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Huntsman Cancer Institute opens Center for HOPE
SALT LAKE CITY - Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) at the University of Utah (U of U) today announced the opening...
Scientists train spider to jump on demand to discover secrets of animal movement
Credit: Video edited and produced by Girupakaran Sivalingam, Bill Crowther and Mostafa Nabawy. Sound design by Conor Marsh. Music: The...
Majority of the population trusts state structures in consumer health protection
In the latest issue, it can be seen that people are becoming more and more aware of glyphosate, the active...
The role of cannabis in the opioid crisis is focus of new expert roundtable discussion
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, May 8, 2018--A multidisciplinary panel of experts discussed how medicinal cannabis...
Blocking the molecular source of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
ANN ARBOR, Mich. - Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is one of the most challenging and frustrating diseases that pulmonologists face....
Investments in scientific and educational research: Fueling American innovation
WASHINGTON, DC -- Researchers across the United States are finding ways to disrupt the dark-web drug trade, discern and foster...
Malaria parasite accumulates undetected in bone marrow
Washington, DC - May 8, 2018 - A Plasmodium vivax infection is like an iceberg: It's dangerous, in part, because...
Climate change: Fake news?
Credit: World Scientific If you follow either traditional news sources or social media, you would have heard strikingly different assertions...
New research: Some gut bacteria may protect against intestinal infection
Scientists at the University of Maryland School of Medicine have for the first time found evidence that the presence of...
Texas A&M study links breast cancer to the body’s internal clock
Credit: Dr. Cole McQueen, Texas A&M University For years, doctors have associated the BRCA1 and BRCA2 gene mutations with an...
Scripps Research chemist receives prestigious Royal Society of Chemistry Award
Credit: The Scripps Research Institute LA JOLLA, CA - May 8, 2018 - Floyd Romesberg, PhD, professor at The Scripps...
Prolonged exposure to air pollution leads to genetic changes in rat brains, study finds
LOS ANGELES -- May 8, 2018 -- Prolonged exposure to particulate matter in air pollution in the Los Angeles Basin...
Financial strain has major impact on patients’ health care decisions
Credit: UT Southwestern DALLAS - May 8, 2018 - Financial strain is the single most important factor in making health...
Massachussetts Public Health Department, UMass Amherst lab receives CDC funds for tick testing
Credit: UMass Amherst AMHERST, Mass. - A recent report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that warns...
Does HPV vaccination prevent the development of cervical cancer?
New evidence published today in the Cochrane Library shows that human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccines protect against cervical lesions in...
Women’s preference for masculine faces not linked with hormones
Credit: ©Jones et al Data from almost 600 participants show that women's perceptions of male attractiveness do not vary according...
Carnivores in captivity give birth at the same time of year as those in the wild
Credit: (Image: Zoo Zürich / Enzo Franchini) Many species have a specific mating season when living in their natural habitat....
Review of nearly 500 patient cases shows surgery benefits for congenital hyperinsulinism
Credit: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Philadelphia, May 7 -- A review of nearly 500 cases of infants with severe congenital...
Understanding how DNA is selectively tagged with ‘do not use’ marks
Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA--(MAY 7, 2018) Not all of your genome needs to be active at any given time....
Study: Alcohol-related cirrhosis patients are sicker, costlier and often female
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- More than one-third of cirrhosis cases are related to alcohol, a seven-year national study of more...
