Mothers use the benefits of song to promote infant development
Professor Shannon de l’Etoile knows the impact of a mother’s lullaby.Credit: Photo: Jenny Hudak/University of Miami Professor Shannon de l’Etoile knows the impact of a...
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New tool measures moral distress in pandemic nursing care
PHILADELPHIA (August 4, 2022) – The COVID‐19 pandemic created novel patient care circumstances that may have increased nurses' moral distress, including COVID‐19 transmission risk and...
How microglia contribute to Alzheimer’s disease
CAMBRIDGE, MA -- One of the hallmarks of Alzheimer’s disease is a reduction in the firing of some neurons in the brain, which contributes to...
Sponge-like electrodes inspired by sugar cubes could improve medical monitoring
To monitor heart rhythms and muscle function, doctors often attach electrodes to a patient’s skin, detecting the electrical signals that lie beneath. These impulses are...
Sterile mice produce rat sperm
Researchers generated rat sperm cells inside sterile mice using a technique called blastocyst complementation. The advance appears August 4 in the journal Stem Cell Reports.Credit: Joel...
A matter of concentration: molecular mechanisms of water homeostasis
Researchers led by Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) elucidate a key protein interaction involved in the process of urine concentration Credit: Department of Nephrology, TMDU...
Grant funding aids University of Cincinnati study of new pancreatic cancer treatment
Pancreatic cancer is the third leading cause of cancer-related death in the United States, with a five-year survival rate of just 11%. With no current...
The global map of aridity
Precipitation alone does not properly characterize vegetation water stresses. Indeed, water needs of plants or crops to maintain their physiological processes – the evapotranspiration –...
Journal of Food Protection is moving to Elsevier and will convert to full open access
London, August 4, 2022 – The International Association for Food Protection (IAFP), a leading organization of food scientists and food safety professionals, and Elsevier, a...
A new approach for detecting tumor heterogeneity to assess breast cancer patient outcomes
LEBANON, NH – Tumor heterogeneity refers to the presence of a variety of distinct cell types within a tumor. High tumor heterogeneity is thought to...
Monoclonal antibody prevents malaria in US adults, NIH trial shows
One injection of a candidate monoclonal antibody (mAb) known as L9LS was found to be safe and highly protective in U.S. adults exposed to the...
More wheat for global food security
In terms of cultivated cropland, wheat is one of the most important grain varieties and plays a significant role as a basic food. It is...
Our brain is a prediction machine that is always active
This is in line with a recent theory on how our brain works: it is a prediction machine, which continuously compares sensory information that we...
New method enables efficient sample preparation for single-cell proteomics
The proteins that make up our cells hold within an entire world of information, which, when unlocked, can give us insights into the origins of...
Chung-Ang University study reports hepatic toxicity from endocrine disrupting chemical mixtures
We are increasingly being exposed to endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) that interfere with the normal functioning of our hormones. Bisphenol A (BPA) and phthalates, which are...
