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9/11 survivors may be at increased risk of heart and lung disease years later
People who were exposed to the dust cloud or sustained physical injuries during the terrorist attacks on the World Trade...
A firefly’s flash inspires new nanolaser light
Credit: Reproduced with permission from ref 1. © 2017 Gongora et al. A reinvented, low-cost laser source that stores light...
New target could soothe the itch of inflammatory skin conditions
Credit: Holly Anderton/Walter and Eliza Hall Institute Existing medicines could offer a new way to treat inflammatory skin conditions, researchers...
Fossil site shows impact of early Jurassic’s low oxygen oceans
Credit: The University of Texas at Austin/Rowan Martindale Using a combination of fossils and chemical markers, scientists have tracked how...
Peptide complex formed in the brain is responsible for Alzheimer’s disease
Credit: Vladimir Polshakov. Members of the Faculty of Fundamental Medicine at the Lomonosov Moscow State University have determined the structure...
Multi-million pound grant awarded to improve world slum healthcare
Credit: University of Warwick The University of Warwick is to receive more than £5million to find better ways of delivering...
NAS announces awards for Building Capacity for Science Communication Partnerships
WASHINGTON -- In an effort to encourage innovative approaches to building productive public engagement with science, the National Academy of...
Bacteria never swim alone
Many animal species display flocking behaviour, but the fact that microorganisms do is not as well known. Researchers at Lund...
University of Birmingham launches £7 million global surgical research unit
(University of Birmingham) The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) has awarded £7 million to the Universities of Birmingham, Edinburgh...
Study identifies new target to preserve nerve function
Scientists in the Vollum Institute at OHSU have identified an enzyme that plays a crucial role in the degeneration of...
New gene mutation associated with Fanconi anemia
Credit: (Figure modified from Inano et al.) Fanconi anemia is a rare genetic disease characterized by bone marrow failure heralded...
Spark Therapeutics announces publication in The Lancet of pivotal Phase 3 clinical trial data for investigational voretigene neparvovec
Spark Therapeutics (NASDAQ: ONCE), a fully integrated gene therapy company dedicated to challenging the inevitability of genetic disease, today announced...
Climate change: Biodiversity rescues biodiversity in a warmer world
Credit: Jacob Miller The last month was recorded as the warmest June ever in many parts of the world. Last...
Fermented Red Clover extract stops menopausal hot flushes and symptoms
The vast majority of women in the menopause are familiar with the status of Red Clover as an herbal medicine...
Researchers identify potentially safer substitutes for BPA
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine have identified a group of potential substitutes for bisphenol...
ASU-TGen led study identifies source of cell-specific change in Alzheimer’s disease
PHOENIX and TEMPE, Ariz. -- July 12, 2017 -- Researchers led by Arizona State University (ASU) and the Translational Genomics...
FSU researchers discover an ugly truth about attractiveness
Credit: Florida State University In today's appearance-driven world, body image can be a powerful influence on our choices and behaviors,...
Decline in financing could undermine malaria efforts
Global malaria elimination funding is declining at a time when it remains crucial to eliminating the disease worldwide, according to...
Females with autism show greater difficulty with day-to-day tasks than male counterparts
WASHINGTON--Women and girls with autism may face greater challenges with real world planning, organization and other daily living skills, according...
FSU researcher makes deep-sea coral reefs discovery in depths of the North-Pacific
Credit: Florida State University TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Scientists have long believed that the waters of the Central and Northeast Pacific...
