New tool to accelerate drug discovery
Inside your body on the surface of cell membranes, a metaphorical communication and traffic network is underway as hormones -...
Neal Copeland and Nancy Jenkins elected Fellows of the AACR Academy
HOUSTON ― Neal G. Copeland, Ph.D., and Nancy A. Jenkins, Ph.D., both professors of Genetics at The University of Texas MD...
Scientists characterize fertilizer uptake by maize in unprecedented detail, opening doors to improved yields
Maize, or corn, is cultivated globally, as food, feedstock, and biofuel source, and is one of the most widely produced...
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