New light shed on the people who built Stonehenge
Despite over a century of intense study, we still know very little about the people buried at Stonehenge or how they came to be there....
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The case for greater focus on mosquitoes, ticks in epidemiology
Credit: Annals of the Entomological Society of America Annapolis, MD; July 31, 2018--The textbook approach to managing disease outbreaks focuses on three factors--pathogen, host, and...
Stem cell research for cystic fibrosis leaps forward
Credit: Dr Nigel Farrow, University of Adelaide The fight against cystic fibrosis (CF) has taken a major step forward, with pioneering research by University of...
Differences in immune responses create a genetic conflict between sexes
A unique study from Lund University in Sweden has discovered for the first time that there is a genetic sexual conflict in the immune system...
Heatwave and climate change having negative impact on our soil say experts
The recent heatwave and drought could be having a deeper, more negative effect on soil than we first realised say scientists. This could have widespread...
A breakthrough for understanding GBM: Origin cells for deadly brain tumors identified
Credit: KAIST A new study by KAIST researchers identified where the mutation causing glioblastoma starts. According to the study, neural stem cells away from the...
Clothing, furniture also to blame for ocean and freshwater pollution
Think summer holidays and you'll likely call up images of a beautiful beach or a glittering blue lake. But more and more lakes, rivers and...
Key piece identified for slowing a colorectal cancer subtype
Inhibiting the Jagged 1 protein in mice prevents the proliferation and growth of colon and rectal tumours. What is more, this approach to the disease...
New study shows smoking can affect breastfeeding habits
Credit: UBC Okanagan Researchers have determined that new mothers exposed to cigarette smoke in their homes, stop breastfeeding sooner than women not exposed to second-hand...
Safety claims up in smoke
In direct contradiction to marketing efforts claiming that hookah (water pipe) smoking is less hazardous to health than cigarettes, a new UCLA study published in...
Insilico to present at the 2nd Annual Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain in Healthcare Forum
Credit: Insilico Medicine Thursday, Aug. 2, 2018, Rockville, MD - Insilico Medicine, a Rockville-based company specializing in the application of next-generation artificial intelligence for drug...
Tropical forest seeds use three strategies to survive
Credit: Rodrigo Aragua/AFP The oldest living seeds found on Earth germinated after resting more than 30,000 years in Arctic soils. But in the humid tropics,...
Big-data study pinpoints more than 150 genes associated with atrial fibrillation
ANN ARBOR, Mich. - Drawing on genomic data from more than one million individuals, researchers from the University of Michigan have led a large collaborative...
New light shed on relationship between calorie-burning fat and muscle function
Credit: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center BOSTON - Abundant in human babies and small mammals, brown adipose tissue (BAT), or brown fat, was only recently...
Insulin resistance under-diagnosed in non-diabetics with Parkinson’s disease
Amsterdam, NL, August 2, 2018 - Almost two-thirds of non-diabetic patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) may be insulin resistant, despite having normal blood sugar, report...
