Bones of obese children may be in trouble, UGA study finds
Athens, Ga. – Studies have shown that obese children tend to have more muscle, but recent University of Georgia research on the muscle and bone...
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Migration ranges of flying birds depend on body size and flight style
Credit: NIPR The decades-long tracking of flying birds reveals that body size and flight styles determine the scale of birds' migration, as predicted by the...
Four synchronized planets reveal clues to how planets form
The search for planets orbiting other stars in our galaxy has revealed an extraordinary family of planets whose orbits are so carefully timed that they...
Elderly who have trouble identifying odors face risk of dementia
Credit: Rob Kozloff, for the University of Chicago Medicine A long-term study of nearly 3,000 adults, aged 57 to 85, found that those who could...
Study shows liver cells with whole genome duplications protect against cancer
Credit: UT Southwestern Medical Center DALLAS – Feb. 9, 2018 – Researchers at the Children's Medical Center Research Institute (CRI) at UT Southwestern have discovered...
Blood test plus ultrasound boosts liver cancer detection by 40 percent
Credit: UT Southwestern Medical Center DALLAS – Feb. 9, 2018 – Combining ultrasound imaging with a blood test for high alpha fetoprotein (AFP) levels improves...
Scrib protein identified as a natural suppressor of liver cancer
Credit: Phil Jones AUGUSTA, Ga. (May 8, 2017) – A protein that typically helps keep cells organized and on task becomes a tumor suppressor in...
Why studying sugars matters in the fight against Alzheimer’s disease
Credit: GlycoNet (February 9, 2018 – EDMONTON) Two GlycoNet Investigators are using technology to better understand how sugars in the human body are connected to...
New study reveals air pollution can alter effectiveness of antibiotics
Credit: University of Leicester Air pollution can change the way bacteria behave and can change their potential to cause disease Interdisciplinary research discovers new mechanism...
Scientists replace piece of gene mutated in Duchenne muscular dystrophy in effort to make healthy
Credit: Phil Jones AUGUSTA, Ga. (Dec. 19, 2016) – Scientists are using "gene scissors" to cut off the code of a defective gene that results...
Efficient technique discovered for isolating embryonic stem cells in cows
Credit: Pablo Ross / UC Davis For more than 35 years, scientists have tried to isolate embryonic stem cells in cows without much success. Under...
New hope for critically endangered Myanmar snub-nosed monkey
Credit: (c) Shaohua Dong The species was discovered in Myanmar in 2010 by Ngwe Lwin, a local scientist working for FFI. The following year, scientists...
Leading nutrition experts speak up about malnutrition
Philadelphia, PA, April 27, 2016 – As we better understand the role food plays in our overall health and wellbeing, the closer the connection becomes...
Deciphering potent DNA toxin’s secrets
Credit: Elwood Mullins, Vanderbilt University One of the most potent toxins known acts by welding the two strands of the famous double helix together in...
Mutation speeds up sperm of zebra finches
Credit: MPI f. Ornithology In zebra finches, sperm velocity and morphology and hence reproductive success strongly depend on a specific mutation (an inversion) on one...
