First patient cured of rare blood disorder
Credit: David Levy Using a technique that avoids the use of high-dose chemotherapy and radiation in preparation for a stem ...
New light on the mysterious origin of Bornean elephants
Credit: Rudi Delvaux (http://www.rudidelvaux.com/borneoenglish.html) How did Borneo get its elephant? This could be just another of Rudyard Kipling's just so ...
New approaches for Parkinson’s treatment? Researchers study metabolic changes
Researchers at the Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine (LCSB) of the University of Luxembourg and partners in Constance, Munich and ...
Rush Oak Park Hospital Named a Leader in LGBT Healthcare Equality
For the third consecutive year, Rush Oak Park Hospital has been recognized as a “Leader in LGBT Healthcare Equality” in ...
Meat — and how it’s cooked — may impact kidney…
A new study indicates that a meat-rich diet may increase the risk of developing kidney cancer through mechanisms related to ...
Black widows are color-coded to deter predators without tipping off prey
DURHAM, N.C. — Secret codes and hidden messages aren't just for computer security experts or kids passing notes in class ...
HKBU’s clinical trial acupuncture proves effectiveness for…
Credit: Hong Kong Baptist University The School of Chinese Medicine (SCM) of Hong Kong Baptist University recently completed a clinical ...
Study finds no benefit, but possible harm, from drug used to prevent preterm births
Credit: UT Southwestern Medical Center DALLAS – March 14, 2017 – A drug commonly prescribed to pregnant women with a ...
Neural stem cells control their own fate
To date, it has been assumed that the differentiation of stem cells depends on the environment they are embedded in. ...
Pandas don’t like it hot: Temperature, not food is biggest…
Credit: Photo by Mingxi Li. Although a new Drexel study found that the metabolism of giant pandas is higher than ...
Under-studied boreal habitat key for North America’s ducks
Credit: M. Carriere Knowing where migrating birds came from and where they're headed is essential for their conservation and management. ...
International scientific teams find potential approach against parasites
Credit: Jim Inglese, NCATS Research teams from the National Institutes of Health and abroad have identified the first inhibitor of ...
Low frequency brain stimulation improves cognition in Parkinson’s disease
Credit: Narayanan Lab, University of Iowa A multidisciplinary neuroscience study using rare, intraoperative brain recordings suggests that low frequency stimulation ...
Saving the Underworld: Clarifying the stygofauna classification for…
Credit: Renata Nunes Inevitably, many habitats, including the particularly vulnerable subterranean ones, will continue being erased from our planet as ...
Why mole rats are more flexible than we previously thought
One of the most interesting facts about mole rats – that, as with ants and termites, individuals specialise in particular ...
A non-proliferative signaling center kicks off tooth development
Credit: Laura Ahtiainen Despite extensive research on the molecular regulation of early tooth development, little is known about the cellular ...
Medical mystery solved in record time
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine In a study published today in PLoS ONE, a team of researchers reports solving a ...
Tick genome reveals secrets of a successful bloodsucker
IMAGE: This is a picture of the lifecycle of Ixodes scapularis tick. Credit: Credit: CDC With tenacity befitting their subject, ...
Human rotavirus manipulates immune response to maintain infection
Credit: CDC/Jessica A. Allen/Alliza Eckerd. The gut of a child infected with rotavirus is like a battle ground. On one ...
Airline industry could fly thousands of miles on biofuel from a new…
Credit: Claire Benjamin/University of Illinois A Boeing 747 burns one gallon of jet fuel each second. A recent analysis from ...
