Kopchicks give $10.5 million gift to MD Anderson UTHealth Graduate School for fellows
Credit: Maricruz Kwon, UTHealth HOUSTON - (June 23, 2017) ¬- Just as he has changed the lives of people suffering from a devastating genetic disease,...
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Does the emperor have clothes?
Discovered more than two decades ago, the hormone leptin has been widely hailed as the key regulator of leanness. Yet, the pivotal experiments that probe...
Lights out: The neural relationship between light and sleep
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By far, men garner most coveted speaking slots at virology meetings
MADISON, Wisconsin - Ann Palmenberg and Rob Kalejta heard complaints at one too many virology conferences about the perceived lack of women among the invited...
New 3-D model predicts best planting practices for farmers
Credit: Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign As farmers survey their fields this summer, several questions come to mind:...
Biophysical Journal selects poster award winners at Single-Cell Biophysics Thematic Meeting
The Biophysical Society is pleased to announce winners of the Biophysical Journal Outstanding Poster Awards given at the "Single-Cell Biophysics: Measurement, Modulation, and Modeling," meeting...
Fungal toxins easily become airborne, creating potential indoor health risk
Washington, DC - June 23, 2017 - Toxins produced by three different species of fungus growing indoors on wallpaper may become aerosolized, and easily inhaled....
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