Scripps Research scientists hunt for neurons responsible for alcohol withdrawal
LA JOLLA, CA—When a heavy alcohol drinker tries to take a night off, their body protests, with shaky hands, heart palpitations, anxiety and headaches. These...
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Quantum dots shine bright to help scientists see inflammatory cells in fat
URBANA, Ill. – To accurately diagnose and treat diseases, doctors and researchers need to see inside bodies. Medical imaging tools have come a long way...
Study: First-pass metabolism of alcohol occurs in women’s stomachs
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — While scientists have broadly agreed that a fraction of the alcohol people consume is broken down before it reaches the bloodstream in...
Environmentally conscious consumers more likely to buy chicken raised on insects or algae
Consumers who are environmentally aware will likely warm up to the idea of using alternative proteins like insect meal in poultry feed if they’re given...
Study reconsiders early evolution of sea urchins
New insight on the origins and early evolution of echinoids, a group that includes the sea urchins, the sand dollars, and their relatives, has been...
New research sheds light on causes of reproductive disorders, infertility, miscarriage, birth defects
Researchers at Rutgers University, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Rockefeller University, and Cornell University are teaming up to examine how the processes that regulate gene...
Study points to strategies for closing the participation gender gap in engineering courses
Students’ identities can play a key role in how comfortable they feel and how often they speak up in the classroom, especially in STEM fields....
How sugar promotes inflammation
People who consume sugar and other carbohydrates in excess over a long period of time have an increased risk of developing an autoimmune disease. In...
New tool to accelerate drug discovery
Inside your body on the surface of cell membranes, a metaphorical communication and traffic network is underway as hormones - or chemical messengers - bind...
Neal Copeland and Nancy Jenkins elected Fellows of the AACR Academy
HOUSTON ― Neal G. Copeland, Ph.D., and Nancy A. Jenkins, Ph.D., both professors of Genetics at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, have been...
Scientists characterize fertilizer uptake by maize in unprecedented detail, opening doors to improved yields
Maize, or corn, is cultivated globally, as food, feedstock, and biofuel source, and is one of the most widely produced crops alongside wheat and rice....
WVU research suggests interrupting immune response improves multiple sclerosis outcomes
A human immune system is a lot like the board game Mouse Trap: it’s a Rube Goldberg system of interacting parts. Only instead of a...
New clues about how a high-salt diet contributes to cardiometabolic diseases found deep in the brain
AUGUSTA, Ga. (March 22, 2022) – Deep in the brain a group of large neurons produce a hormone which prompts our bodies to hold onto more...
An improved ink for colon tattoos
SAN DIEGO, March 22, 2022 — The colon might be the last place people would consider getting a tattoo, but endoscopic tattooing is an important...
Striking lane-like patterns found in bacteria populations
It’s well understood that populations of species don’t distribute at random. Rather, as populations grow, individuals are organized around barriers in the landscape. This organization...
