Genetic cause identified for previously unrecognized developmental…
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine An international team of scientists has identified variants of the gene EBF3 causing a developmental ...
Inflammation linked to weakened reward circuits in depression
About one third of people with depression have high levels of inflammation markers in their blood. New research indicates that ...
Research suggests sexual appeals in ads don’t sell brands, products
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Could it be that sex actually does not sell? An analysis ...
Major upgrade will boost power of world’s brightest X-ray laser
Menlo Park, Calif. — Construction begins today on a major upgrade to a unique X-ray laser at the Department of ...
Plants love microbes — and so do farmers
Credit: Lui Weber The Australian Sunshine Coast’s plant diversity has helped University of Queensland researchers confirm that nurture has the ...
Edited stem cells offer hope of precision therapy for blindness
IMAGE: Skin cells from a patient with X-linked Retinitis Pigmentosa were transformed into induced pluripotent stem cells and the blindness-causing ...
Study reveals potential therapy targets for triple-negative breast…
In cancer, cell signaling pathways are the critical chain of events that can either quash or quicken disease progression. A ...
Respiratory syncytial virus vaccine enters clinical testing
Credit: NIAID A Phase 1 clinical trial to test the safety and tolerability of an investigational vaccine against respiratory syncytial ...
You’re not too old to learn that
Credit: Rachel Wu UC Riverside RIVERSIDE, Calif. – One day, our brains will not work the way they used to, ...
New drug combination has potential to significantly improve…
Credit: UGA Athens, Ga. – University of Georgia researchers have found a way to enhance chemotherapy's cancer-killing powers, bringing science ...
Upstream trenches, downstream nitrogen
Water quality scientist Laura Christianson is working on a solution to the "dead zone"–an area with dangerously low levels of ...
Western researchers reverse the negative effects of adolescent…
Credit: Schulich Medicine & Dentistry, Western University Researchers at Western University have found a way to use pharmaceuticals to reverse ...
NASA study shows that space travel affects spine of astronauts
Oct. 25, 2016 – How does space travel affect the spine? Astronauts on long missions in space have atrophy of ...
UNIST makes mark on global list of most cited
Dr. Jaephil Cho, a professor of Energy and Chemical Engineering and Dean of Research Affairs at UNIST, was named one ...
Untreated sleep apnea in children can harm brain cells tied to cognition and mood
Credit: Mona Philby, Paul Macey, Richard Ma, Rajesh Kumar, David Gozal and Leila Kheirandish-Gozal A study comparing children between 7 ...
Most biodiverse countries spending the least on conservation, study finds
NEW YORK (June 20, 2016)–Countries that contain most of the world’s species biodiversity are also spending the least on a ...
Scientists discover blood sample detection method for multiple sclerosis
Credit: University of Huddersfield A METHOD for quickly detecting signs of multiple sclerosis has been developed by a University of ...
New data for old bones: How the famous Cleveland-Lloyd dinosaur bone…
Credit: Wikipedia The Cleveland-Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry is the densest collection of Jurassic dinosaur fossils. Unlike typical Jurassic bone beds, it ...
Reservoir divers: Select antiviral cells can access HIV’s…
Credit: Rama Rao Amara, Emory Vaccine Center When someone is HIV-positive and takes antiretroviral drugs, the virus persists in a ...
Mount Sinai heart initiates study of worksite lifestyle intervention to reduce cardiac…
World-renowned cardiologist Valentin Fuster, MD, PhD, Director of Mount Sinai Heart and Physician-in-Chief of The Mount Sinai Hospital, is undertaking ...
