NIH, Scientific American, Science salute UVA brain discovery
IMAGE: Jonathan Kipnis, PhD, is a professor of neuroscience at the University of Virginia School of Medicine and director of UVA's Center for Brain Immunology...
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Discovered: Gene associated with schizophrenia risk regulates early…
Credit: Yingwei Mao lab, Penn State University University Park, PA — A gene associated with the risk of schizophrenia regulates critical components of early brain...
Better catalysts will remove carcinogenic chlorine compounds from water
The Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw has just unveiled two new catalysts developed in close cooperation with the...
Kent State professor works with NASA Glenn & others to improve Lake Erie’s water quality
Credit: Photo credit: Sunny Dickerson, Bowling Green State University The conditions in Lake Erie continue to pose several health risks to Ohioans in coastal communities,...
Article: Clinicians should address needs of family caregivers of…
Credit: Penn Nursing (PHILADELPHIA) Dec. 5, 2016 – More than 15 million family members and other unpaid caregivers provide care to persons living with dementia...
Is Europe ready to eliminate viral hepatitis?
The goal for 2030: a world free of hepatitis. Currently, Europe records around 57 000 newly diagnosed acute and chronic cases of hepatitis B and...
Girls will be boys: Sex reversal in dragon lizards
Credit: Professor Arthur Georges One of Australia's iconic lizard species is hiding a secret – female central bearded dragon embryos temporarily grow the lizard equivalent...
Living color: Rainbow-hued blood stem cells shed new light on cancer,…
Credit: Nature Cell Biology 2016, Henninger et al A new color-coding tool is enabling scientists to better track live blood stem cells over time, a...
UNIST receives funding for $4.5 million ITRC project
Credit: UNIST The farm-based outbreaks of AI are still occurring constantly in a number of countries around the world, including South Korea. Some argue that...
Living downwind of coal-fired power plant could increase risk of low birth weight
Credit: (Source: http://www.state.nj.us/dep/baqp/petition/Exh%201%20New%20Picture.png). The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has studied the effects of coal-fired power plant emissions on p..
Dust mite allergens share rare combo of qualities
Credit: Holly Leddy, Duke University DURHAM, N.C. — A combination of stability and abundance may be what gives allergy-triggering dust mite proteins their sneeze-inducing power,...
Pregnant women at risk of getting the flu are not getting vaccinated
Credit: UBC Health-care professionals are hesitant to administer the flu vaccine to pregnant women, despite the potential life-saving benefits, according to a UBC study. The...
New moms moving toward the bottle
Credit: UBC New moms are increasingly using expressed breast milk (either pumped or expressed by hand) instead of directly breastfeeding their babies, according to a...
Music may help make high-intensity interval training viable option for average person
Credit: UBC Listening to music may make it easier for people to adopt short duration exercise regimens that could help them stay in shape, according...
Los Alamos research fundamental to first efficacy study for mosaic…
Credit: Los Alamos National Laboratory LOS ALAMOS, N.M., Nov. 30, 2017 — Just in time for World AIDS Day (Dec. 1) international partners are announcing...
