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Neurocognitive deficits may be a red flag for psychosis
BOSTON - While schizophrenia is best known for episodes of psychosis - a break with reality during which an individual...
Fuel from sewage is the future — and it’s closer than you think
Credit: PNNL RICHLAND, Wash. - It may sound like science fiction, but wastewater treatment plants across the United States may...
GW researcher receives $2.8M grant to continue study of corneal wound healing
Credit: Mary Ann Stepp, Ph.D., professor of anatomy and regenerative biology and of ophthalmology at the George Washington University School...
Report released on Affordable Care Act implementation in Louisville
Credit: UofL Findings from a recent study on health care utilization in Metro Louisville indicate the uninsured rate decreased by...
Kids should be part of treatment for moms fighting substance use
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Mothers in therapy for drug and alcohol use recover faster if their children take part in their...
New research will create a 21st-century tally of biodiversity in Southwest Pacific
Credit: Scott L. Travers LAWRENCE -- The Solomon Islands in the southwest Pacific are best known as a locale for...
Technology brings new precision to study of circadian rhythm in individual cells
Credit: UGA Athens, Ga. - An interdisciplinary team of researchers at the University of Georgia has developed a new technology...
Engineers design a new weapon against bacteria
CAMBRIDGE, MA -- Over the past few decades, many bacteria have become resistant to existing antibiotics, and few new drugs...
Heart disease, leukemia linked to dysfunction in nucleus
Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA--We put things into a container to keep them organized and safe. In cells, the nucleus...
Mental health spending nets return by reducing jail population
CORVALLIS, Ore. - Each dollar a state spends on mental health care cuts roughly 25 cents off its jail expenditures...
Deer and elk farmers on the front lines of battle against chronic wasting disease
The effort to manage a fatal brain disease in deer and elk is taking significant steps forward thanks to a...
High-protein diets reduce liver fat
According to a new nutritional study conducted by the German Institute of Human Nutrition (DIfE) on individuals with type 2...
Cooking temperature may hold clues to heart disease rates, scientists say
Food cooked at high heat may carry toxic chemicals that raise risk of heart disease, researchers have warned. Cooking at...
Acceptance of first non-animal method by China FDA anticipated
GAITHERSBURG, MD - November 2, 2016 - The Institute for In Vitro Sciences (IIVS) welcomes the news from China Food...
New model developed to study inflammatory bowel disease in human biopsy samples
WASHINGTON, D.C., November 2, 2016 -- Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a complex condition that requires a lifetime of care...
Boston University researcher receives Alzheimer’s Association research award
(Boston)-Claudia Satizabal, PhD, instructor of neurology at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM), was recently awarded a 2016 research grant...
Ontario start-up company secures US $41.4 million to advance cancer immunotherapy
The Ottawa Hospital, the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO), the University of Ottawa (uOttawa) and McMaster University congratulate Turnstone...
On the origin of life: Studying how the first biomolecule self-replicated
Credit: American Chemical Society It's the ultimate chicken-or-egg conundrum: What was the "mother" molecule that led to the formation of...
An overlooked source of carbon emissions
Nations that pledged to carry out the Paris climate agreement have moved forward to find practical ways to reduce greenhouse...
Gatekeeping proteins to aberrant RNA: You shall not pass
Credit: Credit: Mohammad Soheilypour/Berkeley Lab Mistakes happen. This is the case in the process of transporting genetic information in cells....
