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Gene that enables memories, sense of direction produces…
Credit: Phil Jones AUGUSTA, Ga. (Jan. 18, 2017) – Mutations in a gene that should enable memories and a sense...
Cells rank genes by importance to protect them, according to new research
Credit: Eric Belfield Researchers at the University of Oxford have discovered that a cellular mechanism preferentially protects plant genes from...
First precision medicine trial in cancer prevention identifies molecular-based chemoprevention strategy
A team of scientists, led by researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and University of California,...
How a Mediterranean-style diet may reduce heart failure in the aged
Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – In mouse experiments, University of Alabama at Birmingham researchers have shown how aging and excess...
Lek-Heng Lim receives Wilkinson Prize in Numerical Analysis &…
Credit: Lek-Heng Lim The Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics is proud to award Lek-Heng Lim, University of Chicago, with...
Falls lead to declines in seniors
Credit: American College of Emergency Physicians WASHINGTON — More than half of elderly patients (age 65 and older) who visited...
NIST updates ‘sweet’ 1950s separation method to clean nanoparticles from organisms
Credit: K. Scott/NIST Sometimes old-school methods provide the best ways of studying cutting-edge tech and its effects on the modern...
Working group urges better access to safe abortion, in developing world
Credit: UMass Amherst AMHERST, Mass. – On International Safe Abortion Day, Sept. 28, an international research group reports in a...
Study finds low rate of cancer screening among transplant patients
Credit: Courtesy of St. Michael's Hospital TORONTO, May 4, 2017–People who have received organ transplants are at higher risk of...
Salk computational neurobiologist receives NSF grant to study how…
Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA–(September 6, 2017) Salk Associate Professor Tatyana Sharpee has been awarded a grant of approximately $950,000...
Study sets new distance record for medical drone transport
Credit: Johns Hopkins Medicine Johns Hopkins researchers have set a new delivery distance record for medical drones, successfully transporting human...
How cancer metastasis happens: Researchers reveal a key mechanism
Credit: Image credit: Wenjing Wu/Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center/Nature Cancer metastasis, the migration of cells from a primary tumor to...
Deadly combination in neurodegenerative diseases revealed
Credit: Hitomi Tsuiji and Koji Yamanaka Nagoya, Japan – Neurodegenerative diseases are incurable and debilitating conditions that result in progressive...
Disaster makes people with depression less healthy
Credit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University People who exhibit even a few depressive symptoms before a major life stressor, such as a...