Rival sperm and choosy eggs
Credit: Keeha Levitan The delicately mannered dance between discerning eggs and vying sperm is more complicated than scientists once believed, and it may hold secrets...
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Stopping children getting unnecessary antibiotics for colds and sore throats
Credit: University of Leeds A collaboration between UK, Canadian and Chinese scientists has helped to reduce the over-prescription of unneeded antibiotics to children in rural...
Birds to help unravel the inner working of nature’s most complex…
Credit: Alex Thornton It is one of the most spectacular sights in nature – the magnificent aerial ballet of 'murmurations' taking place as a flock...
Experts cite multiple contacts for hepatitis C virus exposure in Ghana
IMAGE: Jennifer Layden, M.D, Ph.D., from the Loyola University Health System conducts ongoing hepatitis C virus research in Ghana. Credit: Loyola University Health System West...
Mature heart muscle cells created in the laboratory from stem cells
Credit: Kwon lab Generating mature and viable heart muscle cells from human or other animal stem cells has proven difficult for biologists. Now, Johns Hopkins...
IU awarded $7.6 million to establish study of early-onset…
Credit: Indiana University Indiana University School of Medicine has been awarded a one-year, $7.6 million grant from the National Institute on Aging (NIA) to establish...
Teen girls at higher risk OK with emergency department offering…
Credit: Children's National Health System WASHINGTON – Adolescent girls receiving a wide range of medical care in the Emergency Department (ED) are receptive to receiving...
The neurons in our gut help the immune system keep inflammation in…
The immune system exercises constant vigilance to protect the body from external threats–including what we eat and drink. A careful balancing act plays out as...
Gene found that raises risk of childhood ear infections
Credit: The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Researchers have discovered a gene region that raises the risk a child will have a middle ear infection, known...
Buzzing the brain with electricity can boost working memory
Credit: Ines Violante Scientists have uncovered a method for improving short-term working memory, by stimulating the brain with electricity to synchronise brain waves. Researchers at...
Critical CO2 pretreatment of biomass increases glucose yield after…
New Rochelle, NY, November 19, 2015–The sugar obtained after enzymatic hydrolysis of empty fruit bunches (EFBs increased from 17% to 24% when supercritical carbon dioxide...
Research shows weight loss and improved cholesterol levels with walnut-rich diet
IMAGE: A new study published in the Journal of the American Heart Association found that a diet containing unsaturated fats, such as those found in...
Pioneering artificial pancreas to undergo final tests
IMAGE: Boris Kovatchev, PhD, is director of the University of Virginia Center for Diabetes Technology. Credit: Jackson Smith | UVA Health System A device developed...
Scientists find way to make resistant brain cancer cells sensitive to…
ROANOKE, Va., Nov. 16, 2015 – Scientists from the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute and clinicians from Carilion Clinic have discovered how to sensitize drug-resistant...
With community health center fund expiration looming, health center services at risk
Credit: Geiger Gibson/RCHN Community Health Foundation Research Collaborative WASHINGTON, DC and NEW YORK (September 14, 2017)–If Congress fails to renew a critical fund for community...
