Manmade peptides reduce breast cancer’s spread
Credit: Phil Jones AUGUSTA, Ga. (July 27, 2017) – Manmade peptides that directly disrupt the inner workings of a gene known to support cancer's spread...
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7 Years Later: BP oil spill settlement funding new way to manage fish…
Credit: University of South Florida photographer Ryan Noone ST. PETERSBURG, FL (April 19, 2017)- More than 30,000 fish species exist. But it's always been a...
Science meets archaeology with discovery that dental X-rays reveal Vitamin D deficiency
Credit: McMaster University HAMILTON, ON, Nov. 7, 2017 – Human teeth hold vital information about Vitamin D deficiency, a serious but often hidden condition that...
University of Arizona scientists awarded space research grant
Credit: UA College of Medicine – Phoenix The Center for Applied NanoBioscience and Medicine is doing its part to protect the health of astronauts on...
Body tightly controls inflammatory response to pathogens, study finds
IMAGE: This is a photograph of a Tasmanian Devil with facial tumor. Credit: Gregory Woods, Menzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania ATLANTA–The body...
Study: Vacations can lead to weight gain, contribute to…
IMAGE: Jamie Cooper is an associate professor in the University of Georgia department of foods and nutrition. Credit: Cal Powell/University of Georgia Athens, Ga. –...
Study investigates effects of domestic violence on workplaces — by asking…
Credit: (Shutterstock) Researchers at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) at the University of Toronto and Western University released a new study today,...
Helpers at the nest may allow mother birds to lay smaller eggs
Credit: Jessie Walton Cooperatively breeding birds and fish may have evolved the adaptive ability to reduce the size of their eggs when helpers are available...
Immune cells produce wound healing factor, could lead to new IBD…
Credit: Georgia State University ATLANTA–Specific immune cells have the ability to produce a healing factor that can promote wound repair in the intestine, a finding...
For cops, exposure to stressful situations dysregulates cortisol pattern
Credit: University at Buffalo BUFFALO, N.Y. – For most people, cortisol, the vital hormone that controls stress, increases when they wake up. It's the body's...
UTHealth part of international study to test efficacy of injectable…
Credit: UTHealth HOUSTON – The HIV Prevention Trials Network (HPTN), which includes McGovern Medical School at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston...
Bacteria in a beetle makes it a leaf-eater
Credit: Photo by Hassan Salem. A leaf-eating beetle has evolved a symbiotic relationship with bacteria that allows the insect to break down pectin — part...
What will it take to protect hospital patients from UTIs? National…
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Right now, about one in five hospital patients has a catheter collecting their urine – and putting them at risk of...
New plant engineering method could help fill demand for crucial…
A new and inexpensive technique for mass-producing the main ingredient in the most effective treatment for malaria, artemisinin, could help meet global demands for the...
Signs may help may help history buffs get more buff
Credit: Patrick Mansell Visitors to the country's national parks and historic sites may be just a sign — and a few steps — away from...
