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Experts warn against mega-dams in lowland tropical forests
Credit: Isabel Jones Mega-dams should not be built in lowland tropical forest regions due to the threat they pose to...
Post-traumatic stress disorder: alleviating flashbacks by playing Tetris
Initial results have raised hopes of a method that can alleviate the symptom of flashbacks without therapists -- because there...
Close flu vaccine supply gaps to ease flu seasons, make pandemics less deadly
A tweak to our flu vaccine resupply logistics could save thousands of livesCredit: National Archives (US) More than 50 million...
Bristol academic awarded prestigious cell biology medal
2019 Hooke MedalCredit: University of Bristol An academic from the University of Bristol's School of Cellular and Molecular Medicine has...
Strengthen science, avoid unnecessary animal experiments
New register for animal experiments launched by the German Centre for the Protection of Laboratory Animals "With this register, we...
How herpesviruses shape the immune system
Credit: A. Moosmann/Helmholtz Centre Munich Cytomegalovirus is widespread and remains in the body for a lifetime after infection. In healthy...
Safer mining practices reduce hazardous exposures in small-scale mining in Nigeria
San Francisco, January 8, 2019 - A pilot program to reduce lead poisoning in Nigerian gold mining communities has brought...
RCSI researchers develop new tuberculosis treatment
Newly developed medicine could be used to treat hundreds of thousands of patients with tuberculosisCredit: Maxwell Photography Tuesday, 8 January...
New insights into a rare type of cancer open novel avenues of study
Undifferentiated uterine sarcoma is a very rare but extremely aggressive cancer type. It can be divided into four groups with...
How common pain relievers may promote Clostridium difficile infections
Washington, DC - January 8, 2019 - Clostridium difficile causes the most common and most dangerous hospital-born infections in the...
Essential nutrient may help fight Alzheimer's across generations
Mice with AD-like symptoms receiving supplemental levels of choline in the womb improved their spatial memory. A second generation bred...
Medical scanner helps to unlock the mysteries of a giant prehistoric marine reptile
Credit: Nigel Larkin, taken at Royal Veterinary College, London A nearly metre-long skull of a giant fossil marine ichthyosaur found...
Flu vaccine is safe for hospitalized patients
Kaiser Permanente study supports routine vaccination of patients during hospital stays Hospitalized patients who received the flu vaccine had no...
New CRISPR-based technology developed to control pests with precision-guided genetics
CRISPR-based method sterilizes male insects for population suppression of agricultural pests and disease-carrying mosquitoesCredit: Nikolay Kandul, Akbari Lab, UC San...
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