Rotman School professor honored for contributions to the field of strategic management
Toronto – Anita M. McGahan, a professor at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management, is this year’s recipient of the William D. Guth...
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New study explores how exposure to mix of toxic metals impacts developing kidneys
Chronic kidney disease is a growing problem worldwide and in the aging U.S. population. But could the groundwork for this progressive disease have been laid...
ASCO23: ‘Better sexual health for female patients on endocrine therapy: Strategies across the age spectrum’
MIAMI, FLORIDA (Strictly EMBARGOED Until May 25, 2023, at 5 P.M. EDT) – Breast cancer treatments that can save a woman’s life can seriously harm...
C. difficile, emerging pathogens, genomics, and antimicrobial resistance
A new study published in the peer-reviewed OMICS: A Journal of Integrative Biology identified genes for virulence and antimicrobial resistance in two bacteria that co-occur...
Helping virtual reality reflect social realities
Research on virtual reality is expanding as the technology grows, but too much of that research is being conducted with participants who don’t reflect the...
Polar fish are less likely to die early, so they prioritize growth over reproduction
Polar fish experience lower mortality than tropical fish, allowing them to delay reproduction until later in life when they are larger and can produce more...
Study investigates how the severity of effects of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in England was affected by the mass vaccination campaign and emergence of Alpha, Delta and Omicron variants between May 2020 and March 2022
In your coverage, please use this URL to provide access to the freely available paper in PLOS Biology: http://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.3002118Credit: Eales O, et al., 2023, PLOS...
River erosion can shape fish evolution, study suggests
If we could rewind the tape of species evolution around the world and play it forward over hundreds of millions of years to the present...
Scientists target human stomach cells for diabetes therapy
Stem cells from the human stomach can be converted into cells that secrete insulin in response to rising blood sugar levels, offering a promising approach...
Epigenetic mechanisms activated by GHK-Cu increase skin collagen density in clinical trial
Skin loses collagen and elastin and becomes progressively thinner with age leading to wrinkles, so reversing this age-related loss of skin density is the holy...
Scientists use AI to find promising new antibiotic to fight evasive hospital superbug
Attention editors: Embargoed by the journal Nature Chemical Biology until Thursday, May 25 at 11 a.m. easterCredit: McMaster University Attention editors: Embargoed by the journal...
Deep sea surveys detect over five thousand new species in future mining hotspot
There is a massive, mineral-rich region in the Pacific Ocean—about twice the size of India—called the Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ), which has already been divided up...
Induction of a torpor-like state with ultrasound
Some mammals and birds have a clever way to preserve energy and heat by going into torpor, during which their body temperature and metabolic rate...
Researchers at the Faculty of Physics of the University of Warsaw have created a new, highly efficient converter of quantum information carriers
Researchers at the University of Warsaw's Faculty of Physics have developed a new, highly efficient technique that makes quantum information transmission dozens of times faster....
Can sugar and fat influence immune cell responses?
LA JOLLA, CA—A population of unconventional white blood cells has recently captured the attention of immunologists and clinicians alike. Unlike conventional T cells, which circulate...
