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Focus screening efforts to ‘save thousands of lives’ from digestive cancers — say experts
Credit: UEG (Prague, 26 September, 2017) Experts from United European Gastroenterology (UEG), presenting at the European Digestive Cancer Days (EDCD)...
Antibiotics warranted for kids with minor staph infections
Credit: Washington University School of Medicine The overuse of antibiotics has left some doctors questioning whether to give such drugs...
Notre Dame cancer researchers publish new papers on ovarian cancer tumor growth
Credit: Matt Cashore Two papers involving ovarian cancer research at the University of Notre Dame's Harper Cancer Research Institute (HCRI),...
Some marine species more vulnerable to climate change than others
Credit: UBC Certain marine species will fare much worse than others as they become more vulnerable to the effects of...
Scientists unlock mysteries of how Ebola uses people’s immune defenses to cause infection
GALVESTON, Texas - Scientists from The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston have gained new insight into how the...
How forest fires spoil wine
If wine is cultivated in an area where forest fires occur more often, such as in Australia or Southern Italy,...
With mock space capsule, researchers partner with NASA to study astronaut fitness
Credit: Kansas State University MANHATTAN, KANSAS -- A mock space capsule has landed in Kansas State University's Ice Hall. In...
Amount of water in stem cells can determine its fate as fat or bone
Credit: Courtesy of the researchers. BUFFALO, N.Y. - Adding or removing water from a stem cell can change the destiny...
Influence of C-section, formula feeding and antibiotics on infant gut microbiome
A new analytical approach, described in open-access journal Frontiers in Pediatrics, shows how different interventions - cesarean section, formula feeding,...
Warm Northwest waters draw spawning fish north
Credit: Toby Auth/PSFMC Unusually warm ocean conditions off the Pacific Northwest in the last few years led anchovies, sardines and...
Portland State study links cancerous toxins to cannabis extract
(Portland, Ore.) Sept. 25, 2017 - Researchers at Portland State University found benzene and other potentially cancer-causing chemicals in the...
Nerves control the body’s bacterial community
Credit: Image: Christoph Giez, Dr. Alexander Klimovich A central aspect of life sciences is to explore the symbiotic cohabitation of...
A fresh set of eyes: Rotating plant inspectors reduces risk of medical device recalls
Credit: Indiana University BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- More frequent rotation of plant inspectors at medical device manufacturing facilities could benefit consumers...
Illinois researchers develop gene circuit design strategy to advance synthetic biology
Credit: University of Illinois Department of Bioengineering. Over the last 17 years, scientists and engineers have developed synthetic gene circuits...
Russian scientist finds a new way to predict cancer development
Credit: MIPT Press Office A scientist from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT) has proposed a model that...
Fisheries sustainability linked to gender roles among traders
Credit: WCS NEW YORK (September 26, 2017) - A new WCS study, published in the journal Ecosystem Health and Sustainability,...
New study funded points to unexpected benefits of rabies vaccination in dogs
The rabies vaccine is extremely effective at preventing this fatal disease in dogs, but new research, funded by Morris Animal...
Bacterial outer membrane vesicles: An emerging tool in vaccine development
Credit: Kendrick B. Turner and Scott A. Walper, Bentham Science Publishers Outer membrane vesicles, biological nanoparticles shed during normal growth...
Injection alternative
CAMBRIDGE, MA - People with Type 1 diabetes must check their blood glucose several times a day and inject themselves...
Caribbean praying mantises have ancient African origin
Credit: Gavin Svenson, Ph.D. Three seemingly unrelated praying mantis groups inhabiting Cuba and the rest of the Greater Antilles actually...
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