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Fractal planting patterns yeild optimal harvests, without central control
Credit: CCO public domain Bali's famous rice terraces, when seen from above, look like colorful mosaics because some farmers plant...
Infants born preterm may lack key lung cells later in life
Mice born into an oxygen-rich environment respond worse to the flu once fully grown due to an absence of certain...
Drug combination benefits patients with tophaceous gout
The drug lesinurad in combination with febuxostat was better at lowering blood levels of urate than febuxostat alone in a...
Soft shelled turtles, food in China, likely spread cholera
WASHINGTON, DC - June 9, 2017 - The pathogen, Vibrio cholerae can colonize the surfaces, as well as the intestines...
New findings aim to improve global medical device standard on auditory alarms
The global medical device standard IEC 60601-1-8, first published in 2006, specifies safety and performance requirements for auditory alarms in...
Study shows texting as good as medication at improving type 2 diabetes management
Credit: Scripps Health SAN DIEGO - Low-income Hispanics with Type 2 diabetes who received health-related text messages every day for...
New cancer drug tested in mice may benefit certain leukemia patients
SALT LAKE CITY -Almost 6,000 new cases of acute lymphoblastic leukemia, or ALL, are expected to be diagnosed this year...
Retina may be sensitive gauge of blast-wave pressure injury
Credit: The American Journal of Pathology Philadelphia, PA, June 9, 2017 - Modern military conflict has dramatically increased the number...
Distance patients must travel illustrates growing inaccessibility of abortion
BUFFALO, N.Y. - Abortion fund recipients who have to travel out of state for an abortion travel roughly 10 times...
Cash for weight loss
A new study, published in the journal Social Science and Medicine, has shown that selling rewards programmes to participants entering...
Clemson graduate uncovers link between toxicants and lipid metabolism
Credit: Photo courtesy of Dhaval Parmar CLEMSON, South Carolina -- While working for an environmental nonprofit organization in India, Namrata...
NIH-led workshop addresses opioid misuse during pregnancy
Credit: Credit: NICHD/NIH Research is essential to determining how best to screen pregnant women for opioid use disorder, to treat...
Koch Institute to hold 16th annual symposium: Convergence of Science and Engineering in Cancer
How will convergence impact the future of cancer research? Answering that question is the driving force behind the Koch Institute...
NIH funds NYC center for AIDS research
Credit: Albert Einstein College of Medicine June 8, 2017--(BRONX, NY)--The National Institutes of Health has awarded researchers at Albert Einstein...
Parasitic nematodes that cause greatest agricultural damage abandoned sex
Credit: Etienne G. J. Danchin and colleagues The nematode worms that cause the world's most devastating crop losses have given...
NASA mission tests ketogenic diet undersea, simulating life on Mars
Credit: Tina Meketa TAMPA, Fla. (June 9, 2017) - University of South Florida associate professor Dominic D'Agostino, PhD, is one...
Prednisone may improve effectiveness of AAV-based gene therapy by reducing immune response
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, June 9, 2017--A new study of gene transfer using adeno-associated virus...
Fractal planting patterns yield optimal harvests, without central control
Credit: CCO public domain Bali's famous rice terraces, when seen from above, look like colorful mosaics because some farmers plant...
Genetic mutations predict patient response to immunotherapy
Results of a new clinical study establish particular genetic defects in tumors as clinical indicators for successful response to a...
Researchers uncover new instruction manual to repair broken DNA
Credit: Georgia Tech Drexel University and Georgia Institute of Technology researchers have discovered how the Rad52 protein is a crucial...
