Horwitz Prize awarded for work on hormones
Credit: Public Domain Columbia University has decided to award the Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize 2018 to: Pierre Chambon Institute of Advanced Study at the Strasbourg...
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Philly refinery fails to include public input in cleanup efforts
Over a decade of remediation planning and regulatory approvals at Philadelphia's neighborhood refinery has occurred without the benefit of municipal or public involvement, says a...
Light pollution makes fish more courageous
Credit: David Bierbach, IGB Artificial light at night also makes guppies more courageous during the day, according to a behavioural study led by researchers from...
Carnegie Mellon biologist receives NSF ‘Understanding Rules of Life’ grant
Credit: Maureen Stolzer and Dannie Durand, Carnegie Mellon University The Department of Biological Sciences' Dannie Durand is one of 29 recipients of the National Science...
Breast milk may be best for premature babies’ brain development
Credit: Jennifer Brown Research Laboratory, the University of Edinburgh Babies born before their due date show better brain development when fed breast milk rather than...
In zebrafish, a way to find new cancer therapies, targeting tumor modulators
Credit: Katherine C. Cohen/Boston Children's Hospital The lab of Leonard Zon, MD, at Boston Children's Hospital has long been interested in making blood stem cells...
Lyme disease: A study on the speed of transmission by infected ticks
Lyme borreliosis is a disease caused by bacteria of the genus Borrelia that are transmitted by a bite from a tick of the genus Ixodes....
Scientists have discovered how to predict life of implants without animal testing
Credit: © Niels Wegner An international team of researchers consisting of scientists from NUST MISIS and TU Dortmund University has developed a technology to study...
The first predators and their self-repairing teeth
The earliest predators appeared on Earth 480 million years ago - and they even had teeth which were capable of repairing themselves. A team of...
Scientists discovered 20 new gnat species in Brazil
Credit: Olavi Kurina/wwf.org Due to the heterogenity of natural habitats and its dimension, Brazil is thought to hold 15 - 20% of the biodiversity on...
Black women more likely to skip crucial breast cancer treatments
A new study in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute finds that black women are more likely to skip hormone therapy treatments, also known...
More than half of countries are not on track to meet global targets for chronic diseases
**Country-level data available** Cancers, cardiovascular diseases, chronic respiratory diseases, and diabetes were responsible for 12.5 million deaths among people aged 30-70 years worldwide in 2016...
Most nations falling short of UN targets to cut premature deaths from chronic diseases
Credit: NCD Countdown 2030 People in the UK, US and China have a higher risk of dying early from conditions like cancer, heart disease and...
For critically ill patients on life support, CSU chemistry could help them survive
Credit: John Eisele/Colorado State University Smoke inhalation, pneumonia, and combat-related trauma are just a few causes of acute respiratory distress syndrome - a condition where...
CHLA participates in novel cancer consortium announced at the Biden Cancer Summit
Credit: Photo courtesy of CHLA Former Vice President Joe Biden and Dr. Jill Biden hosted the national Biden Cancer Summit, on Sept. 21, to highlight...
