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Why your kid's strep throat keeps coming back
A combination of genetic and immunological factors makes some children susceptible to the bacteria that cause strep throatCredit: Dr. Yu...
More than enough on our plates
Tackling the obesity crisis by shrinking fish and chips A smaller portion of fish and chips has been embraced by...
Microbial manufacturing
Study unravels how microbes produce key compound used to fight cancer For decades, scientists and doctors have known that bacteria...
Male Y chromosomes not 'genetic wastelands'
When researchers say they have sequenced the human genome, there is a caveat to this statement: a lot of the...
USDA grant to blend data with agriculture for improved production
Technology in agricultureCredit: UT Arlington A University of Texas at Arlington math professor will use a U.S. Department of Agriculture...
Cilostazol-combo antiplatelet therapy reduced risk for recurrent stroke
American Stroke Association Late Breaking News Brief - Abstract LB 3, Session MEI Opening Main Event HONOLULU, Feb. 6, 2019...
Intense IV blood sugar control doesn't improve stroke outcomes
American Stroke Association Late Breaking News Brief - Abstract LB 1, Session MEI Opening Main Event HONOLULU, Feb. 6, 2019...
Ambulance nitroglycerin patch to lower blood pressure did not improve stroke outcomes
American Stroke Association Late Breaking News Brief - Abstract LB 2, Session MEI Opening Main Event HONOLULU, Feb. 6, 2019...
UNC-led team awarded $5.1 million for cervical cancer prevention in Malawi
CHAPEL HILL -- Backed by a $5.1 million grant, University of North Carolina and University of Malawi College of Medicine...
OU study finds insects crave salt and search grasslands for the limiting nutrient
Credit: University of Oklahoma A University of Oklahoma team from the Geographical Ecology Group has published a new study in...
A very small number of crops are dominating globally. That's bad news for sustainable agriculture
Four crops alone comprise close to 50 per cent of all crops grown globallyCredit: University of Toronto Scarborough A new...
In their DNA: Rotator cuff stem cells more likely to develop into fat cells
February 6, 2019 - Why are fat deposits more likely to occur after tears of the shoulder's rotator cuff, compared...
How landscape plants have an impact on the carbon footprint
Activities and inputs in landscape plant production that can be modified to reduce carbon footprint A study out of the...
New study examines the way estrogen affects methamphetamine addiction
Research identifies one possible explanation for why male and female rats react differently to methamphetamineCredit: Sarah Pack, Medical University of...
How does the Amazon rain forest cope with drought?
EAST LANSING, Mich. - The Amazon rain forest isn't necessarily a place that many would associate with a drought, yet...
Study confirms beaked whales' incredible diving abilities
Cuvier's beaked whales go a mile deep, hold breath for an hourCredit: Andrew J. Read DURHAM, N.C. -- A new...
'Unclonable' tag combats counterfeiters
Discovering that your new designer handbag or gold watch is a fake is costly and annoying, and counterfeit medical devices...
The silence of sickle cell disease
Research at Children's Hospital Los Angeles brings us closer to understanding an elusive complication of sickle cell disease -- the...
New welfare tool to help improve the lives of elephants in human care
Zoos and safari parks in the UK are using a special new tool to help them more successfully monitor the...
UNH research finds shrinking population in more than a third of rural counties
DURHAM, N.H.--Nearly 35 percent of rural counties in the United States are experiencing protracted and significant population loss, according to...
