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Research identifies key driver for infanticide among chimpanzees
Research conducted by the University of Kent has suggested that the sexual selection hypothesis for infanticide may be the key...
Research reveals liquid gold on the nanoscale
Researchers have mapped how gold nanoparticles meltCredit: Swansea University. The research published in Nature Communications set out to answer a...
From rain to flood
Helmholtz research centers start measurement campaign on hydrological extremesCredit: Dr. Andreas Wieser, KIT Extreme weather events, such as thunderstorms or...
NASA’s Fermi mission reveals its highest-energy gamma-ray bursts
Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center For 10 years, NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope has scanned the sky for gamma-ray...
The power of a love song: Dopamine affects seasonal hearing in fish and facilitates mating
Credit: Gabriel Ng, UC Davis Bodega Marine Laboratory NEW YORK, June 13, 2019 - Many people associate dopamine with reward...
Sensing food textures is a matter of pressure
Credit: Nicole Etter / Penn State Food's texture affects whether it is eaten, liked or rejected, according to Penn State...
Determining risk of recurrence in triple-negative breast cancer
Credit: Huntsman Cancer Institute SALT LAKE CITY - A personalized prognosis for patients diagnosed with triple-negative breast cancer was the...
New insight could improve maternal vaccines that also protect newborns
Understanding how a mother's antibodies are passed to the fetus is key to vaccine design DURHAM, N.C. - A team...
Research shows temperature, glyphosate increase probability for dicamba volatility
Both factors found to be contributors in dicamba movementCredit: Ginger Rowsey KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - Higher temperatures and mixing glyphosate with...
Polycomb protein EED plays a starring role in hippocampal development
Credit: Liu Changmei The dentate gyrus (DG) is the input region of the hippocampus and plays an important role in...
Carboplatin & paclitaxel chemotherapy alone should remain standard treatment for endometrial cancer
NRG oncology trial reaffirms carboplatin and paclitaxel chemotherapy alone should remain standard treatment for endometrial cancer The New England Journal...
Lowering cholesterol is not enough to reduce hyperactivity of the immune system
Hypercholesterolemia is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Statins are the most widely used cholesterol-lowering drugs. However, despite treatment...
Antibody treatment allows transplant of mismatched stem cells, tissues in mice
A combination of six antibodies can successfully prepare mice to accept blood and immune stem cells from an immunologically mismatched...
Rheumatoid arthritic pain could be caused by antibodies
Antibodies that exist in the joints before the onset of rheumatoid arthritis can cause pain even in the absence of...
Special fibroblasts help pancreatic cancer cells evade immune detection
Credit: Tuveson lab/CSHL 2019 Cold Spring Harbor, NY -- Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is the fourth leading cause of cancer-related...
Cardiac toxicity risk factors identified with relapsed multiple myeloma therapy
More than half of patients with relapsed multiple myeloma treated with carfilzomib experienced cardiac issues during treatment, according to a...
Common conditions keep many patients out of knee cartilage research studies
Some of the most common traits among patients with cartilage issues in the knee are excluding them from participating in...
Making it personal: How genetic technologies are changing the face of medicine
For the future of medicine, clinicians and scientists at Children's Hospital Los Angeles look to our genes The age of...
Handgun licensing more effective at reducing gun deaths than background checks alone
New Johns Hopkins white paper and infographic explain that how the background check is carried out is key to reducing...
The use of mobile phone and the development of new pathologies
Professor Raquel Cantero of the University of Malaga is researching into its repercussion on the evolution of the handCredit: Universtity...
