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Discovery shines light on the mystery of cell death in MS
Credit: Melissa Fabrizio Researchers at the University of Alberta have discovered a unique process of brain cell death that affects...
CureWorks Collaborative launches to accelerate development of immunotherapy treatments
SEATTLE - June 12, 2018 - Seattle Children's, with participating members Children's National Health System, BC Children's Hospital and Children's...
Composition of complex sugars in breast milk may prevent future food allergies
Credit: Erik Jepsen, UC San Diego The unique composition of a mother's breastmilk may help to reduce food sensitization in...
Young drivers with autism spectrum disorder may need more time to learn basic driving skills
June 12, 2018 - When first learning to drive, young adults with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have more difficulty with...
Better physical fitness and lower aortic stiffness key to slower brain aging
Credit: Swinburne University of Technology Better physical fitness and lower aortic stiffness key to slower brain ageing The rate of...
National Academies report on sexual harassment in academia
WASHINGTON -- A systemwide change to the culture and climate in higher education is needed to prevent and effectively respond...
Platform uses artificial intelligence to diagnose Zika and other pathogens
A platform that can diagnose several diseases with a high degree of precision using metabolic markers found in patients' blood...
Long periods of viral suppression shown to prevent cancer in aging HIV population
1. Long periods of viral suppression shown to prevent cancer in aging HIV population Abstract: http://annals.org/aim/article/doi/10.7326/M16-2094 URLs go live when...
Doing right by the whales
These are not good times for the North Atlantic right whale. Ship strikes and gear entanglement play major roles in...
PNNL technology clears way for ethanol-derived jet fuel
Credit: PNNL/Andrea Starr RICHLAND, Wash. -- ASTM International recently revised ASTM D7566 Annex A5 -- the Standard Specification for Aviation...
Stanford nectar research sheds light on ecological theory
Credit: Manpreet Dhami, Tadashi Fukami and Lydia-Marie Jouber A sticky drop of nectar clinging to the tip of a hummingbird's...
Volcanic activity, declining ocean oxygen triggered mass extinction of ancient organisms
Credit: Stephen Bilenky TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Global climate change, fueled by skyrocketing levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide, is siphoning oxygen...
Orange peels may hold secret to airborne medicine, safer bridges
Credit: Dr. Andrew Dickerson's lab Bartenders and cooks have long recognized the value of an orange twist, but thanks to...
Making the oxygen we breathe, a photosynthesis mechanism exposed
Credit: Georgia Tech / Brumfield / Barry Lab Arguably, the greatest fueler of life on our planet is photosynthesis, but...
Researchers identify new gene changes that point to elevated prostate cancer risk
As the result of a six-year long research process, Fredrick R. Schumacher, PhD, a cancer epidemiology researcher at Case Western...
Children’s Tumor Foundation Drug Discovery Awards announced
The Children's Tumor Foundation (CTF), the largest non-governmental funder of neurofibromatosis (NF) research, and PLOS ONE, a leading peer-reviewed scientific...
Large-scale study indicates novel, abundant nitrogen-fixing microbes in surface ocean
Credit: Delmont et al (2018) Nature Microbiology, doi: 10.1038/s41564-018-0176-9 WOODS HOLE, Mass.-- Move over, cyanobacteria! A large-scale study of the...
Researchers Discover New Type of Stem Cell State
Credit: Courtesy Prof. John R. Bracht. It's not the amount of fat, but the ability to store fat in the...
Key cancer-fighting gene’s secret weapons revealed
Credit: The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute The findings revealed that a special group of genes that function within the...
A new therapy proves effective against brain metastasis
A study published in Nature Medicine by a team led by Manuel Valiente, head of the Brain Metastasis Group at...
