Road salt can change sex ratios in frog populations, study says
Naturally occurring chemicals found in road salts commonly used to de-ice paved surfaces can alter the sex ratios in nearby frog populations, a phenomenon that...
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Research shows preference for non-lethal protection of species
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Americans believe endangered species are best protected when their habitats are protected and not when animal predators are killed, according to new...
Diabetes proves deadly for smokers
CHICAGO - While it is well known that smoking causes lung cancer, heavy smokers with diabetes are also at increased risk of death from causes...
Spray-printed crystals to move forward organic electronic applications
Has the time come to replace traditionally used silicon with printable organic semiconductor inks? University of Surrey scientists believe so, especially for future electronics that...
Protein and salt drive post-meal sleepiness
Credit: Keith Murphy Sleepiness after a large meal is something we all experience, and new research with fruit flies suggests higher protein and salt content...
Emergency video telemedicine positively impacts newborn resuscitation
ROCHESTER, Minn. -- Approximately 10 percent of newborns require help breathing after birth, and 1 in 1,000 newborns require more intensive resuscitation measures. These infrequent,...
Sex, gender, or both in medical research
No one can deny that men and women have different genes, biology and anatomical features. However, only a minority of medical studies take this into...
Global brain initiatives generate tsunami of neuroscience data
Credit: Wikimedia Commons Three years ago the White House launched the Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative to accelerate the development and application..
Bridging the advances in AI and quantum computing for drug discovery and longevity research
Credit: Insilico Medicine, Inc and YMK Photonics, Inc Tuesday, 22nd of November, 2016, Baltimore, MD - Insilico Medicine, Inc and YMK Photonics, Inc announced today...
New antiretroviral drugs decrease chances of HIV sexual transmission
Credit: IDIBELL More than 2 million people got infected by human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in 2015, being sexual transmission the main channel of infection. Researchers...
Researchers capture first glimpse of important, abundant ocean microbe
Credit: Patrick Keeling A rare microbe that was once thought to be insignificant has turned out to be one of the most abundant single-celled hunters...
Prevalence of Ph-like ALL in adults underscores need for genetic testing, clinical trials
Credit: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital / Seth Dixon A high-risk subtype of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) first identified in children is highly prevalent in...
Targeted therapy drugs could radically increase the costs of leukemia treatment
Adoption of novel oral targeted therapies for treatment of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) could raise the treatment costs for the blood-system cancer in the U.S....
New topical immunotherapy effective against early skin cancer
Credit: Robert Boston A combination of two topical drugs that have been in use for years triggers a robust immune response against precancerous skin lesions,...
Diabetes drug metformin corrects mitochondrial metabolism in familial cancer disorder
Individuals with Li-Fraumeni syndrome are at an increased risk for a number of cancers, including breast and bone cancer. Li-Fraumeni syndrome is an inherited cancer...
