Faulty cellular membrane ‘mix’ linked to Parkinson’s disease
Working with lab-grown human brain cells, Johns Hopkins researchers report they have uncovered a much sought-after connection between one of the most common genetic mutations...
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Viral hideout
Once herpes simplex infects a person, the virus goes into hiding inside nerve cells, hibernating there for life, periodically waking up from its sleep to...
New survey finds huge and unnecessary variation of salt levels in bread
Canadian bread product saltiest in survey of global bread products Some breads surveyed had as much sodium (salt) as seawater (1) More than a third...
Ludwig study extends potential for personalized immunotherapy to large variety of cancers
Credit: Ludwig Cancer Research A Ludwig Cancer Research study shows that ovarian cancer, which has proved resistant to currently available immunotherapies, could be susceptible to...
The coffee cannabis connection
CHICAGO --- It's well known that a morning cup of joe jolts you awake. But scientists have discovered coffee affects your metabolism in dozens of...
Blacks have more exposure to air pollutants raising heart disease risk, death
DALLAS, March 15, 2018 - Blacks often have higher exposure to air pollution than whites, which may partially explain their higher risk heart disease and...
Large racial and ethnic disparity in world’s most common STI
Credit: Credit: Johns Hopkins Medicine In a new Johns Hopkins study, researchers have added to evidence that Trichomonas vaginalis (TV), the world's most common curable...
Startup promises minimally invasive heart repair
Cambridge, Mass. - March 15, 2018 - A minimally invasive surgical device to be commercialized by a newly launched startup could fundamentally transform the way...
Blunt products more popular in states where marijuana is legal
March 15, 2018 -- A study by researchers at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health finds that cigars commonly used to roll blunts--hollowed out...
Land under water: Estimating hydropower’s land use impacts
Credit: Ånund Killingtveit/NTNU Hydropower is the world's top provider of renewable energy, producing a whopping 16 per cent of the global energy supply. That's a...
SFU students are helping develop heat and drought tolerant rice and wheat
Credit: SFU The United Nations predicts that by 2050 our growing global population will require 70 per cent more food than is available today. Compounding...
Destroy Pancreatic Cancer dedicates $1 million for unique TGen-designed clinical trial
PHOENIX, Ariz. and Atlanta, Ga. -- March 12, 2018 -- Destroy Pancreatic Cancer, an Atlanta-based non-profit dedicated to finding better treatments for the most deadly...
Saving lives with platypus milk
Credit: Laura Romin and Larry Dalton. A breakthrough by Australian scientists has brought the introduction of an unlikely hero in the global fight against antibiotic...
Fussy eating prevents mongoose family feuds
Credit: Harry Marshall Mongooses living in large groups develop "specialist" diets so they don't have to fight over food, new research shows. Banded mongooses cooperate...
New book explores zoos’, aquariums’ evolving role in tackling global biodiversity crisis
Credit: The Ark and Beyond As scores of wild species and ecosystems around the world face a variety of human-caused threats, from habitat destruction and...
