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Study links fish stress hormones to whether they take the bait
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Take a fish out of water and its stress hormones will...
Self-powered paper-based ‘SPEDs’ may lead to new medical-diagnostic tools
Credit: (Purdue University photo/Aniket Pal) WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- A new medical-diagnostic device made out of paper detects biomarkers and...
New test for rare immunodeficiency
Researchers at the University of Basel have developed a test to quickly and reliably diagnose a rare and severe immune...
Oropouche virus could emerge and cause a public health problem
After the Zika epidemic, which began in 2015, and the outbreak of yellow fever early in 2017, Brazil runs a...
Molecular volume control
Credit: (Photo: Scholz et al., 2017) The receptor studied by scientists from the universities of Würzburg and Leipzig over the...
Orange is the new green: How orange peels revived a Costa Rican forest
Credit: Photos courtesy of Daniel Janzen and Winnie Hallwachs PRINCETON, N.J.--In the mid-1990s, 1,000 truckloads of orange peels and orange...
Quantum ruler for biomolecules
Credit: Copyright: Christian Knobloch, QNP Group, Faculty of Physics, University of Vienna Quantum interference and metrology with molecules Even though...
Where do heart cells come from?
Credit: James Short La Jolla, Calif., August 22, 2017 - Researchers from Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute (SBP), the...
How a bacterium can live on methanol
Credit: ETH Zurich Many chemists are currently researching how small carbon molecules, such as methane and methanol, can be used...
Wealth disparity and family income impact the brain development of female youth
Credit: Provided by Baycrest Health Sciences Female teenagers living in neighbourhoods with wide salary gaps and a low-income household show...
A disposable alcohol test reveals whether you are fit to drive within 2 minutes
The Finnish company Goodwiller has launched a rapid alcohol test it has developed in collaboration with VTT that measures the...
What’s the annual value of trees? $500 million per megacity, study says
Credit: ESF In the megacities that are home to nearly 10 percent of the world's 7.5 billion people, trees provide...
Blood test predicts prostate tumor resistance
Credit: Andreas Heddergott / TUM When bacteria develop antibiotic resistance, treatment with these medications becomes ineffective. Similarly, tumor cells can...
Yoga and meditation improve mind-body health and stress resilience
Many people report positive health effects from practicing yoga and meditation, and experience both mental and physical benefits from these...
Clinical study shows that retinal imaging may detect signs of Alzheimer’s disease
Credit: Image adapted from JCI Insight. 2017; 2(16):e93621. doi:10.1172/jci.insight.93621 Retinal amyloid pathology and proof-of-concept imaging trial in Alzheimer's disease Yosef...
Scientists find RNA with special role in nerve healing process
Credit: Tapinos et. al. PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Scientists may have identified a new opening to intervene in the process of...
CRC screening with flexible sigmoidoscopy reduces risk for death
1. CRC screening with flexible sigmoidoscopy reduces risk for death A re-analysis of all-cause mortality in the USPSTF 2016 evidence...
Study sheds light on why some breast cancers have limited response to immunotherapy
Credit: Brian Strickland/UNC Lineberger CHAPEL HILL - UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers have identified a possible reason why some...
Immune cells contribute to treatment resistance in aggressive breast cancers
Breast cancer remains a leading cause of cancer-related death for women in the United States. Early detection and targeted therapies...
Zebrafish larvae could be used as ‘avatars’ to optimize personalized treatment of cancer
Credit: Rita Fior/CCU Portuguese scientists have for the first time shown that the larvae of a tiny fish could one...
