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Epigenetic changes at birth could explain later behavior problems
Epigenetic changes present at birth - in genes related to addiction and aggression - could be linked to conduct problems...
NUS study: Older adults are good Samaritans to strangers
Credit: National University of Singapore People tend to become more generous as they age. This certainly holds true when it...
Engineering the perfect NHL team: U of T researchers design Las Vegas draft optimizer
Credit: (Credit: Marit Mitchell) Hockey fans around the world are waiting anxiously to find out who will be drafted to...
Global hotspots of established alien plants and animals revealed
Credit: Pablo García-Diaz An international team of researchers, led by Durham University, UK, has provided the first global analysis of...
Chemists perform surgery on nanoparticles
Credit: Carnegie Mellon University A team of chemists led by Carnegie Mellon University's Rongchao Jin has for the first time...
A plant-based diet boosts weight loss twice as effectively as a traditional diabetes diet
Credit: Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine WASHINGTON--All calories may not be created equal, at least when it comes to utilizing...
Pregnancy problems not necessarily tied to Zika viral load or Dengue fever
FINDINGS UCLA-led researchers have found that Zika viral load and the degree of Zika symptoms during pregnancy were not necessarily...
Evaluating greenhouse gas emissions in an irrigated cropping system
Credit: R. Dungan. June 12, 2017 - Agricultural production in the western U.S. is an important part of the global...
Acting and thinking — are they the same for our brain?
Credit: © UNIGE / Radek Ptak Our brain's fronto-parietal network is responsible for a range of highly diverse functions, from...
Study identifies potential biomarker for Alzheimer’s disease
(Boston)--In one of the largest studies to date to use metabolomics, the study of compounds that are created through various...
Uncovered: 1,000 new microbial genomes
The number of microbes in a handful of soil exceeds the number of stars in the Milky Way galaxy, but...
Healthy diet? That depends on your genes
ITHACA, N.Y. - A recently published Cornell University study describes how shifts in the diets of Europeans after the introduction...
OU and Mercy test new models in largest breast cancer clinical trial in Oklahoma
A University of Oklahoma and Mercy Hospital Oklahoma City research team is set to begin the largest breast cancer clinical...
UNC researchers lead clinical trial evaluating potential treatment for PPD
Credit: Photo by Katie O'Brien / UNC School of Medicine. CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - Researchers at the University of North...
Study: Underweight female runners more likely to get stress fractures
Credit: The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center Carrying less weight may make female runners faster, but a new study...
Status epilepticus: An overview
Seizures can be divided into three major groups: focal, generalised and unknown. Among all form of seizures, status epilepticus (SE)...
Better outcome measures needed for clinical trials for Fragile X Syndrome
A group of researchers from several institutions in the USA, including Johns Hopkins Medicine, reports that its review of 22...
GW receives $3 million grant to test hookworm vaccine efficacy in Phase II clinical trial
WASHINGTON (June 12, 2017) -- Researchers at the George Washington University (GW) received a $3 million U01 grant from the...
Artificial cartilage under tension as strong as natural material
Credit: Athanasiou lab, UC Davis Biomedical engineers at the University of California, Davis, have created a lab-grown tissue similar to...
E-cigarettes less addictive than cigarettes, PATH study shows
People who regularly use electronic cigarettes are less dependent on their product than those who regularly use traditional cigarettes, according...
