Pregnant women and new moms still hesitant to introduce peanut products
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, IL (March 19, 2018) - In January 2017 guidelines were released urging parents to begin early introduction of peanut-containing foods to reduce the...
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Immune cell target that may prevent or delay heart failure after pressure overload
Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - University of Alabama at Birmingham researchers have identified a therapeutic target to prevent or delay heart failure from pressure overload...
HRD-positive breast cancer patients fare better with adjuvant AC chemotherapy
People with tough-to-treat triple negative breast cancer, whose tumors also don't allow for double-strand DNA repair, fare better when treated with a common adjuvant breast...
2018 Harrington Prize awarded to Dr. Helen Hobbs, U. of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
The fifth annual Harrington Prize for Innovation in Medicine has been awarded to Helen H. Hobbs, MD, investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and...
Quintupling inhaler medication may not prevent asthma attacks in children
Children with mild to moderate asthma do not benefit from a common practice of increasing their inhaled steroids at the first signs of an asthma...
International symposium on chemistry education honors IUPUI’s Pratibha Varma-Nelson
Credit: School of Science at IUPUI INDIANAPOLIS -- Leading figures in science education are gathering this week for a symposium honoring Pratibha Varma-Nelson of IUPUI,...
Amazon deforestation is close to tipping point
Deforestation of the Amazon is about to reach a threshold beyond which the region's tropical rainforest may undergo irreversible changes that transform the landscape into...
Fighting illegal fishing
Short-term pain for long-term gain. When applied to the reform of global fisheries, this strategy could yield enormous benefits. If only it were that easy....
UC Santa Cruz research signals arrival of a complete human genome
SANTA CRUZ, CA - March 19, 2018 - It's been nearly two decades since a UC Santa Cruz research team announced that they had assembled...
Historians to climate researchers: Let’s talk
Credit: Princeton Avkat Archaeological Project History can tell us a lot about environmental upheaval, say Princeton University historians John Haldon and Lee Mordechai. What is...
Detection, deterrent system will help eagles, wind turbines coexist better
CORVALLIS, Ore. - Researchers have taken a key step toward helping wildlife coexist more safely with wind power generation by demonstrating the success of an...
Wolovick: Geoengineering polar glaciers to slow sea-level rise
Credit: Michael Wolovick Targeted geoengineering to preserve continental ice sheets deserves serious research and investment, argues an international team of researchers in a Comment published...
Designing diamonds for medical imaging technologies
WASHINGTON, D.C., March 19, 2018 -- Japanese researchers have optimized the design of laboratory-grown, synthetic diamonds. This brings the new technology one step closer to...
What happens to a dying cell’s corpse? New findings illuminate an old problem
Credit: Laboratory of Developmental Genetics at The Rockefeller University Death is certain for all living things, including the body's cells. The act of dying is...
Modified biomaterials self-assemble on temperature cues
Credit: Davoud Mozhdehi and Kelli Luginbuhl, Duke University DURHAM, N.C. -- Biomedical engineers from Duke University have demonstrated a new approach to making self-assembled biomaterials...
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