New indicators to aid Crohn’s disease diagnosis and treatment
Credit: Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University The diagnosis, understanding and management of Crohn's disease may have just received a helping hand from a joint ASU...
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USDA announces $1.35 million to support data-driven farm management practices
WASHINGTON, D.C. - March 6, 2017 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) today announced $1.35 million in...
Diet and global climate change
You are what you eat, as the saying goes, and while good dietary choices boost your own health, they also could improve the health care...
By boosting innate immunity, researchers eradicate aggressive prostate cancer in mice
Cabozantinib, a drug already used to treat patients with certain types of thyroid or kidney cancer, was able to eradicate invasive prostate cancers in mice...
Drug resistance of cancer cells crucially affected by expression levels of ABC-transporters
How is drug resistance of cancer cells affected by ABC-transporters? A new research paper, published in the open access journal BioDiscovery, looks at the complex...
How your neighborhood may impact your health
How physically active are you? It might depend, in part, on what type of neighborhood you live in, says Adriana Zuniga-Teran, a postdoctoral research associate...
Sub-second system seizures
Professor Neil Johnson, a physicist at the University of Miami College of Arts and Sciences, is interested in complex networks. He studies how fast-moving packets...
History of exercise helps prevent heart disease after breast cancer
While regular exercise is recommended as part of a heart-healthy lifestyle for any person, it also appears to help mitigate the increased cardiovascular risk faced...
Novel compound that engages ‘second arm’ of immune system reduces breast tumors and metastases
Credit: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute BOSTON - For all the success of a new generation of immunotherapies for cancer, they often leave an entire branch of...
Study: Hormone replacement therapy may help improve women’s heart health, overall survival
LOS ANGELES (EMBARGOED UNTIL 2 P.M. ET MARCH 8, 2017) - Hormone replacement therapy has long been controversial as studies have associated it with health...
Ancient southern China fish may have evolved prior to the ‘Age of Fish’
Credit: Brian Choo An ancient fish species with unusual scales and teeth from the Kuanti Formation in southern China may have evolved prior to the...
Leaf-cutting ants learn to identify unsuitable plants from cues within the colony
Credit: Erik Frank Leaf-cutting ants can learn which plants are not suitable for the fungus gardens that supply their food before they even leave the...
Stanford biologists identify ancient stress response in corals
Credit: Image credit: Zack Gold Stanford marine biologists have discovered that corals activate a specific group of ancient, defensive genes when exposed to stressful environmental...
Student team competition provides real-world experience for O.R. and analytics students
CATONSVILLE, MD, March 7, 2017 - Eight student teams from around the world have been selected as finalists in the inaugural INFORMS O.R. and Analytics...
In battle for real estate, a disordered protein wins out
Credit: The Scripps Research Institute LA JOLLA, CA - March 8, 2017 - Research findings that first had scientists scratching their heads have turned out...
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