Biochemists link synthetic compound to hunger-hormone production
New research suggests that a man-made cousin of a small molecule found in olive oil can disrupt the hunger-signaling pathway. Researchers identified this promising new...
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New imaging technique overturns longstanding textbook model of DNA folding
How can six and half feet of DNA be folded into the tiny nucleus of a cell? Researchers funded by the National Institutes of Health...
Could insufficient sleep be adding centimeters to your waistline?
Adults in the UK who have poor sleep patterns are more likely to be overweight and obese and have poorer metabolic health, according to a...
Effects of a major drug target regulated through molecular ‘codes’
(Van Andel Research Institute) The findings, published today in Cell, reveal for the first time components of a G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) named rhodopsin bound...
DREAMers at greater risk for mental health distress
Immigrants who came to the United States illegally as small children and who meet the requirements of the Development Relief and Education for Alien Minors...
‘Dark ecology project’ will use past weather radar data to trace bird migrations
(University of Massachusetts at Amherst) Every spring and fall, billions of birds migrate across the United States, largely unseen under the cover of darkness. Now...
Seeing in the dark: Minus sunlight, a general theory reveals universal patterns in ecology
There's a 50-hectare forested plot in Panama where researchers with the Smithsonian have gathered highly detailed information about the species, distribution, and size of trees...
Should we be worried about hepatitis E?
Hepatitis E gets little press compared to its better-known cousins A, B and C, but Stellenbosch University virologists say we should wake up to how...
Crops that kill pests by shutting off their genes
Plants are among many eukaryotes that can "turn off" one or more of their genes by using a process called RNA interference to block protein...
The 16 genetic markers that can cut a life story short
Why do some of us live longer than others? While the environment in which we live, including our socio-economic status or the food we eat,...
Researchers report regenerative effects of low-dose growth factors for bone defect healing
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, July 27, 2017 -- Researchers compared the effects of three bone growth factors to bone morphogenetic...
Effects of soil and drainage on the savanna vegetation in the northern Brazilian Amazonia
Credit: Reinaldo Imbrozio Barbosa It is a well-known fact that environmental factors such as soil texture and drainage determine to a very large degree the...
Immune system may mount an attack in Parkinson’s disease
Credit: Credit: NIH/NIAID A new study suggests that T cells, which help the body's immune system recognize friend from foe, may play an important role...
Study: Very preterm birth not associated with mood, anxiety disorders
Credit: University of Tennessee, Knoxville KNOXVILLE--Do very-preterm or very-low-weight babies develop anxiety and mood disorders later in life? Julia Jaekel, assistant professor of child and...
UTA professor receives grant to develop device to fight osteoporosis
A faculty member at the University of Texas at Arlington's College of Nursing and Health Innovation has received a $250,000 National Science Foundation grant to...
