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CNIO researchers obtain the first mice born with hyper-long telomeres
The study shows that it is possible to extend life without any genetic modificationCredit: CNIO A chance finding ten years...
Artificial pancreas system better controls blood glucose levels than current technology
Study based at UVA and other centers show safety, efficacy benefits for people with type 1 diabetesCredit: Tandem Diabetes Care...
Old friends and new enemies: How evolutionary history can predict insect invader impacts
Credit: Jeff Garnas/University of New Hampshire About 450 nonnative, plant-eating insect species live in North American forests. Most of these...
Ants fight plant diseases
New research from Aarhus University shows that ants inhibit at least 14 different plant diseases.Credit: Jens Henrik Petersen New research...
Human medicines affect fish behavior
Credit: Anna Nilsen/LiU Human medicines that act on important signal systems in the brain make fish bolder, shows a new...
Preclinical research helps explain why fatty livers are more susceptible to cancer
Credit: Photo by Maricruz Kwon/UTHealth Fatty liver disease is contributing to an increase in liver cancer and basic scientists at...
Regenstrief leaders to deliver keynote addresses at data workshop in South America
Credit: Regenstrief Institute Two of Regenstrief Institute's leaders are sharing their expertise in artificial intelligence and data infrastructure at a...
Blood-collection device makes radiation testing quick and easy
Credit: Photo by Tabbitha Mosier PHOENIX - A University of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix research team has developed...
Study helps pinpoint what makes species vulnerable to environmental change
Credit: (Photo by Umesh Srinivasan, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs) The fabled use of canaries in coal...
UMass Amherst scientists developing small device to improve understanding of schizophrenia
NIH-funded study aims to create objective assessment tool and personalized treatment options for patientsCredit: UMass Amherst Two high-tech health researchers...
NASA-NOAA satellite catches last burst before demise of Tropical Depression 17E
Credit: Credit: NASA/NRL NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite passed over Mexico and found two small areas of very strong thunderstorms near...
Digital breast tomosynthesis increases cancer detection over full-field mammography
American Journal of Roentgenology research comparing digital breast tomosynthesis and full-field digital mammography finds that DBT results in 'significantly increased...
New augmented reality system lets smartphone users get hands-on with virtual objects
Credit: Huang lab / Brown University PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A new software system developed by Brown University researchers turns cell...
Rapamycin for longevity — Opinion article
Credit: Mikhail V. Blagosklonny [email protected] The scientist discusses several reasons, including fear of the actual and fictional side effects of...
Respiratory diseases linked with high blood pressure in lungs
MU researcher examines underlying conditions causing pulmonary hypertensionCredit: MU News Bureau COLUMBIA, Mo. - Pulmonary hypertension is a type of...
‘The ethics of human genome editing’ special issue published in The CRISPR Journal
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, October 15, 2019--The Ethics of Human Genome Editing is the subject...
A secret in saliva: Food and germs helped humans evolve into unique member of great apes
Researchers say human and primate saliva 'could be overlooked hotbeds of evolutionary activity'Credit: Photo: Stefan Ruhl BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Two...
X marks the spot: recombination in structurally distinct chromosomes
Credit: Hawley Lab KANSAS CITY, MO-Two years ago, scientists from the Stowers Institute for Medical Research reported the 3D structure...
Scientists discover skin keeps time independent of the brain
Skin expresses its own photoreceptors using a previously mysterious member of the opsin gene family, neuroposinCredit: Alice Gray Squids, octopuses,...
New marker for tumor aggression in neurofibromatosis type 1
New molecular insights could mean more accurate prognoses and better selection of therapiesCredit: Acta Neuropathologica Communications Researchers at the Johns...
