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CHICAGO--French physician and researcher André Ulmann, M.D., Ph.D., won the Endocrine Society's first-ever John D. Baxter Prize for Entrepreneurship for...

Chemicals in lavender and tea tree oil appear to be hormone disruptors

CHICAGO--A new study lends further evidence to a suspected link between abnormal breast growth in young boys--called prepubertal gynecomastia--and regular...

Prenatal exposure to plasticizer may affect male fertility in future generations

CHICAGO -- Chemicals found in a variety of routinely used consumer products may be contributing to the substantial drop in...

Exposure to low levels of BPA during pregnancy can lead to altered brain development

CHICAGO -- New research in mice provides an explanation for how exposure to the widely used chemical bisphenol A (BPA)...

Roux-en-Y surgery linked with more non-vertebral fractures than adjustable gastric banding

CHICAGO--Patients undergoing Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) surgery may be at greater risk for non-vertebral fracture than those having adjustable gastric...

Clinical medicine training prepares medical students to treat transgender patients

CHICAGO--Medical students who are specifically trained in clinical transgender medicine are better prepared to treat transgender patients, a new study...

New solution to harmful algal blooms raises hope of economic and environmental benefits

Credit: Dr Martin Rejzek - John Innes Centre A cheap, safe and effective method of dealing with harmful algal blooms...

Blood vessels also affected by Alzheimer’s disease

Credit: INc-UAB Researchers from the Institute of Neuroscience at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (INc-UAB) demonstrate for the first time...

Chemical peels are safe for people with darker skin, result in few side effects and complications

BOSTON-- Results from a new study led by Boston Medical Center (BMC) indicate that, when performed appropriately, chemical peels can...

Long-term monitoring is essential to effective environmental policy

Credit: Photo: Jordan Jessop) (Millbrook, NY) Environmental policy guided by science saves lives, money, and ecosystems. So reports a team...

Signaling pathways to the nucleus

Credit: Source: Institute of Biology II/University of Freiburg A team of researchers from the University of Freiburg have discovered how...

80 percent cut in liver metastasis by restricting the blood vessels supplying it

Credit: (UPV/EHU) Metastasis is the process whereby a tumour that grows in one organ breaks away from it and travels...

Bees: How royal jelly prevents royal offspring from falling out of their cells

Credit: Pixabay.com / PollyDot Defying gravity: A special mixture of proteins in the larval food of bees ensures that future...

80% cut in liver metastasis by restricting the blood vessels supplying it

Credit: (UPV/EHU) Metastasis is the process whereby a tumour that grows in one organ breaks away from it and travels...

Development of an enzymatic cycling method using pyruvate kinase

Credit: Dr. Shigeru Ueda et al., Bentham Science Publishers Pyruvate kinase (PK), an omnipresent and functionally important enzyme, catalyzes the...

Coral reefs suffering in Philippines despite outlawing damaging fishing practices

Credit: Jennifer Selgrath Some of the fishing methods used in today's small-scale fisheries are causing more damage to coral reefs...

Scientists mimic neural tissue in Army-funded research

Credit: Courtesy RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. (March 15, 2018) - U.S. Army-funded researchers at Brandeis University have discovered a process...

Human ‘chimeric’ cells restore crucial protein in Duchenne muscular dystrophy

Cells made by fusing a normal human muscle cell with a muscle cell from a person with Duchenne muscular dystrophy...

Reefs help protect vulnerable Caribbean fish from climate change