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Osaka University-led study shows that semaphorin protein induces allergic reactions and causes formation of nasal polyps in eosinophilic chronic rhinosinusitisCredit: Osaka University Osaka, Japan -...

Oh my aching back: Do yoga, tai chi or qigong help?

Researchers provide comprehensive review of effects of movement-based mind-body interventions on chronic low back painCredit: Florida Atlantic University It's a pain. About 80 percent of...

Gaps in cure rate appear linked to race and insurance status for common HPV-related cancer

New study in JNCCN points to need for greater efforts to reduce racial disparities in cancer survival and increase access to appropriate health careCredit: NCCN...

New tool monitors real time mutations in flu

Gold-based tool could help virologists stop replication of virusesCredit: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention A Rutgers-led team has developed a tool to monitor...

‘Watch-and-Wait’ strategy could safely replace surgery in more than 20% of rectal cancers

Credit: Rafael Falcão/CCU A team of doctors and scientists from the Champalimaud Clinical Centre in Lisbon, Portugal, and the Netherlands Cancer Institute in Amsterdam, has...

Conflict between ranchers and wildlife intensifies as climate change worsens in Chile

Credit: copyright Solange Vargas Scientists from the University of La Serena, Newcastle University, UK, and the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile surveyed ranchers to find...

Fat-fighting drug discovery

UNM-led scientific team finds that their cancer-fighting compound fights obesity and diabetes, tooCredit: The University of New Mexico Eric Prossnitz, PhD, and his team hope...

VA’s ‘Healthy Teaching Kitchens’ benefit from holistic approach

The HTK program spanning 40 states helps educate older veterans on improving nutrition for healthy aging, and recent program quality improvement efforts inform HTK nutrition...

Boston College biologist Emrah Altindis awarded grant from the Mathers Foundation

Mathers Foundation funding will support research into Type 1 diabetesCredit: Peter Julian/Boston College Boston College Assistant Professor of Biology Emrah Altindis has received a three-year,...

Energy storage startup SPARKZ licenses ORNL cobalt-free battery tech

Credit: Ilias Belharouak/Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U.S. Dept. of Energy OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Feb 5, 2020 - Energy storage startup SPARKZ Inc. has exclusively licensed...

Annual Reviews launches its 51st journal: Annual Review of Developmental Psychology

This important new interdisciplinary resource covering significant advances in the developmental sciences is available online nowCredit: Annual Reviews Annual Reviews, a nonprofit publisher of scholarly...

Astronomers reveal rare double nucleus in nearby ‘Cocoon Galaxy’

Credit: Photo by Christopher Gannon/Iowa State University AMES, Iowa - The so-called "Cocoon Galaxy" not only has a unique shape, it has a rare double-nucleus...

Boston College chemist Jia Niu receives NSF CAREER Young Investigator Award

NSF grant will support research to grow polymer chains more uniformlyCredit: Peter Julian/Boston College Chestnut Hill, Mass. -- Boston College Assistant Professor of Chemistry Jia...

Development of the immune system varies according to age, location and anaemia

A study performed with children from Mozambique and Tanzania indicates that anaemia could reduce vaccine efficacyCredit: ISGlobal Age and geographical location have the strongest influence...

Charting immune system development in sub-Saharan African children