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Credit: Rasgon Lab, Penn State A cellular protein that interacts with invading viruses appears to help enable the infection process of the Zika virus, according...

High pesticide exposure among farmers linked to poor sense of smell later

EAST LANSING, Mich. - A Michigan State University study is the first to show an association between unusually high pesticide exposure and poor sense of...

Dry-cured ham bones — a source of heart-healthy peptides?

Drinking bone broth is a recent diet fad that proponents claim fights inflammation, eases joint pain and promotes gut health. Simmering animal bones in water...

Found Nemo, found Dory with DNA in the seas; Experts prescribe way ahead for new ocean science

Organizers of 1st National Conference on Marine Environmental DNA call for official US Government marine eDNA program; investments to speed sampling results, standard sampling /...

Record-breaking ocean temperatures point to trends of global warming

2018 continues record global ocean warmingCredit: Advances in Atmospheric Sciences An international team, released the 2018 ocean heat content observations in Advances in Atmospheric Sciences...

Study finds following heart health guidelines also reduces diabetes risk

Lifestyle and health factors that are good for your heart can also prevent diabetes, according to a new study by researchers at The Ohio State...

Ohio State study finds following heart health guidelines also reduces diabetes risk

Credit: The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center Lifestyle and health factors that are good for your heart can also prevent diabetes, according to a...

Right green for crop, environment, wallet

Light sensor tools help growers make sense of nitrogenCredit: Guohui Feng Too much of a good thing can be a bad thing. That's certainly true...

Mosquito known to transmit malaria has been detected in Ethiopia for the first time

Public health concern is a possible emergence of malaria in new regions, Baylor researcher saysCredit: Robert Rogers/Baylor University A type of mosquito that transmits malaria...

Unraveling threads of bizarre hagfish's explosive slime

Credit: Image courtesy Jean-Luc Thiffeault. MADISON -- Hundreds of meters deep in the dark of the ocean, a shark glides toward what seems like a...

Surge protector: A novel approach to suppressing therapy-induced tumor growth and recurrence

BOSTON - Following up on a groundbreaking 2018 study in which BIDMC's Dipak Panigrahy, MD, demonstrated that dead and dying cancer cells killed by conventional...

Why haven't cancer cells undergone genetic meltdowns?

Cancer first develops as a single cell going rogue, with mutations that trigger aggressive growth at all costs to the health of the organism. But...

Study: Despite progress, gay fathers and their children still structurally stigmatized

Credit: Benson Kau A study published in the February 2019 "Pediatrics" journal suggests the majority of gay fathers and their children continue to experience stigma...

Study of mutation order may change understanding of how tumors develop

Cancer Cell paper envisions new direction in cancer research Cancers most commonly arise because of a series of two to five mutations in different genes...

UCI study identifies a new way by which the human brain marks time