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The importance of time and space in brain development and disease
Exactly when and where individual neurons develop is as important to our understanding of brain diseases as the underlying genetics,...
Risky bingeing: Women in Appalachian Ohio report higher rates of alcohol misuse
Credit: Michigan Medicine Appalachia -- stretching from the southern tier of New York state to northern Alabama, Mississippi and Georgia...
Researchers discover new structures in bacteria, seek to determine function
Washington, DC - June 13, 2017 - Using high magnification imaging, a team of researchers has identified several never before...
UAF research hub seeks to help Alaska communities stop suicides
University of Alaska Fairbanks researchers have received a $4.25 million federal grant to help Alaska Native communities use the most...
New ‘WHO collaborating centre for physical activity and health’
A lack of physical activity increases the risk for cardiovascular and respiratory diseases as well as diabetes and cancer. In...
Hybrid membrane creates a stir on the global market
Credit: Image: Mezzenga Lab / ETH Zurich The news story made a big splash: in January 2016 ETH researchers Professor...
Concussion effects detailed on microscopic level
COLUMBUS, Ohio - New research has uncovered details about subcellular-level changes in the brain after concussion that could one day...
Discovery of human blood cell destinies revises knowledge of immune cell development
Credit: Department of Biodefense Research, Medical Research Institute,TMDU Tokyo Medical and Dental University(TMDU) researchers identify human stem cell descendants destined...
Understanding multi-decadal global warming rate changes
Credit: Gang Huang A long-standing mystery is that, despite the persistently increased greenhouse gases emissions throughout the twentieth and early...
The role of vitamin A in diabetes
There has been no known link between diabetes and vitamin A - until now. A new study suggests that the...
Research suggests seal oil could help people with Type 1 diabetes
(TORONTO, Canada - June 13, 2017) - A research team at the Krembil Neuroscience Centre in Toronto has published a...
RTI International addressing Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC - With funding from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, RTI International is responding...
Hope for better lung cancer treatment on horizon
Credit: Richard Young and Dr Clare Weeden. A Melbourne study is set to improve treatment options for patients with the...
Immuno-PET shows promise for detecting and treating pancreatic tumors
Credit: Christian Lohrmann, Jason Lewis, Wolfgang Weber, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; MabVax Therapeutics DENVER, Colo. - Pancreatic cancer is...
Detroit research team to expand imaging technology to guide cancer treatment
DETROIT - A team of Wayne State University and Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute researchers recently received funding from the...
Researchers to address prenatal cannabis and substance use disorders at 10th annual
MONTREAL, CANADA-- Prenatal cannabis, opioid, and alcohol use is a fast-growing global issue that can have lasting negative effects on...
HKBU study finds Tianjiu therapy improves allergic rhinitis patients’ daily life quality
Credit: Hong Kong Baptist University The School of Chinese Medicine (SCM) of Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) recently conducted a...
Does access to quality playgrounds vary with a child’s socioeconomic status & obesity risk?
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, June 13, 2017--A study of all 3rd-5th grade youth in one...
Donor microbes persist 2 years after fecal transplant to treat C. difficile infection
Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - University of Alabama at Birmingham researchers have made the first direct demonstration that fecal donor...
£1.4M EPSRC Fellowship for physicist
(Lancaster University) A Lancaster University physicist has been awarded a £1.4M EPSRC Career Fellowship over five years.Dr Dmitry Zmeev is...
