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Newly identified protection mechanism serves as first responder to cellular stress
ANN ARBOR--Researchers at the University of Michigan Life Sciences Institute have identified a new type of rapid-response defense mechanism that...
New technique makes brain scans better
Credit: Courtesy of the researchers CAMBRIDGE, MA - People who suffer a stroke often undergo a brain scan at the...
Trash-picking seagulls poop tons of nutrients
Credit: Scott Winton, Duke DURHAM, N.C. -- At least 1.4 million seagulls feed at landfills across North America, which aside...
One in 6 women with learning disabilities has attempted suicide
Toronto, CANADA - A new study by the University of Toronto found that the lifetime prevalence of suicide attempts was...
Active 24/7 and doing great
Credit: Photo: Gunnar Bartsch Forager honeybees have a demanding job: Searching for nectar, honeydew and pollen, they permanently commute between...
Transportation noise increases risk for cardiovascular diseases and diabetes
How transportation noise affects the health of people remains in many aspects unexplained. Since 2014, an interdisciplinary Swiss consortium has...
Burn without concern
Credit: Minnesota Incident Command Center The USDA Forest Service in the Boundary Waters Canoe Wilderness Area (BWCWA) will continue to...
Reconstruction of ancient chromosomes offers insight into mammalian evolution
Credit: Harris Lewin, UC Davis What if researchers could go back in time 105 million years and accurately sequence the...
Urban agriculture only provides small environmental benefits in northeastern US
"Buy local" sounds like a great environmental slogan, epitomized for city dwellers by urban agriculture. But when it comes to...
Sarepta Therapeutics and Genethon announce gene therapy research collaboration for Duchenne muscula
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. and EVRY, France, June 21, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:SRPT), a U.S. commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company...
Marriage makes men fatter, shows new research
Being married makes men gain weight, and the early days of fatherhood add to the problem, finds new research from...
The brain mechanism behind multitasking
Although "multitasking" is a popular buzzword, research shows that only 2% of the population actually multitasks efficiently. Most of us...
Single fungus amplifies Crohn’s disease symptoms
Bottom Line: A microscopic fungus called Candida tropicalis triggered gut inflammation and exacerbated symptoms of Crohn's disease, in a recent...
Family history and location of genetic fault affect risk for carriers of cancer genes
A large scale study of women carrying faults in important cancer genes should enable doctors to provide better advice and...
Age-specific overall risk of breast, ovarian cancer among women with BRCA1/2 genetic mutations
Researchers conducted an analysis that included nearly 10,000 women with the BRCA1 or BRCA2 genetic mutations to estimate the age-specific...
NAMS 2017 position statement updates guidelines for hormone therapy use
CLEVELAND, Ohio (June 20, 2017)--A new position statement on the use of hormone therapy (HT) for menopausal and postmenopausal women...
Researchers developed nanoparticle based contrast agent for dual modal imaging of cancer
Credit: NANO Journal Researchers from PSG College of Technology, India have developed nano-contrast agents for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) as...
Corn better used as food than biofuel, study finds
Credit: Photo by: L. Brian Stauffer Corn is grown not only for food, it is also an important renewable energy...
Predicting cognitive deficits in people with Parkinson’s disease
Parkinson's disease (PD) is commonly thought of as a movement disorder, but after years of living with PD approximately twenty...
USDA invests $6.8 million for research and extension grants on pollinator health
WASHINGTON, D.C. June 20, 2017 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) today...
