Take my hand and ride with me — Over the genome
The development of an adult organism starts with a fertilized egg that differentiates into hundreds of specialized cell types contained in tissues and organs. How...
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UCI researcher awarded NIH Director’s New Innovator Award
Irvine, CA - October 2, 2018 - University of California, Irvine Neuroscientist Medha Pathak, PhD, an assistant professor of Physiology and Biophysics at the UCI...
New predictive models may transform personalized treatment of infectious disease
Credit: Penn State A new National Institutes of Health (NIH) High-Risk, High-Reward grant will allow Penn State's Steven Schiff and team to explore a radically...
Imaging the zebrafish, one cell at a time
Credit: Jan Huisken, Morgridge Institute for Research A new imaging project at the Morgridge Institute for Research might be the biology equivalent of a 19th...
Connecting allied health professionals in pediatric nephrology
Pediatric nephrology is a relatively small specialty worldwide, encompassing just a few hundred doctors in the U.S. For each allied health field that provides collaborative...
An upper-class woman with higher education: The profile of the homeopathy user in Spain
A new study identifies the typical pattern of homeopathy consumers in Spain, based on data from the CIS (Centre for Sociological Research) barometer, published last...
Study finds gene variant predisposes people to both Type 2 diabetes and low body weight
A research team at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Gillings School of Global Public Health found that a well-known gene variant linked...
Miniature magnetic swimming devices to revolutionise diagnostics and drug delivery
Scientists have created miniature magnetic swimming devices - which mimic the appearance of sperm cells - that could revolutionise disease treatment by swimming drugs to...
New knowledge on how neurons talk to muscles
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have discovered a new way in which nerve cells can control movement. In a study on zebrafish published in...
E-cigarette explosion and burn injuries have been underestimated by federal agencies
Credit: George Mason University Electronic cigarettes (or e-cigarettes) are devices commonly powered by a battery that aerosolize liquid and chemical flavorants. These products have become...
Making mice a tiny bit more human to study preterm birth
Credit: Cincinnati Children's CINCINNATI - Preterm birth remains a global epidemic linked to a lifetime of potential health complications. It also is difficult to study...
Sleep research uncovers dire consequences to deprivation
Credit: Michigan State University Researchers at Michigan State University conducted the largest experimentally controlled study on sleep deprivation to date, revealing just how detrimental operatin..
Comparing nocturnal and diurnal rodents helps scientists understand a human eye disease
Light-sensitive cells in the retina come in two main types: rods and cones. Rods are used for vision at low light and cones for color...
Youth who use vaping products are more likely to smoke cigarettes, increase use of both
Adolescents who use vaping products are not only more likely to smoke cigarettes but are also likely to increase their use of both products over...
Professor, MSD high school senior collaborate on homicide trends
Credit: Florida Atlantic University The vast majority of homicides in the United States are attributable to firearms. The rate of homicide due to guns is...
