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Credit: Phil Jones AUGUSTA, Ga. (Aug. 25, 2017) - Dr. Richard A. McIndoe, bioinformatics expert and associate director of the...

Millions of novel genetic variants found in 1,000 Swedish individuals

An extensive exercise to map genetic variation in Sweden has found 33 million genetic variants, 10 million of which are...

New research on Fragile X syndrome reinforces importance of early detection

Credit: Caleb Doll, Broadie Laboratory, Vanderbilt University Fragile X syndrome--the most common heritable cause of autism spectrum disorder--is something of...

Next-generation drug testing on chips

Credit: Kyoto University iCeMS Researchers at Kyoto University's Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (iCeMS) in Japan have designed a small...

$4.5 million grant funds new disease-resistant strawberries

Credit: Gregory Urquiaga/UC Davis The Public Strawberry Breeding Program at the University of California, Davis, and colleagues in California and...

Flame retardants and likelihood of pregnancy in women undergoing fertility treatments

Key Takeaways: A common type of flame retardant was associated with reduced likelihood of clinical pregnancy and live birth following...

UNC-Chapel Hill reaches milestone in development of Kinase Chemogenomic Set

(CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - Aug. 25, 2017) - The Structural Genomics Consortium at the University of North Carolina at Chapel...

Guelph study shows endangered sharks, rays further threatened by global food markets

A majority of shark fins and manta ray gills sold around the globe for traditional medicines come from endangered species,...

Study identifies genes linked to better immune response to flu vaccine

New Haven, Conn.-- Yale experts and their partners in a national research consortium have identified several genes and gene clusters...

Heart hormones protect against obesity and insulin resistance

Credit: Michael Cairns Orlando, Fla., Aug. 25, 2017 - Researchers at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute (SBP) in Lake...

Given the choice, zebrafish willingly dose themselves with opioids

Credit: University of Utah Health As the opioid crisis escalates, the science behind addiction remains poorly understood. To address this...

10 million reasons that treatment of cancers caused by viruses may advance

New Orleans. LA - The National Institute of General Medical Sciences has awarded LSU Health New Orleans a $10 million...

Microbes compete for nutrients, affect metabolism, development in mice

Credit: Bryce Richter/UW-Madison MADISON, Wis. -- "Gut bacteria get to use a lot of our food before we do," says...

From plant odorant detection to sex pheromone communication

Biologists at Lund University in Sweden are now able to show that the receptors enabling the primitive moth species, Eriocrania...

CWRU awarded funding to understand how plant particle stimulates anti-tumor response

Nicole Steinmetz, PhD, Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Radiology, member of the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center and the Center for...

HPV vaccination rates lag for vulnerable population of childhood cancer survivors

Credit: Seth Dixon / St. Jude Children's Research Hospital (MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Aug. 24, 2017) Despite being at an increased...

State’s stem cell agency awards $18.2 million grant for B cell cancer clinical trial

Credit: National Cancer Institute The Independent Citizens Oversight Committee of the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) today unanimously approved...

New app assesses radiation dosage in pediatric imaging

Credit: The Authors. BELLINGHAM, Washington, USA, and CARDIFF, UK -- A new Java-based application for Android tablets that provides neurosurgeons...

DNA sensor plays critical role in cancer immunotherapy via response to unexpected DNA form