Researchers find that antiretroviral therapy reduces HIV in the female reproductive tract
Chapel Hill, NC – For the first time, investigators in the Division of Infectious Diseases at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine have...
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Snub-nosed monkeys: Conservation challenges in the face of environmental uncertainty
Snub-nosed moneys provide an excellent example of adaptive radiation and display uncommon ecological adaptations. They live along an elevation gradient from near sea level to...
Living on borrowed time
Unfortunately, loss of plant and animal habitat leads to local species extinctions and a loss of diversity from ecosystems. Fortunately, not all of the extinctions...
New study explores how anxiety can aggravate asthma
Anxiety sensitivity, in simple terms, is a fear of fear. But when people with anxiety sensitivity also have asthma, their suffering can be far more...
Study finds no benefit, but possible harm, from drug used to prevent…
Credit: UT Southwestern Medical Center DALLAS – March 14, 2017 – A drug commonly prescribed to pregnant women with a history of delivering babies early...
‘Smart’ immune cells: Emerging cancer therapy research…
Credit: Collins lab, UC Davis Assistant Professor Sean Collins, Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics in the UC Davis College of Biological Sciences, has received...
For the first time, brain surface stimulation provides ‘touch’ feedback to…
Credit: Mark Stone/University of Washington In the quest to restore movement to people with spinal cord injuries, researchers have focused on getting brain signals to...
$420,000 grant funds study on polio-like virus
Credit: TTUHSC El Paso EL PASO, Texas – Haoquan Wu, Ph.D., has received a two-year, $420,000 grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious...
What happens when your brain’s support cells aren’t so supportive?
Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA — (Jan. 10, 2018) Potentially explaining why even healthy brains don't function well with age, Salk researchers have discovered that...
Plant metabolic protein tailored for nighttime growth
Stanford, CA–Everyone who took high school biology learned that photosynthesis is the process by which plants, algae and select bacteria transform the Sun's energy into...
Worm study may resolve discrepancies in research on aging
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — In matters of the fundamental molecular biology of aging, we mammals are not so different from tiny C. elegans worms. Some of...
Standardized approach makes outpatient thyroid surgery safe for even…
IMAGE: This is Dr. David Terris Credit: Augusta University Senior Photographer Phil Jones AUGUSTA, Ga. – A standardized treatment approach that starts with good screening...
Financial stress is associated with migraine, if you have specific…
People with a specific variation in the CLOCK gene have more migraines under financial stress. This work, the first time that the genetics of circadian...
Habitat features and social behavior impact how baboons move as a…
Credit: Strandburg-Peshkin et al. When deciding what path to take during collective movement, individual baboons will likely follow the road most travelled by their group...
Uptake mechanisms of cytostatics discovered
Scientists at the MaxDelbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association (MDC) and the Leibniz-Institut für Molekulare Pharmakologie (FMP) in Berlin, in cooperation with...
