Obesity is known to cause cardiometabolic diseases like hypertension and diabetes but attributing these diseases to merely an overabundance of fat is a simplification. On...
A gene-silencing tool could enable new opportunities for advancing basic biomedical research and drug development.Credit: © 2022 KAUST; Veronica Moraru. A gene-silencing tool could enable...
We now know that the microbes that live in our intestines – our microbiome – influence our health in many ways. The balance among competing...
The World Health Organization projects that starting in 2030, over a million people will die each year from liver cancer. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) Professor Adrian Krainer,...
An international team of researchers has discovered that Schwann cells—which are abundant in the peripheral nervous system and create a protective sheath around nerve fibers—play...
Previous studies have shown that wisdom is a personality trait underpinning mental health and well-being. Recently, researchers at University of California San Diego School of...
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently announced that drug overdose deaths topped 100,000 for the first time in a one-year stretch. For...
The long-term use of oral contraceptives and certain methods of tubal ligation (TL) were associated with lower levels of a biomarker for ovarian aging, suggesting...
Sharks, found in deep and shallow waters throughout the oceans, are some of the oldest living creatures on planet Earth. Shark skeletons, made of rubbery...
Cesarean sections in Bangladesh have increased 751% from 3.88% in 2004 to 33% in 2017/18, but the access gap between wealthy and poorer women has...
The majority of pet cages, running wheels and hay racks sold in a sample of German retailers fail to meet animal welfare standardsCredit: Bläske et...
During the COVID-19 pandemic, pre-existing inequalities have been compounded among refugee adolescents in Jordan, who experience increased stress and high rates of depressionCredit: Nathalie Bertrams...
Leesburg, VA, February 2, 2022—According to an article in ARRS’ American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR), imaging surveillance is a management alternative for architectural distortion on...
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The Purdue Research Foundation Office of Technology Commercialization has awarded more than $143,000 to three projects, one each led by researchers...
Many people would like to see better animal welfare and transparency in livestock farming. In recent years, agriculture has increasingly tried to be more open,...
