UTA student receives NSF grant for research into ecological drivers of…
Credit: UTA Shannon Beston, a third-year Ph.D. student in biology at the University of Texas at Arlington, was selected to receive funds from the National...
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Change in protein production essential to muscle function
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine have shed light on the process that guides the maturation of newborn muscles into...
Special issue of Future Oncology explores the field of Oncofertility
Future Science Group (FSG) published journal, Future Oncology, has released a special issue that examines the field of oncofertility, which aims to preserve fertility in...
Fire ant venom compounds may lead to skin treatments
Credit: From Arbiser et al Scientific Reports (2017). Compounds derived from fire ant venom can reduce skin thickening and inflammation in a mouse model of...
Some birds better than others at adjusting to habitat degradation
Credit: M.C. Sagario Before habitat degradation from impacts like grazing begins to cause population declines, the first response by wildlife usually comes in the form...
Sustainable amine production through hydrogenation of amides under…
Credit: Osaka University Osaka, Japan–Amines are vital in nature; for example, amino acids — the building blocks of proteins and thus fundamental to life —...
Countries across Africa, Asia-Pacific vulnerable to Zika virus, new…
TORONTO, Sept. 1, 2016–Parts of Africa and the Asia-Pacific region may be vulnerable to outbreaks of the Zika virus, including some of the world's most...
Bones of obese children may be in trouble, UGA study finds
Athens, Ga. – Studies have shown that obese children tend to have more muscle, but recent University of Georgia research on the muscle and bone...
Migration ranges of flying birds depend on body size and flight style
Credit: NIPR The decades-long tracking of flying birds reveals that body size and flight styles determine the scale of birds' migration, as predicted by the...
Four synchronized planets reveal clues to how planets form
The search for planets orbiting other stars in our galaxy has revealed an extraordinary family of planets whose orbits are so carefully timed that they...
Elderly who have trouble identifying odors face risk of dementia
Credit: Rob Kozloff, for the University of Chicago Medicine A long-term study of nearly 3,000 adults, aged 57 to 85, found that those who could...
Study shows liver cells with whole genome duplications protect against cancer
Credit: UT Southwestern Medical Center DALLAS – Feb. 9, 2018 – Researchers at the Children's Medical Center Research Institute (CRI) at UT Southwestern have discovered...
Blood test plus ultrasound boosts liver cancer detection by 40 percent
Credit: UT Southwestern Medical Center DALLAS – Feb. 9, 2018 – Combining ultrasound imaging with a blood test for high alpha fetoprotein (AFP) levels improves...
Scrib protein identified as a natural suppressor of liver cancer
Credit: Phil Jones AUGUSTA, Ga. (May 8, 2017) – A protein that typically helps keep cells organized and on task becomes a tumor suppressor in...
Why studying sugars matters in the fight against Alzheimer’s disease
Credit: GlycoNet (February 9, 2018 – EDMONTON) Two GlycoNet Investigators are using technology to better understand how sugars in the human body are connected to...