Your gut’s microbiome, on a chip
WASHINGTON, Feb. 28, 2023 – The gut is one of the most complex organs in the body. Inside, it teems with a diverse microbial population...
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From anti-antibiotics to extinction therapy: how evolutionary thinking can transform medicine
The word ‘evolution’ may bring to mind dusty dinosaur bones, but it impacts our health every day. For example, even though antibiotics were invented only...
How to predict city traffic
A new machine learning model can predict traffic activity in different zones of cities. To do so, a Complexity Science Hub researcher used data from...
Australia’s rarest bird of prey disappearing at alarming rate
Australia’s rarest bird of prey - the red goshawk - is facing extinction, with Cape York Peninsula now the only place in Queensland known to...
Local leaders announce plan to strengthen health services in Imperial County
Representatives from the City of El Centro, El Centro Regional Medical Center (ECRMC), and UC San Diego Health today announced a strategic and operational plan...
Forgoing one food treats eosinophilic esophagitis as well as excluding six
Eliminating animal milk alone from the diet of adults with eosinophilic esophagitis, or EoE, is as effective at treating the disease as eliminating animal milk...
Study examines COVID-19 pandemic’s effect on Black, Latina women’s mental health
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Concerns about job disruptions and loss of income were associated with increased depressive and anxiety symptoms in Latina women early in the...
National study seeks patients with ATP1A3 mutations to better understand these disorders and discover potential treatments
BUFFALO, N.Y. – Imagine waking up one day and finding that you are suddenly having difficulty swallowing, walking and talking. You start experiencing involuntary muscle...
New testing approach diagnoses COVID-19 with near-perfect accuracy
By inspecting the body’s immune response at a molecular level, a research team has developed a new way to test patients for COVID-19. Their method...
Gun violence spills into new neighborhoods as gentrification displaces drug crime, according to WVU study
Gentrification doesn’t erase drug crime and gun violence. Instead, research from West Virginia University economist Zachary Porreca shows that when one urban block becomes upwardly...
Rare insect found at Arkansas Walmart sets historic record, prompts mystery
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — A giant insect plucked from the façade of an Arkansas Walmart has set historic records. The Polystoechotes punctata or giant lacewing...
The Texas Heart Institute delivers a new first in heart failure treatment using cell therapy
Houston, TX – February 27, 2023 – Physician-scientists at The Texas Heart Institute announced today the results of the largest cell therapy trial to date...
Clear sign that QGP production ‘turns off’ at low energy
UPTON, NY—Physicists report new evidence that production of an exotic state of matter in collisions of gold nuclei at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC)—an atom-smasher at...
Oncotarget | WNT-pathway medulloblastoma: What constitutes low-risk and how low can one go?
“The definition of low-risk WNT-pathway medulloblastoma may need to be refined in light of recent clinical data and newer biological information.” Credit: 2023 Mani et al....
Sustainable chemistry experts create blueprint for safer future
Feb. 27, 2023Credit: Lowell Center for Sustainable Production and Beyond Benign Feb. 27, 2023 Media contacts: Emily Gowdey-Backus, director of media relations, [email protected] Nancy Cicco,...
