Biopesticide could defeat insecticide resistance in bedbugs
Credit: Michael Houtz, Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences A fungal biopesticide that shows promise for the control of bed bugs is highly effective even...
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Protein movement of hair bundles in the inner ear may preserve hearing…
Hearing is made possible when hair bundles protruding from the tops of hair cells capture the energy of sound waves, converting them into electrical signals...
Early childhood exposure to Medicaid linked to better adult health, UMD study shows
Expanding publicly funded health insurance to low-income children could have long-term benefits for adult health, according to new research from the University of Maryland School...
Ludwig researchers uncover mechanism behind metabolic vulnerability of…
Credit: Ludwig Cancer Research DECEMBER 19, 2017, New York — Scientists have known since the 1980s that many cancer cells are relatively sensitive to the...
New light shed on the challenge of climate negotiations
After over two decades of climate negotiation meetings, it is clear that agreeing on reduction of emissions poses a great challenge. Researchers are attempting to...
PSA screening significantly reduces the risk for death from prostate…
1. Re-analysis of evidence suggests that PSA screening significantly reduces the risk for death from prostate cancer Abstract: http://annals.org/aim/article/doi/10.7326/M16-2586 Editorial: http://anna..
Alzheimer’s disease biomarker identified across test sites
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, September 12, 2017–A new study has demonstrated the potential to use a frequency distribution-based index of...
Mass. General-led team identifies gene mutations behind lack of a nose
Credit: Natalie Shaw, MD Researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) led a large, international research team that has identified gene mutations associated with a rare...
Penn study brings new understanding to how fundamental DNA sequences…
Credit: Ken Zaret, Ph.D., Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania PHILADELPHIA – A team of researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the...
New from CSHLPress, an indispensable bench-side handbook for…
Using R at the Bench: Step-by-Step Data Analytics for Biologists, published by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press and available in spiral bound hardcover and e-book...
With beetroot juice before exercise, aging brains look ‘younger’
Credit: WFU/Ken Bennett Drinking a beetroot juice supplement before working out makes the brain of older adults perform more efficiently, mirroring the operations of a...
Alzheimer’s drug targeting soluble amyloid falls short in a large clinical trial
Credit: Columbia University Medical Center NEW YORK, NY (January 24, 2015)–A paper published today in the New England Journal of Medicine reports that solanezumab, a...
New blood test for the detection of bovine TB
A new blood test to detect Mycobacteria in blood has been developed by a team at The University of Nottingham led by Dr Cath Rees,...
Johns Hopkins researchers uncover more genetic links to brain cancer…
Credit: Chris Heaphy Two recently discovered genetic differences between brain cancer cells and normal tissue cells — an altered gene and a snippet of noncoding...
CU Anschutz: Law enforcement and gun retailers are resources for safe gun storage
Credit: University of Colorado Anschutz Law enforcement agencies and gun retailers can be resources to concerned families for storing guns to prevent suicide, according to...
