Rice U. lab creates open-source optogenetics hardware, software
Credit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University Nobody likes a cheater, but Rice University bioengineering graduate student Karl Gerhardt wants people to copy his answers. That's the whole...
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New coral research exposes genomic underpinnings of adaptation
Credit: Carly Kenkel Scientists at The University of Texas at Austin have observed for the first time that separate populations of the same species --...
Human Evolution: Our Brains and Behavior by Robin Dunbar
The story of human evolution has fascinated us like no other: we seem to have an insatiable curiosity about who we are and where we...
University of Toronto study reveals secret to a happy sex life
Nov. 7, 2016 TORONTO, ON - The secret to a happy sex life in long-term relationships is the belief that it takes hard work and...
Pitt researchers uncover key mechanisms of cancer, aging and inflammation
PITTSBURGH, Nov. 7, 2016 - A team of University of Pittsburgh researchers has uncovered new details about the biology of telomeres, "caps" of DNA that...
Tick-tock: Immune T cells know when their time’s up
An Australian research team has revealed that two internal 'clocks' control the immune cells enlisted to fight infection. This discovery upends previous theories on how...
New advance in RNA studies holds out hope for cancer drug development
An international research team led by the University of Leicester has made a breakthrough advance that could pave a new route for the development of...
Salamander research may lead to new strategies to treat infertility
Some animals, such as the axolotl salamander, have the ability to generate large numbers of eggs--or oocytes--throughout life. Investigators who recently conducted detailed analyses of...
Testing of investigational inactivated Zika vaccine in humans begins
The first of five early stage clinical trials to test the safety and ability of an investigational Zika vaccine candidate called the Zika Purified Inactivated...
VT behavior expert edits special journal issue on solving chronic health challenges
As health care systems in the United States and other industrialized countries are adapting to accommodate the increasing negative impact of cigarette smoking, other substance...
Researchers discover key to long-lasting malaria immunity and potential vaccine targets
HOUSTON-(Nov. 7, 2016)-Houston Methodist researchers have discovered a set of immune proteins that facilitate long-lasting immunity against malaria. In a study recently published in Immunity...
Western and Lawson scientists develop game-changing blood test for concussions
LONDON, ON - Scientists from Children's Health Research Institute, a program of Lawson Health Research Institute, and Western University have developed a new blood test...
Brains of those with anorexia and bulimia can override urge to eat
AURORA, Colo. (Nov. 7, 2016) - Scientists at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus have discovered the neurological reasons why those with anorexia and...
UNC scientists named to European Union-funded global Zika research consortium
Credit: Caroline Curran, UNC School of Medicine / UNC Health Care. CHAPEL HILL, NC - Two researchers at the UNC School of Medicine have been...
Results from the tranform-oct study reported at TCT 2016
WASHINGTON - Nov. 2, 2016 - Results from TRANSFORM-OCT, a prospective, randomized trial using optical coherence tomography (OCT) to evaluate strut coverage and neoatherosclerosis (NA)...
