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Upward mobility boosts immunity in monkeys
Credit: Photo by Lauren Brent, University of Exeter DURHAM, N.C. — The richest and poorest Americans differ in life expectancy...
No gene is an island
Credit: Magdalena Steinrück Genes do not exist in isolation. Like beads on a string, they sit next to each other...
UTSW research finding could lead to targeted therapies for…
DALLAS – November 19, 2015 – UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have shown that a pathogen-sensing molecule plays a vital...
Genetic mechanisms underlying phenotype convergence of pandas revealed
Credit: IOZ Convergent evolution, i.e., parallel evolution of identical or similar traits in distantly related species under similar selective pressures,...
Researchers create fiber optic sensors that dissolve in the body
Credit: Maria Konstantaki, Foundation of Research and Technology – Hellas WASHINGTON — For the first time, researchers have fabricated sensing...
Enhancing neuronal activity promotes axon regeneration in adult
IMAGE: Enhancing neuronal firing activity by melanopsin overexpression in the retina promotes axon regeneration after the optic nerve injury comparing...
Beijing severe haze more frequent under global warming
Credit: IAP Frequency of Beijing winter severe haze has increased over past decades, culminating in events during January 2013, December...
Male poison frogs become cannibals after taking over territories
Credit: Andrius Pasukonis In general, male poison frogs of the species Allobates femoralis are observed as very caring and attentive...
Parasite revealed: New insights into dicyemida
Credit: Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST) Revealing the origin and evolutionary history of the world's manifold...
New study suggests health benefits of swapping animal proteins for…
Credit: Courtesy of St. Michael's Hospital TORONTO, Dec. 20, 2017–Substituting one to two servings of animal proteins with plant proteins...
Shining light on brain tumors
Credit: N.V. Kuzmin et al, VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands WASHINGTON — When operating on cancer, surgeons want to remove...
How will genomics enter day-to-day medicine?
A quiet transformation has been brewing in medicine, as large-scale DNA results become increasingly available to patients and healthcare providers....
Why are genetically identical individuals different? Ask your mum!
Credit: Lola Davey, Marcos Francisco Perez, CRG. Does the age of a mother influence the traits and characteristics of her...
Discovery of infants’ airway microbiomes may help predict lung…
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – In contrast to the general belief that the airways of an infant are sterile until after birth,...
NTU scientists develop patch which could improve healing and reduce scarring
Credit: NTU Singapore Scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have developed a new gel patch prototype that could...
Does new cash-out option in sports betting increase risk for problem…
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, March 24, 2017–The increasingly popular cash-out feature in online sports betting...
Biophysics explains how immune cells kill bacteria
Credit: Scientific Reports (Tokyo, August 16) A new data analysis technique, moving subtrajectory analysis, designed by researchers at Tokyo Institute...
In fruit fly and human genetics, timing is everything
Credit: McKay Lab (UNC-Chapel Hill) CHAPEL HILL, NC – Every animal starts as a clump of cells, which over time...
A quarter of problematic cannabis users have anxiety disorders, many since childhood
ematic in early adulthood have anxiety disorders in childhood and late adolescence, reports a study published in the November 2017...
Why big brains are rare
Credit: David Kilper/Washington University As a species we're so brain-proud it doesn't occur to most of us to ask whether...
