Popular sungazer lizards under threat from poaching
Credit: Shivan Parusnath/Wits University The Sungazer (Smaug giganteus), a dragon-like lizard species endemic to the Highveld regions of South Africa, is facing an assault on...
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A decade of monitoring shows the dynamics of a conserved Atlantic tropical forest
Credit: Hugo Cândido Galvão Characterised with its immense biodiversity and high levels of endemism, the Atlantic Tropical Forest has been facing serious anthropogenic threats over...
New report outlines research agenda for microbiomes, indoor environments, and human health
WASHINGTON - Even with a growing body of research on microorganisms and humans in indoor environments, many of their interconnections remain unknown, says a new...
Fish database could help eliminate the ultimate bait and switch
Fish fraud, the misrepresentation of cheaper fish as more expensive ones, is a rampant problem worldwide. Now in a study appearing ACS' Journal of Agricultural...
The irresistible fragrance of dying vinegar flies
Credit: Anna Schroll Markus Knaden and Bill Hansson, and their colleagues at the Department of Evolutionary Neuroethology, study ecologically relevant odors in the natural environment...
Genetic variants found to play key role in human immune system
Credit: Study authors NEW YORK (August 16, 2017) - It is widely recognized that people respond differently to infections. This can partially be explained by...
The environmental injustice of beauty
Credit: Courtesy of Snapshot WASHINGTON, DC (August 16, 2017)-- Women of color have higher levels of beauty-product-related chemicals in their bodies compared to white women,...
UTSA professor receives $1.5 million grant to study male infertility
(SAN ANTONIO, August 16, 2017) -- Brian Hermann, assistant professor of biology at The University of Texas at San Antonio, has received a $1.5 million...
PCORI Board approves nearly $74 million for research on palliative care
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute's (PCORI) Board of Governors today approved nearly $74 million to fund seven studies comparing the effectiveness of...
PCORI Board approves $115 million to support 20 new patient-centered CER research studies
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute's (PCORI) Board of Governors today approved more than $115 million to fund 20 comparative clinical effectiveness research...
CHLA researcher awarded $1.9 million by NIH
Muller Fabbri, MD, PhD, of the Children's Center for Cancer and Blood Diseases at Children's Hospital Los Angeles, has been awarded $1.9 million by the...
How a nutrient, glutamine, can control gene programs in cells
Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - The 200 different types of cells in the body all start with the same DNA genome. To differentiate into families...
How decision-making habits influence the breast cancer treatments women consider
Credit: Michigan Medicine ANN ARBOR, Michigan -- A new study finds that more than half of women with early stage breast cancer considered an aggressive...
Liquid biopsies find distinct genomic profiles in most patients with carcinoma of unknown primary
Bottom Line: Next-generation sequencing of circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) identified distinct genomic profiles with potentially targetable alterations in 99.7 percent of patients with carcinoma of...
A metabolic treatment for pancreatic cancer?
BOSTON(August 14, 2017) - Pancreatic cancer is now the third leading cause of cancer mortality. Its incidence is increasing in parallel with the population increase...
