Ethnicity and breastfeeding influence infant gut bacteria
Credit: McMaster University Hamilton, ON (June 1, 2017) - The bacteria in a child's gut appears to be influenced as early as its first year...
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Wayne State awarded over $460K from the Michigan Health Endowment Fund
DETROIT - Three research teams at Wayne State University recently received grants totaling $460,305 from the Michigan Health Endowment Fund for projects aimed at improving...
Yale chemists forge a new path in the search for antibiotics
Credit: Michael S. Helfenbein New Haven, Conn. - Yale University scientists have developed a novel chemical process that may lead to the creation of a...
Telehealth reduces wait time, improves care for children with autism living in remote areas
Credit: MU News Bureau COLUMBIA, Mo. - Long wait times have been a persistent issue for families waiting to see an autism specialist, with waits...
Puberty hormones trigger changes in youthful learning
Credit: Jon Wilbrecht A University of California, Berkeley, study of mice reveals, for the first time, how puberty hormones might impede some aspects of flexible...
Georgia State neuroscientists rewire brain of 1 species to have connectivity of another
Credit: Courtesy of Ralph and Dale Marie Gonzales ATLANTA-Scientists at Georgia State University have rewired the neural circuit of one species and given it the...
Zinc’s negative effects on mineral digestibility can be mitigated, study shows
URBANA, Ill. - Researchers at the University of Illinois have shown that a common strategy for reducing postweaning diarrhea in pigs may have negative effects...
Researchers find chromosome cooperation is long-distance endeavor
Multiple genomic elements work cooperatively and over long distances in order to ensure the proper functioning of chromosomes, a team of scientists has found. Its...
Sour taste cells detect water
Loading video... Credit: Oka laboratory / Caltech New research from Caltech shows that sour-sensing taste cells play an important role in detecting water on the...
Replacing coal with solar can save lives and money
Credit: Sarah Bird/Michigan Tech In a new study published in Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews, a team from Michigan Technological University calculated the cost of...
Taking antidepressants during pregnancy not associated with neonatal problems at 2-4 weeks
CHICAGO --- Babies exposed to an antidepressant or a mood disorder during fetal life did not have any more signs of irritability, difficulty feeding, sleep...
In utero tobacco exposure can lead to executive function issues in adolescents
Boston - Prenatal tobacco exposure is known to have negative short-term impacts including preterm birth, low birth weight and subsequent behavioral issues. However, a new...
Emotions expressed by the dying are unexpectedly positive
Fear of death is a fundamental part of the human experience--we dread the possibility of pain and suffering and we worry that we'll face the...
USDA awards $6.6 million to combat childhood obesity
WASHINGTON, D.C. June 1, 2017 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) today announced more than $6.6 million...
Pollution ‘devastating’ China’s vital ecosystem, research shows
The startling extent to which man-made pollution is devastating China's vital ecosystem's ability to offset damaging carbon emissions has been revealed. A pioneering new international...
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