UNC researchers find new way to force stem cells to become bone cells
CHAPEL HILL, NC – Imagine you have a bone fracture or a hip replacement, and you need bone to form, but you heal slowly –...
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Equality, more than dominance, defines Asian elephant society
Credit: Uda Walawe Elephant Research Project Elephants are commonly thought to live in female-led, or matriarchal, societies that rely on the strong leadership and wisdom...
Latest advances in artificial intelligence for aging research to be…
Credit: The Buck Institute Tuesday, Dec. 12th, 2017, Baltimore, MD. Aging is one of the most complex and multifactorial processes in biology, physiology, and medicine...
Fungus a possible precursor of severe respiratory diseases in pigs
Respiratory diseases in pigs typically involve multiple infections from different pathogens. Some pathogens play a greater role than others in the progression of the disease....
Marijuana derivative reduces seizures in people with…
IMAGE: Principal investigator Orrin Devinsky, M.D., is director of the Comprehensive Epilepsy Center at NYU Langone Medical Center. Credit: NYU Langone Medical Center NEW YORK,...
Blood test for early osteoarthritis diagnosis unveiled
Credit: Warwick Medical School Patients could soon be diagnosed with early-stage arthritis several years before the onset of physical and irreversible symptoms, thanks to a...
Research aims to grasp complexities in plant-pollinator networks…
LAWRENCE — According the Environmental Protection Agency, the declining health of pollinators reported for the past decade is tied to a mix of factors, including...
Harnessing nature’s vast array of venoms for drug discovery
Scorpions, snakes, snails, frogs and other creatures are thought to produce tens or even hundreds of millions of distinct venoms. These venoms have been honed...
Expanding development associated with declining deer recruitment across western co.
Credit: Colorado Parks and Wildlife A new study from Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW), WCS (Wildlife Conservation Society) and Colorado State University (CSU) shows that...
Rapid, low-cost detection of Zika virus using paper-based synthetic…
Loading video… Credit: University of Toronto and Wyss Institute at Harvard University Toronto, ON – University of Toronto Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Keith Pardee and...
Partnering with the community to advance health care quality for immigrant children
Credit: Children's National Health System CHICAGO–The grade school student has been a patient for a while, but during a routine visit, 9-year-old Pedro finally confides...
Peruvian rainforest 22 times the size of Chicago named a national park
The Peruvian government announced on Sunday the designation of 3.3 million acres of Amazonian rainforest as a national park in the Sierra del Divisor mountain...
Crop failure in the Andes
Credit: Saúl M. Tito. Kenneth Feeley, the Smathers Chair of Tropical Tree Biology in the University of Miami's Department of Biology, is an expert in...
Assessing ecosystem services: Increasing the impact on decision making
Assessments of ecosystem services (ES), aiming at informing decisions on land management, are increasing in number around the globe, but only in a few cases...
Nanosensor that lights up cancer to be tested in surgeries
Credit: UT Southwestern Medical Center DALLAS – Jan. 24, 2018 – UT Southwestern Simmons Cancer Center scientists next month will begin testing a digital nanosensor...