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Nitrogen surplus from agriculture has a clear effect on the nitrogen status of the groundwater, according to 70 years of Danish measurement data. A 70...

Agent Orange still linked to hormone imbalances in babies in Vietnam, study suggests

Oxford, September 26, 2017 - Exposure to Agent Orange sprayed during the Vietnam War has been linked to increased levels of certain hormones in women...

Novel route to polyamide 6: Catalytic oxidation of cyclohexane with ferrocene in ionic liquid medium

Credit: Luísa M.D.R.S. Martins et al, Bentham Science Publishers Polyamide (PA) 6 is widely used in several industries and therefore economically very important. In its...

Bacterial outer membrane vesicles: An emerging tool in vaccine development

Credit: Kendrick B. Turner and Scott A. Walper, Bentham Science Publishers Outer membrane vesicles, biological nanoparticles shed during normal growth by bacteria, have seen significant...

Russian scientist finds a new way to predict cancer development

Credit: MIPT Press Office A scientist from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT) has proposed a model that can predict the number of...

Nerves control the body’s bacterial community

Credit: Image: Christoph Giez, Dr. Alexander Klimovich A central aspect of life sciences is to explore the symbiotic cohabitation of animals, plants and humans with...

Influence of C-section, formula feeding and antibiotics on infant gut microbiome

A new analytical approach, described in open-access journal Frontiers in Pediatrics, shows how different interventions - cesarean section, formula feeding, and antibiotics - can alter...

How forest fires spoil wine

If wine is cultivated in an area where forest fires occur more often, such as in Australia or Southern Italy, aromas that make the alcoholic...

Ethnic minorities and the elderly are underrepresented in cancer clinical trials

ATLANTA -- Many ethnic minority groups and elderly Americans are underrepresented in cancer clinical trials, according to results of a study presented at the 10th...

People of Mexican decent in US have more liver cancer risk factors than those living in Mexico

ATLANTA -- Mexican-Americans living in the United States demonstrated more risk factors for liver cancer than their counterparts in Mexico, according to results of a...

Religiously tailored educational intervention lead more Muslim women to get mammograms

ATLANTA -- A religiously sensitive educational effort designed to address barriers to mammography for Muslim women increased the women's perceived likelihood of getting the breast...

Tumor microenvironment of TNBC varies between African-American and European-American women

ATLANTA -- The presence of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) varied significantly in the tumors of African-American and European-American women with triple negative breast cancer (TNBC), suggestin..

Halving radiation therapy for HPV-related throat cancer offers fewer side effects, similar outcomes

SAN DIEGO - Mayo Clinic researchers have found that a 50 percent reduction in the intensity and dose of radiation therapy for patients with HPV-related...

Trial confirms pelvic radiation as standard of care for high-risk endometrial cancer

Credit: Marcus Randall, M.D., FASTRO SAN DIEGO, September 25, 2017 - In a new phase III trial report from the National Clinical Trial Network group,...

Prostaglandin EI inhibits leukemia stem cells