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SAN ANTONIO (February 15, 2022) – Two weeks makes a big difference in treating the animal version of HIV and latent tuberculosis, researchers from Texas...

Dogs can recognize their owner by voice alone

A new study from the researchers of the Department of Ethology at Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE), Hungary reveals that dogs can recognize their owner by...

Human microbiome research excludes developing world

New studies emerge daily on the effect of the human microbiome on human health: colon cancer, ulcers, and cognitive conditions such as Alzheimer's disease have...

A city outfall discharging untreated municipal wastewater in River Ganges

Tracking seasonal and tidal effects on wastewater pollutants in the River Ganges

A new analysis of the River Ganges in West Bengal, India, highlights how wastewater flowing into the river impacts its water quality, and how that...

Seba’s short-tailed bat (Carollia perspicillata)

How the brain filters out sounds

FRANKFURT. Bats are renowned for their echolocation skills, navigation using sound therefore: they ‘see’ with their extremely sensitive hearing, by emitting ultrasonic calls and forming...

Pioneers of VCU's Stravitz-Sanyal Institute for Liver Disease and Metabolic Health, Arun Sanyal, left, and Todd Stravitz

Largest publicly shared gift for liver research in U.S. history to transform liver care at VCU

RICHMOND, Va. (Feb. 15, 2022) — Virginia Commonwealth University will radically expand treatment options for liver and liver-related metabolic diseases thanks to a historic, transformational...

When a protective gene buffers a bad one, a heart can beat

PITTSBURGH, Feb. 15, 2022 – It was a medical mystery: When University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine scientists induced a particular genetic mutation in mouse...

Beset in mucus, Coronavirus particles likely travel farther than once thought

RICHLAND, Wash.—A modeling study raises questions about how far respiratory droplets, like those that transmit the virus that causes COVID-19, can travel before becoming harmless....

Psilocybin treatment for major depression effective for up to a year for most patients, study shows

Previous studies by Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers showed that psychedelic treatment with psilocybin relieved major depressive disorder symptoms in adults for up to a month....

3D kidney structure created from mouse ES cells

Trestle Biotherapeutics announces license agreement with Kumamoto University for key stem cell biology technology for regenerative medicine

SAN DIEGO – Trestle Biotherapeutics, a private company based in San Diego, today announced that it has entered into a license agreement with Kumamoto University....

Lichens are in danger of losing the evolutionary race with climate change

Algae are more than just the green scum that shows up on aquarium walls. The tiny plants, when teamed up with a fungus, can form...

For female yellowthroats, there’s more than one way to spot a winning mate

For female common yellowthroats, beauty isn’t just skin – or features – deep. New research provides evidence that large or showy physical features of males attract females...

Studies compare best ways to treat wide-neck aneurysms

SAN ANTONIO (Feb. 14, 2022) — Aneurysms are weak, bulging portions of blood vessel walls. These blood-filled sacs resemble balloons in structure and have necks like...

Loneliness has a different neural basis than social anxiety

Despite similar symptoms, loneliness and social anxiety are driven by different brain states, according to new research published in JNeurosci.Credit: Lieberz et al., JNeurosci 2021...

4EPS affects myelin production in the mouse brain

A microbial compound in the gut leads to anxious behaviors in mice