Chasing fire: Fever and human mobility in an epidemic
Credit: NASA image Disease ecologists working in the Amazonian city of Iquitos, Peru, have quantified for the first time how ...
Genes that increase children’s risk of blood infection…
A team led by Oxford University has identified genes that make certain children more susceptible to invasive bacterial infections by ...
Schizophrenia’s strongest known genetic risk deconstructed
IMAGE: The site in Chromosome 6 harboring the gene C4 towers far above other risk-associated areas on schizophrenia's genomic "skyline, ...
Remembrance of things past — bacterial memory of gut inflammation
Credit: Wyss Institute and Harvard Medical School. (BOSTON) – The microbiome, or the collections of microorganisms present in the body, ...
1 in 4 kids sexually harassed by friends online
IMAGE: Research led by Michigan State University criminologist Thomas J. Holt suggests 1 in 4 children are sexually harassed by ...
New dental implant with built-in reservoir reduces risk of infections
Credit: © KU Leuven – Kaat De Cremer A multidisciplinary team of researchers at KU Leuven (University of Leuven, Belgium) ...
Starting age of marijuana use may have long-term effects on brain development
IMAGE: These are divergent patterns in overlapping areas of anterior prefrontal cortex. Credit: Center for BrainHealth The age at which ...
Emoji fans take heart: Scientists pinpoint 27 states of emotion
Credit: Courtesy of Alan Cowen. The Emoji Movie, in which the protagonist can't help but express a wide variety of ...
How spatial navigation correlates with language
Credit: Nikola Vukovic, Yury Shtyrov Cognitive neuroscientists from the Higher School of Economics and Aarhus University experimentally demonstrate how spatial ...
Incoming Regenstrief Institute president Embi named chair-elect of…
Credit: Ohio State University INDIANAPOLIS — Peter J. Embi, MD, MS, who joins the Regenstrief Institute as president and CEO ...
Womb natural killer cell discovery could lead to screening for miscarriage risk
Credit: Jan Brosens Previously unknown functions of natural killer cells identified Cells remodel and 'refresh' the lining of the womb ...
A network of molecular interactions in brain cells infected by Zika virus reveals new…
Credit: D'Or Institute for Research and Education (IDOR) Zika virus (ZIKV) interferes with the cellular machinery controlling cell division and ...
‘Orphan drug’ loophole needs closing, Johns Hopkins researchers say
Health experts at Johns Hopkins Medicine are calling on lawmakers and regulators to close loopholes in the Orphan Drug Act ...
Fighting penicilliosis — identification of fungal protein Mp1p…
Penicilliosis, caused by the fungus Talaromyces marneffei, is a major opportunistic infection in Southeast Asia. A study published in PLOS ...
Colon cancer: APC protein affects immunity by preventing pre-cancerous…
Credit: © Institut Pasteur Adenomatous polyposis coli (APC) is a gene whose mutations are associated with a rare, hereditary form ...
$3.2M NIH award to Wayne State to improve asthma care/outcomes in…
Credit: Julie O'Connor, Wayne State University DETROIT – A research team led by Deborah Ellis, Ph.D., professor of family medicine ...
Noninvasive eye scan could detect key signs of Alzheimer’s years before patients show symptoms
Credit: Cedars-Sinai LOS ANGELES (Aug. 17, 2017) — Cedars-Sinai neuroscience investigators have found that Alzheimer's disease affects the retina — ...
New approach to studying chromosomes’ centers may reveal link to…
Credit: University of Michigan ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Some scientists call it the "final frontier" of our DNA — even ...
Departure of migratory birds from stopover sites is hormone-controlled
Credit: Wolfgang Goymann Every year, billions of migratory birds make their way back to Europe from their wintering quarters. Since ...
Kent research on pigment production reveals Achilles’ heel for…
Credit: Dr Mark Shepherd, University of Kent Research co-led by bioscientists at the University of Kent provides a molecular explanation ...
