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Credit: Björn Gylling People who use moist snuff 'snus' have significantly higher levels of the protein cornulin in their blood than non-snusers. This previously unknown...

A highly sensitive and multi-analytical system for hereditary kidney disease

Credit: Dr. Kohei Omachi Alport Syndrome (AS) is a hereditary kidney disease caused by a genetic mutation leading to type IV collagen (Col4) abnormalities. Unfortunately,...

ZooKeys special: Proceedings of the 17th International Congress of Myriapodology, Thailand

Credit: 17th International Congress of Myriapodology For the third consecutive time, a special issue in the open access zoological journal ZooKeys is hosting a collection...

New study finds less research being published by female radiologists

A new study has found that although radiology research by women has increased significantly over the past five decades, the rate of this increase has...

Study finds mandatory flu vaccines for healthcare workers reduce absenteeism

Credit: Children's Hospital Colorado Aurora, Colo. (March 8, 2018) - A multi-institutional study, as reported in the journal Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, shows that...

Physician education and guidelines lead to drop in opioids prescribed after hand surgery

Credit: Hospital for Special Surgery An educational session on opioid abuse and new prescription guidelines led to a 45 percent decrease in opioids prescribed after...

Study predicts wildlife of Africa’s Albertine Rift will be threatened by climate change

Credit: A.J. Plumptre. A new study by scientists from WCS (Wildlife Conservation Society) and other groups predicts that the effects of climate change will severely...

For nanomedicine, cell sex matmonoclonal antibodies crucial to fighting emerging infectious diseases say NIAID officials

WHAT: Monoclonal antibodies (mAbs)--preparations of a specific type of antibody designed to bind to a single target--have shown promise in the fight against cancer and...

Thirdhand smoke found to increase lung cancer risk in mice

Credit: Antoine Snijders, Jian-Hua Mao, and Bo Hang/Berkeley Lab Researchers at the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) identified thirdhand smoke, the...

Gastrointestinal hormone measurably improved symptoms of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

Credit: UC San Diego Health Through a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled phase II clinical trial, researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine report...

Early-killed rye shows promise in edamame

Credit: Marty Williams, University of Illinois URBANA, Ill. - With the rise of herbicide-resistant weeds in most grain and vegetable crops, farmers are looking for...

The ‘architecture of life’ described by computer modeling

While most of biology and medicine focus on the key roles genes and chemicals play in the formation and control of living systems, the spatial...

Free ‘nutrition guide for clinicians’ app covers 100 medical conditions

Credit: Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine WASHINGTON--The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine--a nonprofit with 12,000 doctor members--has released the third edition of its Nu..

Syracuse U. researchers close to understanding ‘disease mechanisms’ of ALS

SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Syracuse University researchers are making strides in understanding the disease mechanism of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's disease....

Social stress leads to changes in gut bacteria, study finds