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Credit: Copyright: Dominc Cram ANN ARBOR--Parents make sacrifices to allow their children to have better lives than they did, but this isn't the case for...

How a certain bacterium communicates and makes us sick

BINGHAMTON, NY -- Researchers at Binghamton University, State University of New York have uncovered the unique way in which a type of Gram-negative bacterium delivers...

Incentives to downsize would ease the housing crisis

'The Last-Time Buyer: housing and finance for an ageing society' A CSFI report by Professor Les Mayhew Incentives to downsize would ease the housing crisis...

Sperm quality unaffected by one course of chemotherapy for early testicular cancer

First study to investigate long-term effect of postoperative chemotherapy or radiotherapy on sperm count and concentration Men with early stage testicular cancer can safely receive...

Eating small amounts of peanut after immunotherapy may extend allergy treatment benefits

February 24, 2019

UNC School of Medicine researcher Edwin Kim, MD, MS, says the results of a multi-year observational study are encouraging for those suffering from peanut allergies....

Immunotherapy for egg allergy may allow patients to eat egg safely long after treatment

February 23, 2019

UNC School of Medicine researcher Edwin Kim, MD, MS, says the results of a multi-year observational study are encouraging for those suffering from egg allergies....

Likelihood of tick bite to cause red meat allergy could be higher than previously thought

February 23, 2019

UNC research reveals the red meat allergy-causing alpha-gal -- a sugar in nearly all mammal blood except for humans - is found in tick saliva...

Study: With Twitter, race of the messenger matters

Tweets shown to change minds of millennials on NFL protestsCredit: Study authors LAWRENCE -- When NFL player Colin Kaepernick took a knee during the national...

Disability progression in multiple sclerosis linked to income, education

Credit: Courtesy Marilyn Lenzen Neighbourhood income and education level is associated with risk of disability progression in patients with multiple sclerosis, suggests new research from...

Study explores the role of citrus peel in reducing gut inflammation

After years of research, UMass Amherst food scientist zeroes in on powerful interplay between gut bacteria and fruit compoundsCredit: UMass Amherst University of Massachusetts Amherst...

Antarctic flies protect fragile eggs with ‘antifreeze’

Temperature-resistant gel helps the eggs of wingless flies survive the extreme conditions of the southern continent.Credit: Joseph Fuqua II/UC Creative Services The good thing about...

CCNY’s Nir Krakauer in monsoon research breakthrough

Credit: Nir Krakauer With average precipitation of 35 inches per four-month season over an area encompassing most of the Indian subcontinent, the South Asia summer...

Did volcanoes kill the dinosaurs? New evidence points to ‘maybe.’

New precise ages for Deccan Traps volcanoes ties the second major eruption pulse to the mass extinctionCredit: Gerta Keller, Department of Geosciences, Princeton University Fact:...

Illinois researchers are first to count growth factors in single cells

Credit: University of Illinois Department of Bioengineering Whether healthy or diseased, human cells exhibit behaviors and processes that are largely dictated by growth factor molecules,...

Endocrine Society objects to Title X gag rule that limits women’s access to contraception