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Protein function repairing genetic damage in spermatogenesis identified
Credit: IBB-UAB Researchers from the Department of Cell Biology, Physiology and Immunology and the Institute for Biotechnology and Biomedicine of...
Meningococcal infection: Bacterial aggregates form a thick honey-like liquid that flows through blood vessels
The Inserm team led by Guillaume Duménil at the Institut Pasteur, in collaboration with several teams of physicists, has unraveled...
It takes a village…
Credit: João Martins, iMM A group of researchers led by Edgar Gomes, Group Leader at Instituto de Medicina Molecular João...
Candida albicans: Progress in the understanding of the mechanisms of genetic diversification in a major fungal pathogen of humans
Candida albicans is one of the most formidable fungal species, causing infection in humans. Investigating the structure and reproduction methods...
A new study identifies 40 genes related to aggressive behavior in humans and mice
Credit: University of Barcelona The origins of the violent behaviour are multifactorial and respond to the interaction of several factors...
Insectivorous birds consume annually as much energy as the city of New York
Credit: Photo © Maurice Baker The world's insectivorous birds consume annually 400 to 500 million tons of prey and thereby...
Releasing our inner jellyfish in the fight against infection
Mucus is able to protect us from infection thanks to ancient genes that have been conserved throughout 350 million years...
Immunity could be key to addressing coral crisis
Credit: Caroline Palmer/University of Plymouth Coral reefs support a quarter of all marine life, feed hundreds of millions of people...
Penn’s Brian Capell, MD, PhD, wins Damon Runyon Clinical Investigator Award
Credit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA - Brian C. Capell, MD, PhD, an assistant professor of Dermatology in the Perelman School of...
New targets found to reduce blood vessel damage in diabetes
Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University AUGUSTA, Ga. (July 9, 2018) - In diabetes, both the tightly woven endothelial...
Cross species transfer of genes has driven evolution
Credit: University of Adelaide Far from just being the product of our parents, University of Adelaide scientists have shown that...
Physician burnout in small practices is dramatically lower than national average
Credit: Department of Population Health, NYU Langone Health Physicians who work in small, independent primary care practices--also known as SIPs--report...
Insights from metabolites get us closer to a test for chronic fatigue syndrome
A study led by researchers at the Center for Infection and Immunity (CII) at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public...
Depression screening rates among adults increased slightly in recent years, but remain low
Rates of routine screening of U.S. adults for depression have increased slightly in recent years, but remain very low. Adults...
Can fasting improve MS symptoms?
Credit: Tim Parker People with multiple sclerosis (MS) can find an abundance of conflicting advice suggesting that special diets -...
Younger patients don’t attain survival benefit from current rectal cancer treatment recommendations
A new study reveals that individuals younger than 50 years of age who are diagnosed with rectal cancer do not...
Cleveland Clinic receives $2.8 million grant to improve heart transplant outcomes
Monday, July 9, 2018, CLEVELAND: The National Institutes of Health has awarded Cleveland Clinic researcher Eileen Hsich, M.D., $2.8 million...
Synthetic surfactant could ease breathing for patients with lung disease and injury
Credit: Lawson Health Research Institute LONDON, ON - Human lungs are coated with a substance called surfactant which allows us...
New insight into Huntington’s disease may open door to drug development
Credit: Photo courtesy of McMaster University Hamilton, ON (July 9, 2018) - McMaster University researchers have developed a new theory...
Lifetime sentence: Incarcerated parents impact youth behavior
Chicago, IL - A new study published in Pediatrics found that young adults who had a parent incarcerated during their...
