University of Arizona scientists awarded space research grant
Credit: UA College of Medicine – Phoenix The Center for Applied NanoBioscience and Medicine is doing its part to protect ...
Body tightly controls inflammatory response to pathogens, study finds
IMAGE: This is a photograph of a Tasmanian Devil with facial tumor. Credit: Gregory Woods, Menzies Institute for Medical Research, ...
Study: Vacations can lead to weight gain, contribute to…
IMAGE: Jamie Cooper is an associate professor in the University of Georgia department of foods and nutrition. Credit: Cal Powell/University ...
Study investigates effects of domestic violence on workplaces — by asking…
Credit: (Shutterstock) Researchers at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) at the University of Toronto and Western University ...
Helpers at the nest may allow mother birds to lay smaller eggs
Credit: Jessie Walton Cooperatively breeding birds and fish may have evolved the adaptive ability to reduce the size of their ...
Immune cells produce wound healing factor, could lead to new IBD…
Credit: Georgia State University ATLANTA–Specific immune cells have the ability to produce a healing factor that can promote wound repair ...
For cops, exposure to stressful situations dysregulates cortisol pattern
Credit: University at Buffalo BUFFALO, N.Y. – For most people, cortisol, the vital hormone that controls stress, increases when they ...
UTHealth part of international study to test efficacy of injectable…
Credit: UTHealth HOUSTON – The HIV Prevention Trials Network (HPTN), which includes McGovern Medical School at The University of Texas ...
Bacteria in a beetle makes it a leaf-eater
Credit: Photo by Hassan Salem. A leaf-eating beetle has evolved a symbiotic relationship with bacteria that allows the insect to ...
What will it take to protect hospital patients from UTIs? National…
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Right now, about one in five hospital patients has a catheter collecting their urine – and ...
New plant engineering method could help fill demand for crucial…
A new and inexpensive technique for mass-producing the main ingredient in the most effective treatment for malaria, artemisinin, could help ...
Signs may help may help history buffs get more buff
Credit: Patrick Mansell Visitors to the country's national parks and historic sites may be just a sign — and a ...
UTSA professor receives grant to study how Lyme disease survives in…
Credit: Janakiram Seshu Janakiram Seshu, associate professor of biology and associate dean of The Graduate School at The University of ...
UTSW identifies weight-gain receptor linked to antipsychotic drugs
Credit: UT Southwestern DALLAS – Aug. 14, 2017 – Many schizophrenic and depressed patients experience weight gain and type 2 ...
Large-scale modeling shows confinement effects on cell macromolecules
Using large-scale computer modeling, researchers have shown the effects of confinement on macromolecules inside cells — and taken the first ...
Home-based educational intervention improves asthma among Hispanic…
New Rochelle, NY, November 10, 2015–Significant improvements in frequency of asthma attacks and symptoms, hospitalization rates and acute care visits, ...
Study: Serving water with school lunches could prevent child, adult…
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Encouraging children to drink plain water with their school lunches could ...
Rapid, low cost laser-based technique for biomass analysis described in Industrial Biotechnology
IMAGE: Industrial Biotechnology, led by Co-Editors-in-Chief Larry Walker, PhD, and Glenn Nedwin, PhD, MoT, CEO and President, TripleDNA Consulting, LLC, ...
Functional brain training alleviates chemotherapy-induced peripheral…
Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center A type of functional brain training known as neurofeedback shows promise in reducing symptoms of ...
Dietary sugar linked to increasing bacterial epidemics
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine The increasing frequency and severity of healthcare-associated outbreaks caused by bacterium Clostridium difficile have been ...
