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Evidence suggests migratory birds are not a reservoir for highly pathogenic flu viruses
The H5 avian influenza A virus that devastated North American poultry farms in 2014-15 was initially spread by migratory waterfowl,...
A bioactive molecule may protect against congestive heart failure…
Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Heart attacks provoke an acute immune response. Leukocytes rush to the heart muscle to remove...
MDI Biological Laboratory scientist receives grant to study aging
Credit: MDI Biological Laboratory BAR HARBOR, MAINE — The MDI Biological Laboratory has announced that Aric Rogers, Ph.D., has received...
Future of legalized cannabis focus of expert panel discussion in…
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, September 19, 2017–In the roundtable entitled "Expert Panel on Understanding Cannabis:...
UTSA researcher receives $670,000 grant to fight malaria
IMAGE: This is an immunofluorescence image of a mature Plasmodium berghei liver stage parasite in murine liver. Credit: Kirsten Hanson...
New boarding procedures, smaller cabin size may limit infection on…
Credit: n/a TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — During major epidemics, cramped airplane cabins are fertile ground for the spread of infection, but...
Study: Symptoms of ‘chronic multisymptom illness’ may be common in Iraq,…
Credit: Department of Defense In a Veterans Affairs study of more than 300 enlisted Army National Guard and Army Reserve...
Researchers map brain tumor cells’ adaptation to oxygen deprivation
Credit: Louise Cornmark The most aggressive variant of brain tumour – glioblastoma – has an average survival rate of 15...
‘Triggers’: A new tool to assess cancer patients’ palliative needs
Dr Jayne Wood from The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust LUGANO-MADRID, 9 September, 2017 – A new tool to identify...
The shrinking moose of Isle Royale
Credit: Sarah Bird/Michigan Tech Researchers from Michigan Technological University know the smartest way to know a moose is by its...
Detecting Alzheimer’s disease earlier using … Greebles?
Credit: Greeble images courtesy of Michael J. Tarr, Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition and Department of Psychology, Carnegie...
Sitting not linked to incident diabetes: New research
Credit: Pexels Sitting may not be as deadly as previously thought, with new research led by the University of Sydney...
Model shows female beauty isn’t just sex appeal
Credit: Photo courtesy of Stacey Weiss, University of Puget Sound DURHAM, N.C. — Female beauty may have less to do...
How berberine works to slow diabetes-related cognitive decline in…
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, October 31, 2017–Researchers studying the mechanism of action of the natural,...
Canadian cardiologist publishes world first mitral regurgitation…
Credit: Courtesy of St. Michael's Hospital TORONTO, May 19, 2017– A Canadian cardiologist has published a report in the journal...
Study: Most pediatric ICU physicians don’t use current…
Credit: University at Buffalo BUFFALO, N.Y. – A study by University at Buffalo researchers has shown that physicians in pediatric...
Broadly neutralizing HIV antibodies engineered to be better vaccine…
One approach to HIV vaccine development relies on broadly neutralizing antibodies (bnAbs) that protect against different circulating HIV strains. bnAbs...
Chasing fire: Fever and human mobility in an epidemic
Credit: NASA image Disease ecologists working in the Amazonian city of Iquitos, Peru, have quantified for the first time how...
Genes that increase children’s risk of blood infection…
A team led by Oxford University has identified genes that make certain children more susceptible to invasive bacterial infections by...
Schizophrenia’s strongest known genetic risk deconstructed
IMAGE: The site in Chromosome 6 harboring the gene C4 towers far above other risk-associated areas on schizophrenia's genomic "skyline,...
