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A surprising new role for baker’s yeast
Baker's yeast is best known for its role in baking and brewing beer. Thanks to work done in a collaboration...
Overweight children and adults get significantly healthier and quickly with less sugar
CHICAGO, Aug. 7, 2017-- Osteopathic physicians suggest shifting the conversation from weight to health for overweight children and adults, asking...
Modern domestic dog has a single geographic origin
(Johannes Gutenberg Universitaet Mainz) By analyzing the DNA of two prehistoric dogs from Germany, an international research team has determined...
USC Stem Cell discovery refreshes the heart
Credit: Image by Michaela Patterson/USC Some people are better than others at recovering from a wounded heart, according to a...
Registration open for Wyss Institute’s 8th annual international symposium
The 8th Annual Wyss International Symposium will focus on innovations in Therapeutic Organ Engineering, with the goal of sharing recent...
Women have more active brains than men
Credit: Journal of Alzheimer's Disease Amsterdam, NL, Aug. 7, 2017 - In the largest functional brain imaging study to date,...
Drought-affected trees die from hydraulic failure and carbon starvation
The report finds that hydraulic failure, which is the inability of a plant to move water from roots to leaves...
The good, the bad and the algae
Credit: Photo by Jules Bernstein BRAWLEY, California -- Sandia National Laboratories is testing whether one of California's largest and most...
Small streams have a big influence on our lives
Small streams make up 70%-80% of the total channel length of river networks, and they strongly influence downstream portions these...
Extreme melt season leads to decade-long ecosystem changes in Antarctic polar desert
Credit: Michael Gooseff An abnormal season of intense glacial melt in 2002 triggered multiple distinct changes in the physical and...
From the workbench to the bedside
PITTSBURGH (July 21, 2017) ...The University of Pittsburgh Coulter Translational Research Partners II Program awarded grants totaling $650,000 to six...
Lizard venom may contain clues to treating blood clots
Credit: courtesy Associate Professor Bryan Fry Various types of lizard venom are being studied as possible treatments for blood clotting...
Benefits of advanced wood-burning stoves greater than thought
A recent study from North Carolina State University finds that advanced wood-burning stoves designed for use in the developing world...
How an unlikely cellular ‘antenna’ can impair brain development
Credit: Anton Lab, UNC CHAPEL HILL, NC - An antenna-like structure on cells, once considered a useless vestige, appears to...
Researchers find pathologic hallmarks of Alzheimer’s disease in aged chimpanzee brains
Credit: iStock ATLANTA -- The brains of aged chimpanzees, our closest living relatives, show pathology similar to the human Alzheimer's...
New approach makes it easier to find novel drugs
Credit: Luiz Carvalho Scientists have created a new way of screening compounds that is more sensitive than existing methods, opening...
MRSA survival chances predicted by DNA sequencing the superbug
Sequencing the DNA of the MRSA superbug can accurately identify patients most at risk of death and could help medics...
Single strep bacteria protein sets off white blood cell’s early warning system
Credit: UC San Diego Health Group A Streptococcus bacteria -- the cause of strep throat and flesh-eating infections -- have...
Lifestyle-modification programs for weight management in Arab states lack in effectiveness
Obesity is a growing health problem worldwide, and is associated with serious medical comorbidities and an increased risk of mortality....
Environmentally friendly production of active pharmaceutical ingredients
(Bielefeld University) Mostly, the chemical industry still follows very extensive procedures when producing active pharmaceutical ingredients and other complex substances....
