Genome of wheat ancestor sequenced
Credit: (Patrick McGuire / UC Davis) Sequencing the bread wheat genome has long been considered an almost insurmountable task, due to its enormous size and...
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Does inflammation contribute to premenstrual symptoms?
New Rochelle, NY, June 16, 2016–Women with premenstrual symptoms (PMS) including mood swings, weight gain/bloating, and abdominal cramps/back pain have elevated levels of C-reactive protein...
Gaming for gut research
Credit: Jerome Waldispuhl You may not think of yourself in this way – but in some ways your body is just a host for hundreds...
Economic recovery extends to 18 months for Americans with disabilities
Credit: Kessler Foundation. East Hanover, NJ -Oct. 6, 2017. Americans with disabilities continue to close in on pre-recession employment levels with yet another month of...
Bornean orangutans’ canopy movements flag conservation targets
Credit: Courtesy of Marc Ancrenaz Washington, DC– Bornean orangutans living in forests impacted by human commerce seek areas of denser canopy enclosure, taller trees, and...
Personal cooling units on the horizon
Credit: Qing Wang, Penn State Firefighters entering burning buildings, athletes competing in the broiling sun and workers in foundries may eventually be able to carry...
Growing perfect crystals by filling the gaps
Crystals are solid materials composed of microscopic building blocks arranged in highly ordered patterns. They have countless applications, ranging from metallurgy to jewellery to electronics....
Preventing cardiovascular disease in women — one…
IMAGE: Journal of Women's Health published monthly, is a core multidisciplinary journal dedicated to the diseases and conditions that hold greater risk for or are...
Four-year study finds group meditation reduces drug-related deaths in general population
Credit: Maharishi University of Management The rate of US drug-related fatalities fell 30.4% nationwide from 2007 to 2010 due to the reductions in societal stress...
How to model the immune system – 10 billion components at a time
The complexity of the human immune response has been difficult to characterize on a 'big picture' level, but researchers at the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute at...
Zika doesn’t deter Americans from traveling abroad, study shows
Global concerns about Zika virus aren't stopping Americans from making international travel plans, a new study finds, but many who do plan to go abroad...
Could DNA from a virus millions of years old hold the key to new neuro…
Credit: Plymouth University Dr Sylwia Ammoun, Senior Research Fellow at Plymouth University Peninsula Schools of Medicine and Dentistry, has received backing from children's charity Action...
Protein proves influential to healthy immune system
Credit: Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research Researchers have discovered that the protein Myb plays a vital role in keeping our immune system...
Kessler Foundation receives NIDILRR subaward to improve spinal cord…
Credit: Kessler Foundation Nov. 28, 2017. Amanda Botticello, PhD, MPH, received a $605,000 subaward from the National Institute on Disability Independent Living and Rehabilitation Research...
