Oregon study finds that microbial dispersal impacts animal guts
EUGENE, Ore. -- Oct. 3, 2017 -- In a special experiment, zebrafish with defective immune systems swam and dined with counterparts with normal immune systems....
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New portable blood analyzer could improve anemia detection worldwide
Credit: Nikita Taparia, University of Washington WASHINGTON, D.C., Oct. 3, 2017 -- About one quarter of the world's population suffers from anemia, a disease caused...
LSUHealthNO to study cause of alcohol abuse linked to PTSD
New Orleans, LA - LSU Health New Orleans has been awarded a $1.85 million grant over five years by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse...
Visualizing life in silico
Programming a molecular biology experiment can be similar to playing Sudoku; both are simple if you're working with only a few molecules or a small...
Gut bacteria metabolism may factor into hypertension
Credit: Lauren D. Quinn URBANA, Ill. - One in three American adults suffers from high blood pressure, or hypertension. The disease can be passed down...
UW wins $7 million grant to wean crops from nitrogen fertilizers
MADISON, Wisconsin -- Researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of Florida will use a $7 million grant from the U.S. Department of...
Cell signals that trigger wound healing are surprisingly complex
Credit: Michael Todd, Vanderbilt University In a sharp and pointy world, wound healing is a critical and marvelous process. Despite a tremendous amount of scientific...
Livestock grazing harming giant panda habitat
Credit: Binbin Li DURHAM, N.C. -- Increased livestock grazing in China's Wanglang National Nature Preserve has damaged one third of all giant panda habitat in...
‘Ideal biomarker’ detects Alzheimer’s disease before the onset of symptoms
Credit: prostem.eu Croatia, New Mexico (October, 2017): Absence of a prefrontal activation during sensory gating of simple tones detects the Alzheimer's disease (AD) before the...
To breed or not to breed? Migratory female butterflies face a monsoonal dilemma
Credit: Dr. Krushnamegh Kunte, NCBS-TIFR What do CPUs, stockbrokers, and butterflies have in common? They are good at investing their resources in the right place...
Does the titanium dioxide in food and nanomaterials affect the gut microbiome?
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, Oct. 3, 2017 -- A new study has shown that the titanium dioxide (TiO2) frequently used...
Tiny protein offers major insight into foot-and-mouth virus
Scientists have identified that a tiny protein, which plays a major role in the replication of foot-and-mouth disease virus, demonstrates a greater level of genetic...
NIH researchers uncover drain pipes in our brains
(NIH/National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) By scanning the brains of healthy volunteers, researchers at the National Institutes of Health saw the first, long-sought...
Large volcanic eruptions in Tropics can trigger El Niño events
(Rutgers University) Explosive volcanic eruptions in the tropics can lead to El Niño events, those notorious warming periods in the Pacific Ocean with dramatic global...
Neuroscientists find ‘gatekeeper’ in itching sensations plays no role in pain transmission
Credit: North Carolina State University A study from North Carolina State University researchers shows that a neurotransmitter involved in relaying itching sensations from the skin...
