Frogs reveal mechanism that determines viability of hybrids
Credit: University of California Berkeley, Radboud University When two related species crossbreed, their genetic material crosses, which can lead to new species. But every so...
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UTA team wins Brain Bowl neuroscience quiz show
Credit: UTA A University of Texas at Arlington team has won the 2017 Brain Bowl organized by University of Texas Health Science Center – San...
Genetic findings in ‘type 1.5’ diabetes may shed light on better diagnosis,…
Credit: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Researchers investigating a form of adult-onset diabetes that shares features with the two better-known types of diabetes have discovered genetic...
UTHealth study: 78 percent of hospital workers in Houston are overweight or obese
Credit: UTHealth HOUSTON – (Jan. 27, 2017) – Seventy-eight percent of employees at Houston hospitals are overweight or obese, according to a study by researchers...
Asian pollution, heat waves worsen US smog, Princeton-NOAA study shows
Credit: Meiyun Lin PRINCETON, N.J. — An influx of pollution from Asia in the western United States and more frequent heat waves in the eastern...
Lack of research keeps end-of-life care in status quo
IMAGE: Robin Kruse, Ph.D., research professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the MU School of Medicine. Credit: MU Health COLUMBIA, Mo....
Complete clearance of hepatitis B is rare — especially in women…
Researchers at several different US sites have found that less than one-third of 1% of patients infected with hepatitis B virus (HBV) get rid of...
Shorebirds studied in ‘Noah’s ark’
Credit: Pavel Tomkovich An international research group, including a scientist from the Zoological Museum (Faculty of Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University) has conducted a comparative...
Norovirus evades immune system by hiding out in rare gut cells
Credit: Center for Disease Control and Prevention PHILADELPHIA — Noroviruses are the leading cause of non-bacterial gastroenteritis in the world and are estimated to cause...
‘No evidence’ that bone-growth agent for spinal fusion increases cancer risk
November 12, 2015 – A new study may alleviate concerns regarding increased cancer risk for patients undergoing spinal fusion surgery with recombinant human bone morphogenetic...
With $8.6 million grant from NIH, UCLA-led consortium will map the…
Credit: UCLA/Caltech A consortium directed by UCLA's Dr. Kalyanam Shivkumar has received a three-year, $8.6 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to map...
High-fat diet prompts immune cells to start eating connections between neurons
AUGUSTA, Ga. – When a high-fat diet causes us to become obese, it also appears to prompt normally bustling immune cells in our brain to...
Availability of community-based fitness classes leads to increased…
Credit: Justin Kelley/MU Health COLUMBIA, Mo. (Dec. 12, 2016) — Physical inactivity is a global health problem that leads to approximately 3.2 million deaths each...
Forty years after first Ebola outbreak, survivors show signs they can stave off new…
Credit: Nicole Hoff Survivors of the first known Ebola outbreak, which occurred in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 1976, may be key to...
Scientist gets grant for study of veterans with traumatic brain injuries
Credit: Courtesy: Center for BrainHealth A researcher from the Center for BrainHealth at UT Dallas has been awarded a $2.7 million grant from the Department...
