Clarifying the mechanism for making blood cells
IMAGE: The proposed model for the mechanism of making blood cells from hemangioblasts is shown. Credit: University of Tsukuba In 1917, Florence Sabin, the first...
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AACR: Breast cancer stem cells radicalize normal neighbors for purpose of metastasis
A University of Colorado Cancer Center study presented at the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting 2016 shows that stem-like breast cancer cells secrete...
Adaptive management of soil conservation is essential to improving…
Credit: Helen Jarvie The quality of our rivers and lakes could be placed under pressure from harmful levels of soluble phosphorus, despite well-intended measures to...
Computer game helps scientists understand animal camouflage
Credit: University of Exeter Online computer games played by more than 30,000 people have helped scientists understand animal camouflage and colour vision. Researchers from the...
Visitor patterns and emerging activities in national parks revealed by social media posts
Credit: Vuokko Heikinheimo Researchers from the Digital Geography at the University of Helsinki have been studying whether social media data could be used to understand...
Drinking green tea to prevent artery explosion
Credit: Kyoto University Kyoto, Japan — Japan’s favorite beverage might be offering more than just a relaxing tea break. According to new research, green tea...
Medical professors question ‘residency placement fever’
Credit: Brown University For people with a greater than 50 percent chance of landing their top job choice and a greater than 90 percent chance...
Achieving National HIV/AIDS Strategy targets would save lives, be cost…
HIV, the AIDS virus (yellow), infecting a human immune cell. Credit: Seth Pincus, Elizabeth Fischer and Austin Athman, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases,...
Study: Most athletic patients return to sports, highly satisfied with ACL reconstruction
Credit: Hospital for Special Surgery A study at Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) finds that most athletic patients who have reconstructive surgery for a torn...
Tools to understand marine biodiversity and assess the environmental…
Credit: Azti More than 250 European researchers have collaborated in developing new tools to understand marine biodiversity and assess the environmental status of our oceans,...
This necklace hears what you eat
BUFFALO, N.Y. – Carrots and apples not only taste different. They make distinct sounds when chewed. This may seem like trivial knowledge, but it's not...
New study shows HIV-infected women not using statins as recommended
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, December 6, 2017–A new study has shown that HIV-infected women do not use statins as recommended...
UC researchers help map future of precision medicine in Parkinson’s disease
Credit: Cindy Starr CINCINNATI — Two landmark publications with one or more co-authors from the University of Cincinnati Gardner Neuroscience Institute outline a transformative approach...
Gardening worms and climate change undermine natural coastal…
Credit: Photo NIOZ Dikes could be lower if they are protected against the waves by grassy marshes. But the protective salt marsh grass is struggling...
Trial drug ineffective in preventing contrast-induced kidney injury
CHICAGO (April 4, 2016) — Patients treated with CMX-2043–an investigational drug that has previously shown some ability to protect heart muscle from damage during stenting–saw...
