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MSU technology and app could help endangered primates, slow illegal trafficking
Credit: Courtesy of MSU EAST LANSING, Mich. - New facial recognition software and app invented at Michigan State University can...
The big clean up after stress
Credit: Buchberger team Toxic substances, nutrient shortage, viral infection, heat and many other events trigger stress responses in cells. In...
A cascade of immune processes offers insights to triple-negative breast cancer
Credit: Rogel Cancer Center ANN ARBOR, Michigan -- Cancer is crafty. To survive and thrive, tumors find a way of...
Is lower-fat diet associated with breast cancer overall survival?
Bottom Line: Women diagnosed with breast cancer during the Women's Health Initiative Dietary Modification trial who were following a lower-fat...
Tumor cells evade death through in extremis DNA repair
Credit: Author: Begoña Cánovas, IRB Barcelona Greater knowledge of the mechanisms that contribute to the survival of tumour cells is...
Giant clams tell the story of past typhoons
Credit: Komagoe T. et al., Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, April 19, 2018 A highly precise method to determine past...
Cell damage caused by the pesticide DDT is palliated
Since it was first synthesized almost 150 years ago, the pesticide Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane, better known as DDT, has been widely used...
3D printed sugar offers sweet solution for tissue engineering, device manufacturing
Credit: Video courtesy of Matthew Gelber CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- University of Illinois engineers built a 3-D printer that offers a...
Short bursts of intense exercise are a HIIT, even with less active people
Credit: UBC Okanagan While we know high-intensity interval training (HIIT) is time-efficient and good for our health, researchers are still...
Study finds black Americans face education, income barriers to healthy behaviors
Credit: University of Iowa Better educational opportunities and higher incomes may be key to closing the gap of cardiovascular health...
BMC to test childhood anxiety therapy treatment with $13.5 million funding
Boston Medical Center has been approved for a $13.5 million award by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) to test...
Montana State professor wins Fulbright, $3.12 million for work with indigenous communities
Credit: Montana State University photo by Kelly Gorham BOZEMAN -- A Montana State University professor who conducts research with indigenous...
Using Facebook to help young adults quit smoking
A national clinical trial testing a smoking cessation intervention for young adults that was conducted entirely on Facebook has found...
Geriatrician leads £2.1 million trial into Parkinson’s disease
(University of Bristol) A UK-wide trial into Parkinson's disease led by Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust and the...
Pediatric and law experts define abusive head trauma
WILMINGTON, DE (May 24, 2018) - Abusive head trauma (AHT), a medical diagnosis of infants and young children who suffer...
South Asian-Americans at higher risk for heart disease and stroke
CHICAGO) - South Asians living in the United States are more likely to die of heart conditions caused by atherosclerosis,...
ESMO emphasises importance of cancer on the global health agenda
Credit: © European Society for Medical Oncology LUGANO, Switzerland, 24 May 2018 - At the 71st World Health Assembly (WHA)...
Loyola Medicine survey finds 16 percent of burn patients test positive for PTSD
MAYWOOD, IL - A Loyola Medicine survey has found that 15.8 percent of adult burn patients screened positive for post-traumatic...
Lack of paid sick leave increases poverty
Credit: Florida Atlantic University/Cleveland State University Research conducted by Florida Atlantic University and Cleveland State University has, for the first...
Children and adolescents in high-risk environments more likely to become violent adults
Children and adolescents who grow up with one or more of these environmental risk factors are likely to resort to...
