Vision keeps maturing until mid-life
HAMILTON, ON, May 29, 2017 - The visual cortex, the human brain's vision-processing centre that was previously thought to mature and stabilize in the first...
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‘Heat island’ effect could double climate change costs for world’s cities
Overheated cities face climate change costs at least twice as big as the rest of the world because of the 'urban heat island' effect, new...
Remembrance of things past — bacterial memory of gut inflammation
Credit: Wyss Institute and Harvard Medical School. (BOSTON) - The microbiome, or the collections of microorganisms present in the body, is known to affect human...
CRISPR gene editing can cause hundreds of unintended mutations
- New York, NY (May 29, 2017) -- As CRISPR-Cas9 starts to move into clinical trials, a new study published in Nature Methods has found...
How self-regulation can help young people overcome setbacks
Failing an exam at school, getting rejected for a job or being screamed at by your teacher or superior are only a few examples of...
Increasing the age limit for Lynch syndrome genetic testing may save lives
Copenhagen, Denmark: Raising the age limit for routine genetic testing in colorectal cancer could identify more cases of families affected by Lynch syndrome, a condition...
First Nations, Inuit babies hospitalized more often in first year of life
First Nations and Inuit babies were hospitalized much more often in the first year of life compared with non-Indigenous babies, many for preventable illnesses, found...
Legalizing marijuana will harm health of youth in Canada
The federal government's bill C-45 to legalize marijuana in Canada will jeopardize the health of young people and Parliament should vote against it, argues the...
HIV: A therapeutic advance for resource-limited settings
ANRS 12286 MOBIDIP(1), a clinical trial running in parallel in three countries in sub-Saharan Africa (Cameroon, Burkina Faso, and Senegal), shows that dual therapy with...
Healing wounds with cell therapy
Montreal, May 29, 2017 - Diabetic patients frequently have lesions on their feet that are very difficult to heal due to poor blood circulation. In...
Paediatric IBD patients not meeting recommended calcium & vitamin D intake
Credit: United European Gastroenterology A new study highlights that children suffering from inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are not meeting the daily recommended intake of calcium...
New species of frog from the Neotropics carries its heart on its skin
Credit: Ross Maynard In the Neotropics, there is a whole group of so-called glassfrogs that amaze with their transparent skin covering their bellies and showing...
World first study reveals increase in premature deaths in Australian nursing homes
The first comprehensive study of deaths in Australian nursing homes has been published today (29 May), revealing a more than 400 per cent increase in...
New genomic analysis promises benefit in female urinary incontinence
Copenhagen, Denmark: Urinary incontinence in women is common, with almost 50% of adult women experiencing leakage at least occasionally. Genetic or heritable factors are known...
Genomics tracks migration from lost empires to modern cities
Copenhagen, Denmark: New genomic tools are enabling researchers to overturn long-held beliefs about the origins of populations, a researcher will tell the annual conference of...
