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Aggressive breast cancer cells hijack natural stress protector to thrive
Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University AUGUSTA, Ga. (Oct. 2, 2018) - A member of a protein family known...
Youth who use vaping products are more likely to smoke cigarettes, increase use of both
Adolescents who use vaping products are not only more likely to smoke cigarettes but are also likely to increase their...
E-cigarette explosion and burn injuries have been underestimated by federal agencies
Credit: George Mason University Electronic cigarettes (or e-cigarettes) are devices commonly powered by a battery that aerosolize liquid and chemical...
Whole-brain connectome maps teach artificial intelligence to predict epilepsy outcomes
Credit: Dr. Ezequiel Gleichgerrcht and Dr. Leonardo Bonilha of the Medical University of South Carolina Medical University of South Carolina...
Gordon receives $2.3 Million NIH Director’s New Innovator Award
Reyna Gordon, PhD, assistant professor of Otolaryngology and director of the Music Cognition Lab in the Department of Otolaryngology at...
UM researchers publish discoveries on antibiotic resistance
Credit: Courtesy of Patrick Secor MISSOULA - University of Montana researchers recently published their new insights into how pathogenic bacteria...
Shorter physician encounters associated with antibiotic prescribing
1. Shorter physician encounters associated with antibiotic prescribing Abstract: http://annals.org/aim/article/doi/10.7326/M18-2042 URLs go live when the embargo lifts Patients who received...
‘Spacesuits’ protect microbes destined to live in space
Credit: Peidong Yang lab, UC Berkeley Just as spacesuits help astronauts survive in inhospitable environments, newly developed "spacesuits" for bacteria...
CRISPR tames the wild groundcherry
ITHACA, NY - You might not have heard of the groundcherry, or at least, never tasted one. But that could...
New tool developed at Brown will aid in understanding brain signals
Credit: Nick Dentamaro/Brown University PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The human brain contains about 90 billion neurons, but Stephanie Jones, an associate...
Animal study suggests deep space travel may significantly damage GI function in astronauts
WASHINGTON -- Simulations with animal models meant to mirror galactic cosmic radiation exposure to astronauts are raising red flags for...
Finding middle ground on the range
(Santa Barbara, Calif.) -- Cattle ranching and conservation may seem an unusual pair in the American West, but new research...
‘Turbocharging’ photosynthesis in corn hikes yield
ITHACA, N.Y.- Scientists from the Boyce Thompson Institute (BTI) and Cornell University have boosted a carbon-craving enzyme called RuBisCO to...
Stanford students deploy machine learning to aid environmental monitoring
Credit: NASA As Hurricane Florence ground its way through North Carolina, it released what might politely be called an excrement...
Journey to precision cancer treatment takes off with new passports tool
Cancer research and the future of precision cancer treatment will be accelerated by a new tool developed by scientists at...
Expert: Keep up with latest discoveries through automated updates in reporting genetic test results
Credit: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Maybe the genetic test report your doctor ordered says your DNA contains many "variants of...
Super-resolution microscopy builds multicolor 3D from 2D
Credit: Christian Sieben/EPFL Super-resolution microscopy is a technique that can "see" beyond the diffraction limit of light. The technique has...
Delayed pregnancy — heart health risks for moms and sons, study shows
Knoxville, Tenn. (October 1, 2018)--Delaying pregnancy may increase the risk of cardiovascular disease in both women and their children, with...
Exercise helps bones, but not metabolism, in ovarian function loss
Knoxville, Tenn. (October 1, 2018)--Exercise may reduce the risk of osteoporosis associated with the loss of ovarian function, but fitness...
Pioneering biologists create a new crop through genome editing
Crops such as wheat and maize have undergone a breeding process lasting thousands of years, in the course of which...
