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New mechanism behind Parkinson’s disease revealed
Credit: RCSB Protein Data Bank Parkinson's disease is a debilitating neurological illness that affects approximately 10 million people worldwide. It...
NIH scientists try to crack the brain’s memory codes
Credit: Courtesy of Zaghloul lab, NIH/NINDS. In a pair of studies, scientists at the National Institutes of Health explored how...
Details of Lassa virus structure could inform development of vaccines, therapies
Credit: Christina Corbaci, TSRI WHAT: A 10-year Lassa virus research project has yielded structural and functional details of a key...
Census shows which mammals survive in forests surrounded by sugarcane plantations
Credit: Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo Researchers at São Paulo State University (UNESP) in Brazil...
Study of kids with autism identifies hospitalization risk factors
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Children or teens with autism spectrum disorders often come to hospitals when behavioral episodes overwhelm the support...
Patients nearing end of life receptive to having cholesterol medicine ‘deprescribed’
PORTLAND, Ore. - New research suggests patients nearing the end of their lives because of a "life-limiting illness" such as...
Specific long-term therapy may not prevent fractures in older women
Osteoporosis is a disease that causes thinning of the bones, loss of bone density, and increasingly fragile bones. This puts...
Herbs, spices on vegetables may increase their appeal to men, young adults
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Adults who don't routinely eat vegetables for lunch may be more...
ACP decries withdrawal from climate agreement
Washington (June 1, 2017)--The United States withdrawal from the Paris climate agreement will greatly undermine the global effort to prevent...
Timing meals later at night can cause weight gain and impair fat metabolism
BOSTON - New findings suggest eating late at night could be more dangerous than you think. Compared to eating earlier...
Identify and manage raspberry, blackberry pests with new industry reference
Credit: Courtesy of The American Phytopathological Society St. Paul, Minn. (June 2017)-- Raspberries and blackberries are favorites among consumers--but unfortunately...
Dairy products a good dietary source of some types of vitamin K
BOSTON (June 2, 2017)--Vitamin K, with its multiple forms, is among the lesser known nutrients. Now, new research from scientists...
Mice will help reveal the roles of human brown fat
Credit: Miao-Hsueh Chen, Baylor College of Medicine When it gets cold around you, your body turns up the heat to...
Penn’s David Dinges honored with Distinguished Service Award
BOSTON - David F. Dinges, PhD, chief of the division of Sleep and Chronobiology, and director of the Unit for...
Understanding a river’s ‘thermal landscape’ may be the key to saving it
River temperatures have long been an area of study, but until recently, the field has been hampered by technological constraints....
Combination therapy targets genetic mutation found in many cancers
Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center HOUSTON - A study at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center has shown...
Hotter than a hundred thousand suns
Credit: Hauke Sandmeyer (Bielefeld University) FRANKFURT. The German Research Foundation (DFG) has approved a new Transregio Collaborative Research Centre (CRC/TR)...
One in 3 hospitalized patients experience symptoms of depression, study shows
LOS ANGELES (June 6, 2017) -- About one in three hospitalized patients shows symptoms of depression, potentially affecting their clinical...
ERC Starting Grant for allergy research in the gut
(Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health) The European Research Council (ERC) will be funding the ALLERGUT...
Sydney Harbor emissions equivalent to 200 cars on the roads
Credit: University of Sydney lead researcher Edwina Tanner The Sydney Harbour is renowned as a beautiful landmark straddling our thriving...
