Are elevated levels of mercury in the American dipper due to…
Credit: Veronica Silverthorn A study published in Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry used American dippers to determine if run-of-river (RoR) dams altered food webs and mercury...
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USF Biologists find frog’s future health influenced by gut microbes as tadpoles
Credit: University of South Florida TAMPA, Fla. (July 20, 2017) – University of South Florida biologists have found that a crucial window in the development...
Timothy Ray Brown, cured of HIV, rallies public to support research…
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, Jan. 17, 2018–In the 10th anniversary year since a bone marrow stem cell transplant cured Timothy...
For geriatric falls, ‘brain speed’ may matter more than…
Credit: University of Michigan Health System ANN ARBOR, Mich. – "Why does a 30-year-old hit their foot against the curb in the parking lot and...
Longer hospital stays might reduce readmissions from post-acute care facilities
Credit: (C) 2017, The Health in Aging Foundation More than 25 percent of Medicare beneficiaries who are admitted to the hospital are sent to a...
A protein in mosquito spit can keep Dengue virus in check
Credit: Maya Tree Mosquito saliva influences transmission of viruses to a bitten mammalian host. For example, it contains factors that dampen the host immune response...
‘Hidden’ experiences of men forced to have sex with women revealed
The most frequent strategy used by women forcing men to have sex with them against their will is blackmail and threats, according to researchers at...
Cutting prison sentences could reduce spread of HIV, study suggests
Oxford, February 9, 2016 – Reducing the number of men who go to prison could help curb the spread of HIV and other sexually transmitted...
Zika virus protein could be vaccine target
WHAT: A viral protein known as NS5 is a promising target for vaccines against Zika and related viruses, according to National Institutes of Health (NIH)...
Using a genetic signature to overcome chemotherapy-resistant lung…
Credit: UT Southwestern DALLAS – May 23, 2017 – Patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) often respond to standard chemotherapy, only to develop drug...
Immunotherapy treatment option for selected breast cancer patients,…
Dr Serena Nik-Zainal, lead author from the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute Immunotherapy drugs could help some breast cancer patients based on the genetic changes in...
Underreporting of Zika is rife; researchers project epidemic’s…
With the report from Florida Gov. Rick Scott on Monday that 14 people in the state have been infected with the Zika virus most likely...
Hackers gonna hack: UH Gets $2.6 million to protect next-gen 911 centers
HOUSTON, Nov. 13, 2015 – Cyberattacks are no longer a question of if, but when. It's become a regular occurrence to hear of breaches hitting...
Small hydroelectric dams increase globally with little research, regulations
Credit: Rylee Murray Hydropower dams may conjure images of the massive Grand Coulee Dam in Washington state or the Three Gorges Dam in Hubei, China...
Less than half of cervical cancer patients receive standard-of-care…
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center Standard-of-care treatment for locally advanced cervical cancer includes radiation, chemotherapy and brachytherapy (in which radiation is implanted intern..
