Scientists identify novel approach to preventing seizures
Scientists at Trinity College Dublin have announced a significant advance in our understanding of epilepsy, as they have identified a potential method of preventing damaging seizure...
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UNH research finds a genomic time machine in sea sponges
DURHAM, N.H.—Sponges in coral reefs, less flashy than their coral neighbors but important to the overall health of reefs, are among the earliest animals on...
Sports participation by transgender youth: Providers’ perspectives
In a new study, providers of care to transgender youth were against the rising tide of legislation restricting participation of transgender youth in gender-segregated sports....
Rotating blue laser light reveals unimagined dynamics in living cells
When cities transform into a colorful world of lights as darkness falls, it’s often only possible to estimate their contours, which depending on the perspective...
Social connections influence brain structure of rhesus macaques
What’s the link between social life and brain structure? Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania, the Stem Cell and Brain Research Institute at Inserm, and...
Act of sabotage determines mammalian embryonic development
Alternative splicing is a fundamental biological process that allows cells to make many different types of mRNAs and proteins from a limited number of genes....
Research brief: Immune response to parasitic worms
According to the World Health Organization, more than 1 billion people are infected with parasitic helminths worldwide, but the prevention and treatment of helminth infection...
Noncancerous chest CT features for predicting survival in stage I lung cancer
Leesburg, VA, April 13, 2022—According to ARRS’ American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR), noncancerous imaging markers on chest CT performed before stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT)...
Novel therapeutic agents may reduce the oncogenesis of metastatic prostate cancer
Philadelphia, April 13, 2022 – Researchers have found that treating prostate cancer cells with novel cyclin-dependent kinase 19 (CDK19) and homologous cyclin-dependent kinase 8 (CDK8)...
Treatment developed by CHOP researchers prevents hypoglycemia in children with hyperinsulinism
Philadelphia, April 13, 2022—Researchers at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) have shown that a targeted treatment they developed is effective at controlling blood sugar in...
Black Rhino extinction risk sharply increased by killing of specific female rhinos
New research from The University of Manchester, in collaboration with Kenyan conservationists and scientists, has examined data from the Critically Endangered Kenyan black rhino populations...
Bisphenol A (BPA) impacted rat offspring more seriously than their dams
Bisphenol A (BPA) is an anthropogenic chemical used as a raw material for plastics such as polycarbonate and epoxy resins, and for the inner coating...
CWRU’s Katherine Kutney receives prestigious Hartwell Foundation award to research diabetic kidney disease in children and teens
CLEVELAND—About 5,000 children and teens in the United States are diagnosed with type 2 diabetes each year, and the rate is increasing about 5% annually,...
Kumamoto University’s Dr. Kenichi Miharada awarded this year’s Heisei Memorial Research Grant from the Japan Prize Foundation
Lead investigator Dr. Kenichi Miharada, a professor at Kumamoto University’s International Research Center for Medical Sciences (IRCMS) in Japan, has been selected for the 2022...
Beyond the honeybee: how many bee species does a meadow need?
A meadow’s lush array of flowers needs a full phalanx of bees to pollinate them—far more than just the honeybees and bumblebees that most people...
