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Scientists have determined a gene signature that is linked to the severity of spinal cord injury in animals and humans, according to a study in...

Studies needed on impact of cannabis use on puberty

Credit: McMaster University Hamilton, ON (Oct. 5, 2018) - McMaster University researchers say there is an urgent need for studies on the physical health effects...

Boston Medical Center, Boston University receive $1.58M CDC grant in efforts to reduce fetal alcohol spectrum disorders

BOSTON-- Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) affects approximately 1 in 20 children in the United States. These catastrophic and irreversible disorders are entirely preventable if...

How to make a lab-on-a-chip clear and biocompatible (with less blood splatter)

Credit: Sanaz Habibi and Ben Jaszczak/Michigan Tech Microfluidic devices can take standard medical lab procedures and condenses each down to a microchip that can balance...

Study links individual HPV types to HIV infection

Credit: Genevieve Casanova, UC Riverside. RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- An international research team led by a scientist at the University of California, Riverside, has for the...

How has children’s body image changed over time?

Results from a Chinese nationwide survey indicate that the prevalence of childhood overweight/obesity nearly tripled from 6.5% to 16.8% from 2000-2011, but children's perception of...

The urban training intervention increases physical activity in COPD patients

Credit: David Lee / Unsplash Increasing physical activity in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a key strategy - and a major challenge...

New EASD-ADA consensus guidelines on managing hyperglycaemia in type 2 diabetes launched at EASD meeting

Following a review of the latest evidence --including a range of recent trials of drug and lifestyle interventions -- the European Association for the Study...

ACMG awarded five-year, $13 million contract renewal to continue newborn screening efforts

The American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ACMG) has been awarded a five-year extension of its NICHD contract for The Newborn Screening Translational Research...

Amazon rainforest conservation victories spill losses to neighbors

Credit: Ramon Felipe Bicudo da Silva, Michigan State University New research suggests that protecting the Amazon rainforest from deforestation may just be shifting the damage...

Artificial enzymes convert solar energy into hydrogen gas

In a new scientific article, researchers at Uppsala University describe how, using a completely new method, they have synthesised an artificial enzyme that functions in...

Successful mouse couples talk out infidelity in calm tones

Credit: Photo by Roger Meissen, Bond Life Sciences Center MADISON -- California mice are relatively solitary animals, but put two in a room and they'll...

Determining cell fate and the onset of Crohn’s disease

Credit: University of Houston How cells talk to each other, and what they say, has long held fascination for Seema Khurana, professor of biology and...

UCLA researchers discover aggressive prostate and lung cancers are driven by common mechanisms

Credit: Jung Wook Park & Owen Witte UCLA researchers have discovered a common process in the development of late-stage, small cell cancers of the prostate...

Species-rich forests store twice as much carbon as monocultures