To breed or not to breed? Migratory female butterflies face a monsoonal dilemma
Credit: Dr. Krushnamegh Kunte, NCBS-TIFR What do CPUs, stockbrokers, and butterflies have in common? They are good at investing their resources in the right place...
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UTHealth scientists help explain how dietary fat affects stem cell differentiation
Credit: Maricruz Kwon, UTHealth You are what you eat when it comes to fat, report scientists from McGovern Medical School at The University of Texas...
For a banded mongoose in northern Botswana, communicating with family…
Credit: B. Fairbanks A novel tuberculosis pathogen, Mycobacterium mungi, closely related to human TB, infects and kills banded mongooses through a surprising route — olfactory...
Engaging Islamic religious leaders to improve AA Muslim women’s…
Credit: Penn Nursing PHILADELPHIA (July 20, 2017) – While research has demonstrated the positive impact a woman's social support network and faith community can have...
Diabetes drug may be effective against deadly form of breast cancer, study suggests
Credit: Wu et al., 2017 Researchers in China have discovered that a metabolic enzyme called AKR1B1 drives an aggressive type of breast cancer. The study,...
Cancer survivors less likely to receive callbacks from potential employers
Job applicants who are cancer survivors are less likely to receive callbacks from potential retail employers than those who did not disclose their health history,...
Quality of care for peripheral artery disease is low
Credit: Victor Cartagena/UCLA FINDINGS Less than half of individuals with peripheral artery disease, which is a narrowing of arteries to the limbs, stomach and head,...
Traditional Amazonian drug linked to improved sense of wellbeing
Credit: Rafael Guimarães dos Santos A psychedelic drug traditionally used in South America improves people's general sense of wellbeing and may offer a treatment for...
UNC awarded nearly $23 million to continue national effort to cure HIV
Chapel Hill, NC – Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will receive nearly $23 million over the next five years to...
Anti-cell death agent a potential treatment for vision loss associated…
Credit: Ken Shindler, MD, PhD, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania (PHILADELPHIA) – A new therapeutic agent tested in a mouse model of multiple...
Endobronchial valve treatment appears to improve lung function in…
Credit: ATS Sept. 8, 2017–People with severe emphysema may breathe better after a minimally invasive procedure that places valves in the airways leading to diseased...
Scientists discover how epithelial cells maintain constant cell numbers
Credit: Swapna Gudipaty SALT LAKE CITY – Research published today in Nature from scientists at Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) at the University of Utah shows...
Exercise and vitamin D better together for heart health
Johns Hopkins researchers report that an analysis of survey responses and health records of more than 10,000 American adults for nearly 20 years suggests a...
NIH scientists try to crack the brain’s memory codes
Credit: Courtesy of Zaghloul lab, NIH/NINDS. In a pair of studies, scientists at the National Institutes of Health explored how the human brain stores and...
Applying research advances to improve cardiovascular health in women
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, September 26, 2017–Cardiovascular disease remains the main cause of death among women, but evidence-based advances are...
