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A novel synthetic antibody enables conditional ‘protein knockdown’ in vertebrates
(Technische Universität Dresden) The research groups led by Dr. Jörg Mansfeld of the Biotechnology Center of the TU Dresden (BIOTEC)...
New research highlights promising treatments, genetic causes of obesity
Bethesda, MD (Aug. 17, 2018) -- More than 60 percent of American adults weigh more than is healthy, which results...
Study confirms truth behind ‘Darwin’s moth’
Credit: Olivia Walton Scientists have revisited - and confirmed - one of the most famous textbook examples of evolution in...
Particulate pollution’s impact varies greatly depending on where it originated
Credit: Public domain Washington, DC-- When it comes to aerosol pollution, as the old real estate adage says, location is...
As body mass index increases, blood pressure may as well
New Haven, Conn. -- Body mass index is positively associated with blood pressure, according to the ongoing study of 1.7...
Making aquafeed more sustainable: Scientists develop feeds using a marine microalga co-product
Credit: Image by Devin S. Fitzgerald. Dartmouth scientists have created a more sustainable feed for aquaculture by using a marine...
To find and disarm: Scientists develop platform to kill cancer cells
Credit: © NUST MISIS The new treatment will serve as both diagnosis and treatment of malignant tumors. This breakthrough in...
Perinatal hypoxia associated with long-term cerebellar learning deficits and Purkinje cell misfiring
Credit: Children's National Health System Oxygen deprivation associated with preterm birth leaves telltale signs on the brains of newborns in...
Scientists find titanium dioxide from sunscreen is polluting beaches
Boston, MA, USA Scientists have found that sunscreen from bathers releases significant quantities of polluting TiO2 (titanium dioxide) into the...
Stroke patients treated at a teaching hospital are less likely to be readmitted
Credit: UTHealth HOUSTON - (August 17, 2018) - Stroke patients appear to receive better care at teaching hospitals with less...
Students more likely to eat school breakfast when given extra time, new study finds
Credit: Photo courtesy of USDA. Primary school students are more likely to eat a nutritional breakfast when given 10 extra...
Patients, doctors dissatisfied by Electronic Health Records
Credit: Lehigh University Electronic Health Records are intended to streamline and improve access to information - and have been shown...
Like shark attack and the lottery, unconscious bias influences cancer screening
What do shark attack, the lottery and ovarian cancer screening having in common? It turns out our judgments about these...
Experiences at first sexual encounter impact risk of HIV and violence for women in Kenya
Credit: St. Michael's Hospital TORONTO, August 17, 2018 - Adolescent girls and young women in Mombasa, Kenya are more likely...
Exploring the relationship between fever and cancer incidence
Credit: Wieslaw Kozak, Tomasz Jedrzejewski, Malgorzata Pawlikowska, Jakub Piotrowski, and Sylwia Wrotek Recurring patterns in patient accounts suggest the existence...
16 going on 66: Will you be the same person 50 years from now?
Credit: University of Houston How much do you change between high school and retirement? The answer depends on whether you're...
HIV and a tale of a few cities
Credit: Chris Brava While global incidence rates of HIV have declined notably in recent years, the virus that causes AIDS...
Progress toward personalized medicine
A few little cells that are different from the rest can have a big effect. For example, individual cancer cells...
Shlomo Benartzi named Distinguished Senior Fellow at Behavior Change for Good Initiative
Credit: University of Pennsylvania Dr. Shlomo Benartzi has been named a Distinguished Senior Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania's Behavior...
Robots as tools and partners in rehabilitation
Credit: Shelly Levy-Tzedek In future decades the need for effective strategies for medical rehabilitation will increase significantly, because patients' rate...
