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How to achieve a peaceful coexistence between wolves and humans
The persecution of wolves in order to remove them from human settlements has culminated in their near-disappearance in numerous European...
Dark proteome as focus of a new Priority Program funded by the German Research Foundation
Credit: Gemma Estrada Girona Professor Edward Lemke will be coordinating a new Priority Program researching the formation and function of...
‘Multiomics’ and the newborn mouse heart
During the first days of life, the heart of a newborn mouse adapts to entirely new physiological conditions, larger volume...
New surgery for groin pain found to be more effective than physiotherapy
Credit: University of Warwick As the FIFA World Cup approaches researchers have found that keyhole surgery could help get injured...
New technology for enzyme design
Credit: AK Seibel Enzymes are tools of nature that accelerate almost all biochemical reactions in living cells as biological catalysts....
When push comes to shove: Airway cells propel liver cancer spread to lungs
Credit: Kanazawa University Kanazawa, Japan - Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the most common form of liver cancer, and the third...
Direct visualization of dynamic structures of protein disaggregation molecular machines
Credit: NINS/IMS When proteins are exposed stresses like a heat shock, they lose their native structure and form toxic insoluble...
Dieting associated with risky behaviours in teenage girls
Teenage girls who diet are more likely to engage in other health-compromising behaviours, including smoking, binge drinking, and skipping breakfast,...
Cautious prawns win battle for food
Credit: Callum Duffield / Daniel Maskrey Prawns have personalities - and cautious crustaceans do better in the battle for food,...
How just drops of viper venom pack a deadly punch
Credit: Leandro Avelar A bite from a lancehead snake can be fatal. Species in the family, found throughout Central and...
The Lancet: A warning and an opportunity: The WHO Independent
It poses a stark warning that the Sustainable Development Goal for NCDs - to reduce premature deaths from NCDs by...
Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center scientists to present at ASCO Annual Meeting
(CHICAGO) -- Scientists from the Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center (SKCC) at Jefferson Health will be presenting research and leading discussions...
Researchers: A power failure in your fat cells could short-circuit your health
A specialized fat molecule, called cardiolipin, that is made within the body's own fat cells, is far more significant to...
Zn-InsP6 complex can enhance excretion of radioactive strontium from the body
Credit: Kanazawa University 90Sr (t1/2 = 29.1 y) is one of the most important nuclear fission elements. After the nuclear...
Study reveals brain activity patterns underlying fluent speech
When we speak, we engage nearly 100 muscles, continuously moving our lips, jaw, tongue, and throat to shape our breath...
UA study links sleep loss with nighttime snacking, junk food cravings, obesity, diabetes
TUCSON, Ariz. - Nighttime snacking and junk food cravings may contribute to unhealthy eating behaviors and represent a potential link...
Study offers new hope for the fight against genetically determined obesity
Around two to six per cent of all people with obesity develop obesity already in early childhood; it's in their...
Arthur edits survival guide for anesthesiology residents
Credit: Phil Jones, Augusta University Senior Photographer - Dr. Mary Arthur, director of the anesthesiology residency program at the Medical...
Finances are a major motivating factor in patient avoidance of diagnostic testing
Credit: KIRSTY CHALLEN, B.SC., MBCHB, MRES, PH.D., LANCASHIRE TEACHING HOSPITALS, UNITED KINGDOM. DES PLAINES, IL--Patient preferences for diagnostic testing differed...
Structure of protein pair provides blueprint for future drugs
Credit: Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, Australia Walter and Eliza Hall Institute researchers have visualised for the first time how...
