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Global risk of Madagascar’s pneumonic plague epidemic is limited
Credit: Tsuzuki S., et al., Eurosurveillance, Nov. 16, 2017 Mathematical models have proven the risk of the on-going pneumonic plague...
What role can schools play in preventing and responding to teen dating violence?
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, December 12, 2017-A nationwide study of school principals has shown that...
Leaving the electrical grid in the Upper Peninsula
Known for snow rather than sun, Michigan's Upper Peninsula could still support a significant network of solar photovoltaic (PV) energy...
New cancer model shows genomic link between early-stage and invasive…
Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center HOUSTON — new genetic-based model may explain how a common form of early-stage breast cancer...
New tissue-engineered blood vessel replacements one step closer to human trials
Credit: University of Minnesota Researchers at the University of Minnesota have created a new lab-grown blood vessel replacement that is...
CRISPR gene editing reveals new therapeutic approach for blood disorders
(MEMPHIS, Tenn. – August 15, 2016) An international team of scientists led by researchers at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital...
TB/HIV co-infections up 40 percent across Europe over the last five…
Credit: ECDC New data released today by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and the WHO Regional...
Mouse models of Zika in pregnancy show how fetuses become infected
Two mouse models of Zika virus infection in pregnancy have been developed by a team of researchers at Washington University...
European-wide study to examine the prevalence of heart disease in apes
Wild gorillas and chimpanzees are on the brink of extinction threatened primarily by habitat loss and poaching. At the same...
Dino-killing asteroid’s impact on bird evolution
Credit: Cornell Lab of Ornithology ITHACA, N.Y. – Human activities could change the pace of evolution, similar to what occurred...
Leading medical societies, health systems collaborate to improve…
Shelley Lyford, president and CEO of the Gary and Mary West Health Institute Four national medical societies and nine leading...
Queen’s researchers make breakthrough discovery in fight against bowel cancer
Credit: Queen's University Belfast New research led by Queen's University Belfast has discovered how a genomic approach to understanding bowel...
‘Watchdog’ for greenhouse gas emissions
The signatory countries of the Kyoto Protocol and the new Paris Agreement have committed to reduce global warming. The countries...
Researchers find key genetic driver for rare type of triple-negative…
Credit: University of Michigan Health System ANN ARBOR, Michigan — For more than a decade, Celina Kleer, M.D., has been...
Scientists discover fossil of dinosaur ancestor with surprising croc-like appearance
Credit: Gabriel Lio Scientists have long wondered what the earliest dinosaur relatives looked like. Most assumed they would resemble miniature...
The first Iberian lynx infected by the pseudorabies virus
Credit: Ex-situ conservation program of the Iberian lynx On 1 December 2015, Matojo, a male Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus) cub,...
Gonorrhoea strains across Europe becoming more susceptible to main…
Credit: ECDC According to test results from the annual European Gonococcal Antimicrobial Surveillance Programme (Euro-GASP), resistance levels to the main...
Weak grip a strong predictor of metabolic disease and disability in…
Credit: Michigan Medicine ANN ARBOR, Mich. – A simple test to determine a person's grip strength may be a predictor...
Parkinson’s disease and prion diseases: Discovery of a molecular…
Credit: Denis Scaini Parkinson's disease and prion diseases are very different from each other as regards both origins and course....
Is junk food to blame?
Soda, candy, and fast food are often painted as the prime culprits in the national discussion of obesity in the...
