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Online sales of threatened cacti point to the Internet as an open door for illegal trade
Credit: Vania Olmos Lau International trade of wildlife on the Internet is highly unregulated and has become a threat for...
Is extended-release guanfacine effective in children with chronic tic…
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, N.Y., July 26, 2017–A new study assessed the safety, tolerability, and effectiveness...
Infant BMI is good predictor of obesity at age 2
Babies with a high body mass index (BMI) at age two months are at risk for obesity at age two...
Finding new cancer drugs in the neighborhood
Credit: Dezs? Módos Cancer is caused by an accumulation of genetic changes in a cell, that overcome the normal checks...
Low serum calcium may increase risk of sudden cardiac arrest
Credit: Mayo Clinic Proceedings Rochester, MN, October 5, 2017 – Sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) is fatal for over 90% of...
A cluster of mutations in neurofibromatosis is important risk factor for severe symptoms
Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Research led by Ludwine Messiaen, Ph.D., professor of genetics at the University of Alabama at...
Lasker Award for Michael N. Hall from the University of Basel
Credit: University of Basel, Peter Schnetz Professor Michael N. Hall from the Biozentrum of the University of Basel receives the...
Reading to therapy dogs improves literacy attitudes in second-grade…
Credit: Melody Ko for Tufts University Second-grade students who read aloud to dogs in an afterschool program demonstrated improved attitudes...
Brain’s ‘GPS’ does a lot more than just navigate
Credit: Illustration by Julia Kuhl The part of the brain that creates mental maps of one's environment plays a much...
Deep learning helps scientists keep track of cell’s inner parts
Credit: Oren Kraus Donnelly Centre researchers have developed a deep learning algorithm that can track proteins, to help reveal what...
Stimulating neurons could protect against brain damage, research shows
Credit: University of Dundee A breakthrough in understanding how brain damage spreads – and how it could potentially be limited...
Seven years later: BP oil spill settlement funding new way to manage fish populations
Credit: University of South Florida photographer Ryan Noone ST. PETERSBURG, FL (April 19, 2017)- More than 30,000 fish species exist....
Scientists reveal new and improved genome sequence of Daphnia pulex
Credit: Matt Cashore/University of Notre Dame For many, experience with Daphnia, commonly known as water fleas, ends in high school....
Fruit and veg give you the feel-good factor
COVENTRY, UK – July 2016: University of Warwick research indicates that eating more fruit and vegetables can substantially increase people's...
National cooperative group trial seeks to cut in half early mortality rates for rare…
Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University AUGUSTA, Ga. (Nov. 20, 2017) – A national cooperative group trial is making...
Cutting-edge analytics allows health to be improved through nutrition
Credit: AZTI The great contribution of lipidomics is that it establishes a direct relationship between food and metabolic alterations stemming...
Elsevier announces the launch of Personalized Medicine in Psychiatry
Credit: Elsevier Elsevier, the information analytics company specializing in science and health, today announced the launch of Personalized Medicine in...
University of Maryland School of Medicine to take part in landmark Zika vaccine study
Baltimore, Md., August 5, 2016 – As world leaders increasingly recognize the Zika virus as an international public health threat,...
A surprising new link between inflammation and mental illness
Credit: Boston Children's Hospital Up to 75 percent of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus — an incurable autoimmune disease commonly...
Award supports UTSA professor’s efforts to freeze aneurysms and save lives
Ender Finol, associate professor of biomedical engineering at The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA), has been honored with...
