Recovery from spinal cord injuries can be predicted
Credit: Marc Bolliger A trauma to the spinal cord, quickly leads to a progressive loss of nerve tissue. This not only affects the injured area,...
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Ohio University corrosion expert Nesic earns prestigious honor
ATHENS, Ohio (March 7, 2018) - Ohio University Russ Professor Srdjan Nesic, who is also the director of the Russ College of Engineering and Technology's...
Severe electrical storms in the brain — biologists link protein, seizure suppression
Credit: Courtesy of Elsevier SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Seizure suppression is the focus of an original research article by researchers at the Department of Biology at...
Researchers develop optical tools to detect metabolic changes linked to disease
Credit: Irene Georgakoudi, Tufts University MEDFORD/SOMERVILLE, Mass. (March 7, 2018) -- Metabolic changes in cells can occur at the earliest stages of disease. In most...
Experts issue recommendations to manage unwanted hair growth in women
Washington, DC--All women who have unwanted dark, course hair growing on the face, chest or back should undergo testing for polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and...
Northeastern researchers identify 36 new genes implicated in cardiac disease
One in four deaths in the United States each year are due to heart disease, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It's...
New company brings together microbes & genomics to improve health, agriculture & industry
Credit: Microomics There may be as many as one trillion species of microbes on Earth. Human beings are estimated to have ten times more bacteria...
Study suggests why food assistance for homeless young adults is inadequate
BUFFALO, N.Y. - Though young homeless adults make use of available food programs, these support structures still often fail to provide reliable and consistent access...
Half of Scots ‘not confident’ in giving CPR, study finds
Credit: University of Edinburgh Half of the Scottish adult population do not feel confident administering CPR - and more than a fifth do not know...
Diverse tropical forests grow fast despite widespread phosphorus limitation
Credit: STRI Archives Accepted ecological theory says that poor soils limit the productivity of tropical forests, but adding nutrients as fertilizer rarely increases tree growth,...
Birth of new neurons in the human hippocampus ends in childhood
Credit: Alvarez-Buylla lab / UCSF One of the liveliest debates in neuroscience over the past half century surrounds whether the human brain renews itself by...
Instability of wildlife trade does not encourage trappers to conserve natural habitats
Much of the global wildlife trade originates in nations with rich biodiversity and high levels of poverty as the act of trapping and trading local...
Two new species of stone centipedes found hiding in larch forests in China
Credit: Dr Huiqin Ma Scientists described two species of previously unknown stone centipedes from China. Now housed at the Hengshui University, China, where all members...
Slow-release hydrogel aids immunotherapy for cancer
Credit: Hartgerink Research Group/Rice University An immunotherapy drug embedded in a slow-release hydrogel invented at Rice University in collaboration with the University of Texas Health...
Treating hypothyroidism to stop a stubborn surgical complication
ANN ARBOR, Michigan -- Researchers at the University of Michigan have discovered a link between low thyroid hormone levels and wound healing complications. The retrospective...