American Cancer Society awards new research and training grants
The American Cancer Society, the largest non-government, not-for-profit funding source of cancer research in the United States, has approved funding ...
Unraveling the immunopathogenesis of Johne’s disease
Credit: National Agriculture and Food Research Organization A research team has unraveled the immunopathogenesis of Johne's disease, a chronic bovine ...
Protein analysis enables precise drug targeting
Credit: Elena Khavina/MIPT Press Office Researchers from MIPT and several U.S. and Chinese universities have solved the structure of one ...
Flood risk denial in US coastal communities
Rising sea levels have worsened the destruction that routine tidal flooding causes in the nation's coastal communities. On the U.S. ...
Higher blood pressure before pregnancy may increase miscarriage risk
DALLAS, April 2, 2018 - Elevated blood pressure before becoming pregnant and early in pregnancy may increase the risk of ...
Heart defects in infant may predict heart problems in birth mother later in life
DALLAS, April 2, 2018 -- Women who give birth to infants with congenital heart defects may have an increased risk ...
Elevated blood pressure before pregnancy may increase chance of pregnancy loss
Elevated blood pressure before conception may increase the chances for pregnancy loss, according to an analysis by researchers at the ...
Links between eating red meat and distal colon cancer in women
A new study suggests that a diet free from red meat significantly reduces the risk of a type of colon ...
Climate change could raise food insecurity risk
Weather extremes caused by climate change could raise the risk of food shortages in many countries, new research suggests. The ...
Study finds children with autism and ADHD at higher risk for anxiety
BALTIMORE, M.D., (April 1, 2018) -- Children with both autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are at increased ...
Study: To prevent collapse of tropical forests, protect their shape
Credit: Laurent Hebert-Dufresne Tropical forests have been called the lungs of the planet. They soak up vast quantities of carbon ...
A statement about the publication describing genome sequencing of the Atacama skeleton
March 30, 2018 -- Genome Research recently published a paper (Bhattacharya et al. 2018) describing the whole-genome sequencing of the ...
Is there life adrift in the clouds of Venus?
Credit: Northrop Grumman Corp. MADISON, Wis. -- In the search for extraterrestrial life, scientists have turned over all sorts of ...
UTA bioengineer earns AHA grant to study biomechanical influences on ventricular growth
Credit: UT Arlington A University of Texas at Arlington researcher is working to determine how blood flow and cardiac muscle ...
Stanford researchers probe the complex nature of concussion
It seems simple enough: Taking a hard hit to the head can give you a concussion. But, Stanford researchers report ...
Monash discovery uncovers clue to disarm gonorrhea superbug
Credit: Monash University Every year, more than 100 million people worldwide develop the sexually transmitted disease gonorrhoea, with health consequences ...
Gut microbes could help better predict risk of hospitalization for patients with cirrhosis
Credit: VCU The gut microbiome -- a collection of bacteria and other microbes in the gut -- could be a ...
Cracking eggshell nanostructure
Credit: Professor Marc McKee, McGill University How is it that fertilized chicken eggs manage to resist fracture from the outside, ...
Bioinspired slick method improves water harvesting
Credit: University of Texas at Dallas By learning how water is collected by living organisms, including rice leaves and pitcher ...
Butterflies of the soul
Modern neuroscience, for all its complexity, can trace its roots directly to a series of pen-and-paper sketches rendered by Nobel ...
