Malaria parasite in the Americas is more genetically diverse than previously thought
The populations found in the Americas of Plasmodium vivax, one of the main human malaria parasites, are as genetically diverse as those found in Southeast...
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Emotional states discovered in fish
Credit: Ines Bravo, IGC. The occurrence of emotions in animals has been under debate. Now, a research team from the Centro de Ciências do Mar...
Scientists unveil the water buffalo genome
Credit: Caterina Cambuli An international team of researchers led by the University of Adelaide has published the full genome of the water buffalo - opening...
Artificial intelligence to evaluate brain maturity of preterm infants
Credit: Sampsa Vanhatalo Researchers at the University of Helsinki and the Helsinki University Hospital (HUH), Finland, have developed software based on machine learning, which can...
Heavy metal thunder: Protein can be switched on to conduct electricity like a metal
Credit: Weisi Song, Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University When pushing the boundaries of discovery, sometimes even the most experienced of scientists can get a surprise...
Advanced artificial limbs mapped in the brain
Credit: Irit Hacmun, Tel Aviv Targeted motor and sensory reinnervation (TMSR) is a surgical procedure on patients with amputations that reroutes residual limb nerves towards...
Peatland plants adapting well to climate change, suggests study
Credit: University of Southampton They account for just three per cent of the Earth's surface but play a major role in offsetting carbon dioxide emissions...
Peat bogs defy the laws of biodiversity
Alexandre Buttler, head of EPFL's Ecological Systems Laboratory (ECOS), and Luca Bragazza, a scientist at ECOS, along with a team of European researchers including two...
Tropical forest reserves slow down global warming
Credit: Dan Bebber National parks and nature reserves in South America, Africa and Asia, created to protect wildlife, heritage sites and the territory of indigenous...
TGen-USC study finds ‘Precision Medicine’ may not always be so precise
PHOENIX and LOS ANGELES -- Oct. 26, 2017 -- Precision Medicine in oncology, where genetic testing is used to determine the best drugs to treat...
UC San Diego Health researchers help launch second pancreas cancer ‘dream team’
Scientists and physicians at Moores Cancer Center at UC San Diego Health, in partnership with colleagues at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Texas, Johns Hopkins...
More early stage lung cancer patients survive the disease
Chicago, Oct. 26, 2017 - With the advancement of surgical and radiation therapy strategies for stage 1 non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC), more patients are being...
Three new lung cancer genetic biomarkers are identified in Dartmouth study
LEBANON, NH - Both environmental and genetic risk factors contribute to development of lung cancer. Tobacco smoking is the most well-known environmental risk factor associated...
TGen-USC study finds ‘precision ,edicine’ may not always be so precise
PHOENIX and LOS ANGELES -- Oct. 26, 2017 -- Precision Medicine in oncology, where genetic testing is used to determine the best drugs to treat...
Pregnancy poses no greater risk to breast cancer survivors
A recent study published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute indicates that pregnancy does not incur a greater risk of relapse for survivors...
