How fibrosis develops in butterfly syndrome patients
Jefferson researchers discover potential therapy for major disease symptom PHILADELPHIA - Children with a grave skin disorder known as butterfly syndrome develop severe and chronic...
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Review finds antibiotic development increased, but insufficient
While the pipeline of new antibiotics has improved over the past six years, momentum in the development of new infection-fighting agents remains inadequate and could...
Competent chimpanzee nutcrackers
Chimpanzees learn nut-cracking technique and reach expert efficiency relatively faster than humansCredit: © Christophe Boesch Humans consider themselves as the tool user per excellence, and...
What can worms tell us about human aging?
Community-developed blueprint of worm metabolism holds promise for greater understanding of agingCredit: Credit: Dr. Laetitia Chauve, Babraham Institute. Key points: Multi-disciplinary collaboration and community effort...
Scientists seeking to regrow kidneys make promising discovery
Kidneys can repair rhemselves after birth -- and that's good newsCredit: Dan Addison | University Communications Scientists seeking to regrow damaged kidneys have discovered that...
Citizen science projects have a surprising new partner — the computer
New machine learning techniques could pave the way for larger, more timely projectsCredit: ©Snapshot Serengeti For more than a decade, citizen science projects have helped...
Endocannabinoid system, a target to improve cognitive disorders in models of Down syndrome
In a new study in mouse models of Down syndrome, cannabinoid receptor type-1 has been identified as a possible target for improving cognitive disorders A...
When does noise become a meaningful message?
Bats tricked by the sound of rainCredit: Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute Background noise is generally regarded as a nuisance that can mask important sounds. But...
A scientific study reveals the enigmas on social behaviour of western lowland gorillas
Gorillas in the heart of the forestCredit: Germán Illera A new study published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences reveals...
Expand the role of patients, the true experts, in neuromuscular disease research
Shared decision-making seen as an important instrument to obtain better research results and gain support and acceptance from the wider public, according to a new...
Forecast suggests Earth's warmest period on record
Credit: Met Office The forecast for the global average surface temperature for the five-year period to 2023 is predicted to be near or above 1.0...
Side-effects not fully reported in more than 30 percent of healthcare reviews
The potential side-effects of health interventions were not fully reported in more than a third of published health study reviews, research at the University of...
NSAID impairs immune response in heart failure, worsens heart and kidney damage
This adverse NSAID effect is caused by dysfunctional molecular and cellular mechanismsCredit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, or NSAIDs, are widely known as...
Impact of acne relapses on quality of life and productivity
In a study of teenagers and adults suffering from acne who consulted their dermatologist, the acne relapse rate was 44 percent (39.9 percent of ≤20-year-olds...
Artificial intelligence can identify microscopic marine organisms
Credit: Tom Marchitto Researchers have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) program that can automatically provide species-level identification of microscopic marine organisms. The next step is...
