Debilitating human parasite transmitted via dogs eating fish
Efforts to eradicate a human parasitic disease are being hampered by dogs eating infected fish, new research shows.Credit: Jared Wilson-Aggarwal Efforts to eradicate a human...
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Queen’s genes determine sex of entire ant colonies
Researchers have discovered the genetic basis for a quirk of the animal kingdom — how ant queens produce broods that are entirely male or female. Credit:...
Earliest adorned female infant burial in Europe significant in understanding evolution of personhood
Ten thousand years ago, just after the last Ice Age, a group of hunter-gatherers buried an infant girl in an Italian cave. They entombed her...
Glioma invasion may be affected by the parietooccipital fissure and white matter fibers rather than being a random phenomenon
Charlottesville, VA (December 14, 2021). Researchers from four academic neurosurgical centers in Japan found that the parietooccipital fissure, which divides the temporal, occipital, and parietal...
Learning and protecting itself: how the brain adapts
The brain is a remarkably complex and adaptable organ. However, adaptability decreases with age: as new connections between nerve cells in the brain form less...
Joanna Chikwe is named editor-in-chief of The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
CHICAGO (December 13, 2021) — The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) has appointed Joanna Chikwe, MD, FRCS, as the new Editor-in-Chief of The Annals of...
A missing link in the MHC class divergence puzzle: Class II came first
Which came first, MHC class I or MHC class II? For decades, it has been debated which of these two similar classes came first in...
An enemy within: Pathogens hide in tissue
Antibiotics cure many bacterial infections. However, some patients suffer a relapse. A research group at the University of Basel has now discovered why some bacteria...
Once upon a BCG vaccine
LA JOLLA—A long, long time ago, the BCG vaccine was approved for use against tuberculosis (TB), and it's still given to infants today. For generations,...
New hope for people living with a genetic cause of autism
RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- Fragile X syndrome, or FXS, a leading genetic cause of autism, affects around one in 4,000 males and one in 6,000 females....
How organic neuromorphic electronics can think and act
The processor is the brain of a computer - an often-quoted phrase. But processors work fundamentally differently than the human brain. Transistors perform logic operations...
It can happen in a heartbeat: Remote monitoring doesn’t always detect catastrophic pacemaker failure
Philadelphia, December 13, 2021 -- Even after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a safety notice and recall, manufacturing defects in certain cardiac rhythm...
Farmed seafood supply at risk if we don’t act on climate change
The supply of farmed seafood such as salmon and mussels are projected to drop 16 per cent globally by 2090 if no action is taken...
A close look into the regulation of CCL17 — A gene involved in hyperimmune diseases
Allergies and many other types of immune system-related diseases originate from an interplay of complex chemical pathways that affect cell behavior, distribution, and development. One...
Flavor your food with “flavanols (flavan 3-ols)” to burn excess fat, new study suggests
In cold conditions, brown adipose tissue (BAT) or brown fat generates heat to keep the body warm. Compared with white adipose tissue, BAT has more...
