Delayed gratification associated with fast food frequency
A new study suggests that an ability to delay immediate gratification is associated with less frequent consumption of fast food. The study, which appears early...
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New study suggests way to slow skin fibrosis in scleroderma
Credit: Hospital for Special Surgery The prognosis for patients diagnosed with scleroderma - an autoimmune disease characterized by fibrosis of the skin - is not...
New method for performing aortic valve replacement proves successful in high risk patients
Researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have developed a new, less invasive way to perform transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), a procedure widely...
RIT awarded $1.8 million NIH grant to develop ultrathin membranes for tissue engineering
Credit: Graphic by Noah Greene and Joe Olmsted Researchers at Rochester Institute of Technology are advancing tissue engineering through new work in developing improved porous...
Spooky new fungal disease on southern golf courses unmasked
Credit: (Texas A&M AgriLife photo by Kathleen Phillips) COLLEGE STATION -- A turfgrass disease that looked like an ink spill on many southern golf courses...
Millions of loci from a thousand plant transcriptomes
Scientists face many constraints when embarking on new projects. Often the biggest constraint is a small budget. This is why a team of scientists led...
Study reveals the brain regulates social behavior differently in males and females
Credit: Georgia State University ATLANTA-The brain regulates social behavior differently in males and females, according to a new study published today in the Proceedings of...
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