Could co-infection with other viruses affect the survival of those with Ebola virus?
Ebola virus is one of a variety of viruses that causes a disease that comes under the general heading of viral haemorrhagic fever (VHF). Since...
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NIH awards aim to understand molecular changes during physical activity
The National Institutes of Health Common Fund announced today the first awards for the Molecular Transducers of Physical Activity in Humans Program, which will allow...
Lunar sonic booms
The sonic boom created by an airplane comes from the craft's large, speeding body crashing into molecules in the air. But if you shrank the...
American death rate from drugs, alcohol, and mental disorders nearly triples since 1980
Credit: Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation SEATTLE - More than 2,000 US counties witnessed increases of 200% or more in deaths related to substance...
Drug for narcolepsy could help food addicts lose weight
Overweight people could be given help with the discovery that a drug used for sleep disorder could also reduce the impulse for food. There are...
UCI team to play key role in national study on how physical activity benefits health
Credit: Steve Zylius / UCI Irvine, Calif., Dec. 13, 2016 -- With the support of a major National Institutes of Health initiative, University of California,...
Science and legal experts debate future uses and impact of human genome editing in Gender & the Genome
Credit: ©Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, December 13, 2016--Precise, economical genome editing tools such as CRISPR have made it possible to make...
Oregon researchers find bacterial protein that boosts insulin-producing cells in zebrafish
Credit: Courtesy of Jennifer Hampton Hill EUGENE, Ore. -- Dec. 13, 2016 -- A newly discovered bacterial protein produced in the zebrafish gut triggers insulin-producing...
Switchgrass may be a good option for farmers who have lost fertile topsoil
COLUMBIA, Mo. - The loss of fertile topsoil from agricultural fields is an economic problem for modern farmers. When runoff water washes topsoil from agricultural...
Rural nursing homes are falling behind in health information technology
Credit: MU News Bureau COLUMBIA, Mo. - According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 1 million older Americans depend on nursing...
NASA provides 2 views of former Tropical Cyclone Vardah
Loading video... Credit: Credits: NASA/JAXA, Hal Pierce NASA satellite data provided a look at the cloud cover and rainfall rates within Tropical Cyclone Vardah. The...
McMaster engineer named Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors
Credit: McMaster University, Faculty of Engineering HAMILTON, Ont. (Dec. 13, 2016) -- Dr. Ali Emadi of McMaster University's Faculty of Engineering has been named a...
Laboratory-on-a-chip technique simplifies detection of cancer DNA biomarkers
WASHINGTON, D.C., Dec. 13, 2016 -- Cancer is the second leading cause of death in the U.S., making early, reliable diagnosis and treatment a priority...
Young, thin and hyperactive: That’s what outlier galaxies look like
If we put the galaxies for which we have the relevant data into a graph relating the mass of stars in each galaxy with the...
Topical skin cream for treatment of basal cell carcinoma shows promise as an alternative to surgery
Credit: Journal of Investigative Dermatology Philadelphia, PA, December 13, 2016 - Basal cell carcinoma (BCC), a type of skin cancer, is the most common form...
