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Bacterial organizational complexities revealed
Credit: Courtesy of MSU EAST LANSING, Mich. - For the first time, scientists have visualized the fine details of bacterial...
Combined molecular biology test is the first to distinguish benign pancreatic lesions
CHICAGO: When performed in tandem, two molecular biology laboratory tests distinguish, with near certainty, pancreatic lesions that mimic early signs...
Brisbane Airport named Australia’s first dementia-friendly airport at guide launch
Credit: Brisbane Airport Corporation Brisbane Airport was named Australia's first dementia-friendly airport by Alzheimer's Australia at the launch today in...
Ecology insights improve plant biomass degradation by microorganisms
Credit: Diego Javier Jiménez Microbes are widely used to break down plant biomass into sugars, which can be used as...
Research suggests sexual appeals in ads don’t sell brands, products
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Could it be that sex actually does not sell? An analysis...
Child safety or parental duty: New study maps out core concepts in the vaccination debate
Credit: Department for International Development. The recent measles outbreak in Minnesota -- by June, new cases of the disease in...
Video games can change your brain
Scientists have collected and summarized studies looking at how video games can shape our brains and behavior. Research to date...
Satellite data to map endangered monkey populations on Earth
Earth Observation technology can map human settlements to predict where monkey populations have declined through hunting 'High-throughput DNA sequencing' can...
Eating your feelings? The link between job stress, junk food and sleep
Credit: Michigan State University EAST LANSING, Mich. - Stress during the workday can lead to overeating and unhealthy food choices...
Tiny nanoparticles offer significant potential in detecting/treating disease new review of work on exosomes
Credit: Dr Marta I. Oliveira, INL, Portugal Tiny nanoparticles offer significant potential in detecting and treating disease - new review...
Correct connections are crucial
Credit: Image: Andreas Horn, Charité. Working with colleagues from Harvard Medical School and Würzburg, researchers from Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin...
Elevated rate of autism symptoms found in children with Tourette syndrome
Around one in five children with Tourette syndrome, a neurological disorder characterized by involuntary movements and vocalizations, met criteria for...
Lab grown human colons change study of GI disease
Credit: Cincinnati Children's CINCINNATI - Scientists used human pluripotent stem cells to generate human embryonic colons in a laboratory that...
Seafood poisoning bug thwarts a key host defense by attacking the cell’s cytoskeleton
Credit: UT Southwestern DALLAS - June 22, 2017 - The leading cause of acute gastroenteritis linked to eating raw seafood...
Public health guidelines aim to lower health risks of cannabis use
Credit: Canadian Research Initiative in Substance Misuse (CRISM), Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) OTTAWA, June 23, 2017 --...
Biofilms — the eradication has begun
Credit: Brendan Snarr, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre Montreal, June 22 2017 - Have you ever heard...
On polygamous females and single-parent males
Credit: Photo: Bielefeld University/ L. Eberhart-Phillips Male plovers survive more successfully in the wild than females. Behavioural researchers at Bielefeld...
Proton pump inhibitors do not contribute to dementia or Alzheimer’s disease
Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) are medications used to treat digestive problems such as ulcers and reflux disease by reducing the...
Cells in fish’s spinal discs repair themselves
Credit: Jennifer Bagwell, Duke University DURHAM, N.C. -- Duke researchers have discovered a unique repair mechanism in the developing backbone...
Patient-inspired research uncovers new link to rare disorder
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine Meeting a young patient with Zellweger syndrome, a rare, life-threatening genetic disease, started a scientific...
