Researchers discover how selenium is incorporated into proteins
Credit: Miljan Simonovic. Humans need eight essential trace elements for good health, and one of them is selenium – a powerful antioxidant that is important...
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Tea-time means leopard-time in India
Credit: Kalyan Varma A new WCS study finds that leopards are abundant in tea-garden landscapes in north-eastern India, but that their mere presence does not...
Autism-linked protein lays groundwork for healthy brain
IMAGE: The autism-linked protein MDGA1 (red) is found in the zones of the brain that give rise to new neurons (green). Credit: Salk Institute LA...
Midwifery care at hospitals is associated with fewer medical…
Credit: UMass Amherst AMHERST, Mass. – In a new, hospital-level analysis by health policy researcher Laura Attanasio at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and Katy...
Major treatment expansion could essentially eliminate hepatitis C in R.I. by 2030
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — A new Brown University study projects that increasing the number of Rhode Islanders treated every year for hepatitis C virus infection (HCV)...
NSF announces new long-term ecological research sites off Alaska, New…
Credit: Sarah Thornton, UAF National Science Foundation (NSF) grants will support two new Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) sites. Scientists will conduct research along the Northeast...
Going native — for the soil?
Prairie gardens offer Midwestern suburban dwellers an alternative option to the traditional grass lawn. Their combination of native grasses, like tall and wispy bluestem and...
New consensus published on preventing and treating sport-related…
Credit: Riley Brandt, University of Calgary There is no question that concussion is among the more concerning injuries in sport today. The question is how...
Traditional Chinese medicine in HIV cure issue of AIDS Research & Human Retroviruses
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, February 14, 2017–A special issue on progress toward a cure for HIV includes a description of...
Too little fat is bad for cardiovascular health and leptin therapy may help
Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University AUGUSTA, Ga. (Oct. 16, 2017) – We know that too much body fat is generally bad for our...
The tragedy of the seagrass commons
Credit: Swansea University Writing in the Journal Fish & Fisheries, Dr Richard Unsworth of Swansea University (together with colleagues at Cardiff University and Stockholm University)...
HKU researchers generate tomatoes with enhanced antioxidant properties by genetic…
Credit: The University of Hong Kong The School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, the University of Hong Kong (HKU), in collaboration with the Institut...
How to detect the risk of dyslexia before learning to read
Credit: BCBL Almost 10% of the world population suffers dyslexia. Establishing an early diagnosis would allow the development of training programs to palliate this disorder....
Injecting activator of a powerful tumor suppressor directly into the cancer increases tumor destruction, decreases toxicity
Credit: Phil Jones AUGUSTA, Ga. (May 22, 2017) – Directly injecting a tumor with an agent that activates a natural, powerful tumor suppressor enhances the...
