Grocery store program improves farmers’ adoption of…
Credit: Image credit: Tannis Thorlakson When grocery stores tout sustainable products, consumers may take their claims at face value. Yet few studies have analyzed whether...
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Global maternal mortality fell 44 percent since 1990: UN group, UMass statistician
AMHERST, Mass. – A new analysis of maternal mortality worldwide conducted by the United Nations inter-agency group on maternal mortality estimation, with lead statistician Leontine...
Drug curbs marijuana use, but with tough side effects
IMAGE: In a small clinical trial, the drug topiramate reduced the amount marijuana users smoked (solid line) compared to placebo (dotted line). Both groups received...
What the ability to ‘get the gist’ says about your brain
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Pulmonary fibrosis caused by single transcription factor
Credit: MPI f. Heart and Lung Research To date, the molecular basis of pulmonary fibrosis has been poorly understood. Scientists from the Max Planck Institute...
Gelatin accelerates healing of the blood brain barrier in acute brain…
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Gene therapy with BMP4 protects against weight gain and insulin…
Credit: Photo: Michael Frietsch "By increasing BMP4, we can increase the metabolic rate, but we only see this in initially lean mice. Overweight mice proved...
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