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BOSTON, MA - Previous research has analyzed variations in sleep patterns including number of hours slept, quality of sleep, and...

Promiscuous salamander found to use genes from three partners equally

Credit: Robert Denton, Ohio State University A promiscuous salamander has found a simple genetic formula for success: Mate with multiple...

Moffitt researchers identify inhibitor that overcomes drug resistance in prostate cancer

TAMPA, Fla. (June 12, 2017) - Prostate cancer is the third most common cause of cancer-related death in men in...

Promiscuous salamander found to use genes from 3 partners equally

Credit: Robert Denton, Ohio State University A promiscuous salamander has found a simple genetic formula for success: Mate with multiple...

MD Anderson and Convergent R.N.R. Ltd. establish alliance to further develop new radiation technology

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and Convergent R.N.R. Ltd. (CRnR) today announced a collaboration to further develop...

Study shows drug lowers levels of biomarker linked to ALS

Credit: Hospital for Special Surgery A new study finds that a decades-old drug used to treat malaria lowers levels of...

Long after 1980s farm crisis, farmers still take own lives at a high rate

The number of suicides among farmers and farmworkers in the United States has remained stubbornly high since the end of...

Blue Brain team discovers a multi-dimensional universe in brain networks

Credit: Courtesy of Blue Brain Project For most people, it is a stretch of the imagination to understand the world...

Sexual stereotypes can lead to unhealthy sexual relationships

PULLMAN, Wash. - Female college students who believe women are subservient and who endorse music media's degradation of women are...

Lab on a chip could monitor health, germs and pollutants

Credit: Ella Marushchenko and Alexander Tokarev/Ella Maru Studios Imagine wearing a device that continuously analyzes your sweat or blood for...

Researchers find a surprise just beneath the surface in carbon dioxide experiment

Credit: Berkeley Lab In a classic tale of science taking twists and turns before coming to a conclusion, two teams...

Fasting glucose as a marker for greater weight loss on a high-fiber, low-glycemic diet

SAN DIEGO and BOSTON (June 11, 2017, 3:00 ET) -- Researchers from the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center...

Joanna S. Fowler, PhD, receives SNMMI 2017 Georg Charles de Hevesy Nuclear Pioneer Award

Credit: SNMMI DENVER, Colo. - Joanna S. Fowler, PhD, senior chemist emeritus of the Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory...

New grants for traumatic brain injury research announced by Julian Bailes, MD, at SNMMI17

Credit: SNMMI DENVER, Colo. - At the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) Annual Meeting, Julian E. Bailes,...

Chemical composition and microhardness of human enamel treated with fluoridated whintening agents

Aesthetic treatments are always widely sought by dental patients, especially dental whitening, in order to get whiter smiles. The big...

PET imaging of atherosclerosis reveals risk of plaque rupture

Credit: Stanford University School of Medicine and Stanford University Department of Electrical Engineering DENVER, Colo. - A new study shows...

Short duration of breastfeeding and maternal obesity linked to fatty liver in adolescents

Credit: Journal of Hepatology Amsterdam, The Netherlands, June 12, 2017 - Infants who were breastfed for less than six months...

Short regulatory gene spotted

An epigenetic mechanism regulating gene activity has been revealed by a KAUST-led international team of researchers investigating interactions between the...

Fasting plasma glucose and insulin are determinants of dietary weight loss success