Vaccine shows promise against widespread chicken disease
A new vaccine strategy could offer protection to millions of chickens threatened by a serious respiratory disease, research shows. Infectious bronchitis virus is highly contagious...
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Tortoise evolution: How did they become so big?
Credit: Markus Scholz / MLU Tortoises are a group of terrestrial turtles globally distributed in habitats ranging from deserts to forests and include species such...
Climate change and African trypanosomiasis vector populations in Zimbabwe’s Zambezi Valley
LSTM's Dr Jennifer Lord is first author on a paper looking at the impact of climate change on the vectors of sleeping sickness in Africa....
Institutional investors boost a company’s social performance, a new study finds
Credit: Bocconi University / VAS Since institutional investors own the bulk of the world's equity capital, it is important to understand how they affect the...
‘Game-changing’ funding success for European research alliance
Credit: Andrew Davis A major grant to fund curiosity-driven research into plant communication has been awarded to a John Innes Centre researcher and colleagues from...
Wildlife on the highway to hell: Roadkill in the largest wetland, Pantanal region, Brazil
Credit: Michel Passos Having systematically monitored wild animals killed on the Brazilian federal highway BR-262, which passes through the Pantanal region, a research team from...
HPV blood test shows promise for tracking head and neck cancer after treatment
CHAPEL HILL - A new blood test developed by University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers shows promise for tracking HPV-linked head and...
Gut microbiota of infants predicts obesity in children
Washington, DC - October 23, 2018 - Evaluating the gut microbiota of infants may help identify children who are at risk for becoming overweight or...
Breakthrough test screens for all known bacterial infections
Scientists at the Center for Infection and Immunity (CII) in the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health have developed the first diagnostic platform that...
The role of the Atg2 protein in tethering pre-autophagosomal membranes to the endoplasmic reticulum
Credit: Tetsuya Kotani at Tokyo Tech Postdoctoral Researcher Tetsuya Kotani, Associate Professor Hitoshi Nakatogawa, Honorary Professor Yoshinori Ohsumi and colleagues at Tokyo Institute of Technol..
Motion sickness vs. cybersickness: Two different problems or the same condition?
Rockville, Md. (October 23, 2018)--Contrary to previous research, severe motion sickness and cybersickness--a type of motion sickness that stems from exposure to virtual reality--may be...
Does gut microbiota hold the key to improved diagnosis and treatment of esophageal cancer?
(Vienna, October 23, 2018) Oesophageal microbiota may help to improve the diagnosis and management of oesophageal cancer, according to the results of a study presented...
Standard Bariatrics receives FDA indication for No. 1 bariatric surgical procedure
Credit: Standard Bariatrics Cincinnati, Ohio - October 22, 2018 - Standard Bariatrics, an innovator of surgical devices, has received a sleeve gastrectomy indication from the...
Irish Famine victims’ heavy smoking led to dental decay, new research reveals
Credit: Jonny Geber Irish Famine victims were heavy smokers which caused badly rotten teeth, researchers from the University of Otago and Queen's University Belfast, in...
Standard Bariatrics receives FDA indication for #1 bariatric surgical procedure
Credit: Standard Bariatrics Cincinnati, Ohio - October 22, 2018 - Standard Bariatrics, an innovator of surgical devices, has received a sleeve gastrectomy indication from the...
