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Previously, on Arctic warming
Credit: Kyoto University Kyoto & San Diego -- Is a warmer Arctic a canary of global warming? Since the 1970s...
Pediatric IBD patients not meeting recommended calcium and vitamin D intake
Credit: United European Gastroenterology A new study highlights that children suffering from inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are not meeting the...
Vision keeps maturing until mid-life
HAMILTON, ON, May 29, 2017 - The visual cortex, the human brain's vision-processing centre that was previously thought to mature...
Detailed view of a molecular toxin transporter
Credit: ETH Zurich / Scott Jackson, Ioannis Manolaridis, Kaspar Locher Almost all living creatures have evolved mechanisms to remove toxins...
New species of frog from the Neotropics carries its heart on its skin
Credit: Ross Maynard In the Neotropics, there is a whole group of so-called glassfrogs that amaze with their transparent skin...
How the visual cortex changes from birth to old age
A study of post-mortem brain tissue reveals the human primary visual cortex (V1) develops gradually throughout life. The research, published...
Cells pumping iron to prevent anemia
Credit: Kyoto University Kyoto, Japan -- Maintaining a good balance of iron in the body is necessary for health: too...
Study finds greater risk of extinction among high diversity amphibian groups
Credit: SFU A new study by Simon Fraser University biologists Dan Greenberg and Arne Mooers offers clues to why more...
Paediatric IBD patients not meeting recommended calcium & vitamin D intake
Credit: United European Gastroenterology A new study highlights that children suffering from inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are not meeting the...
High-fat diet alters reward system in rats
Exposure to high-fat diet from childhood may increase the sensitivity of the dopamine system later in adulthood, according to a...
Too much stress for the mother affects the baby through amniotic fluid
The feeling of constantly being on edge, always having to take care of everything, not being able to find a...
Healing wounds with cell therapy
Montreal, May 29, 2017 - Diabetic patients frequently have lesions on their feet that are very difficult to heal due...
Connecting the dots between dreams and brain disease
Dr. John Peever at the University of Toronto has been working to answer one of humanity's greatest questions: how do...
HIV: A therapeutic advance for resource-limited settings
ANRS 12286 MOBIDIP(1), a clinical trial running in parallel in three countries in sub-Saharan Africa (Cameroon, Burkina Faso, and Senegal),...