VITAL study: How vitamin D and fish oil affect risk of heart attack, stroke and cancer
Boston, MA -- For years, it's remained an open question: What effects do dietary supplements such as high doses of vitamin D or omega-3 fatty...
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Fish’s brain size influenced by habitat, new University of Guelph study reveals
(University of Guelph) This is the first known study to connect habitat with varying brain size in a single lake fish population. The finding may...
Weight during adolescence may affect pancreatic cancer risk in adulthood
New research has linked adolescent obesity with up to a four-fold increased risk of pancreatic cancer later in life. The study's results also suggest that...
Recipe for reusability: Biodiversity Data Journal integrated with Profeza’s CREDIT Suite
Credit: Profeza In a new partnership between open-access Biodiversity Data Journal (BDJ) and workflow software development platform Profeza, authors submitting their research to the scholarly...
RIP1 Kinase identified as promising therapeutic target in pancreatic cancer
An experimental drug may be effective against a deadly form of pancreatic cancer when used in combination with other immune-boosting therapies, according to a cover...
Short stature in rainforest hunter-gatherers potentially linked to cardiac adaptations
Credit: Photo courtesy of George Perry/Penn State African and Asian rainforest hunter-gatherers share short stature, and now an international team of researchers has shown that...
Pulling the genome apart: Chromosome segregation during mitosis explained
Credit: Osaka University Osaka, Japan -- When a cell divides--a process known as mitosis--its chromosomes need to be separated and evenly distributed into the newly...
Research brings personalized medicine to treat leukemia one step closer
Scientists at the University of Birmingham have revealed the roles that different types of gene mutations play in causing blood cancers in a study that...
At African Ministerial Summit, IPBES experts detail continent’s critical biodiversity challenges
The threat today to African plants, fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and large mammals is unprecedented, caused by a range of both human-induced and natural causes,...
AI capable of outlining in a single chart information from thousands of scientific papers
Credit: NIMS NIMS and the Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago have jointly developed a Computer-Aided Material Design (CAMaD) system capable of extracting information related to...
Breakthrough in understanding how deadly pneumococcus avoids immune defences
Credit: UoL Scientists at the University of Liverpool have discovered a new and important function of a toxin produced by disease-causing bacteria that could have...
Suicide handshakes kill precursor T cells that pose autoimmune dangers
Credit: NIAID/NIH Ball lands in cup; cup triggers spring; spring clamps lever onto ball and holds it tight. That's a rough description of newly discovered...
High availability of tobacco raises smoking rates in mothers-to-be
Women are more likely to smoke during pregnancy if they live in areas with lots of shops selling cigarettes, a study shows. Pregnant women living...
Scientists shine new light on link between obesity and cancer
Scientists have made a major discovery that shines a new, explanatory light on the link between obesity and cancer. Their research confirms why the body's...
Improving understanding of how the solar system is formed
Credit: NASA/JPL Professor Frank Brenker, geophysicist at Goethe University has been working successfully with Professor Alexandor Kort for years. This gave Krot the impetus to...
