Penn study on super-silenced DNA hints at new ways to reprogram cells
Credit: The laboratory of Ken Zaret, PhD, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania PHILADELPHIA – Newly described stretches of super-silenced DNA reveal a fresh...
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New study supports link between Omega-3 supplementation and reduction…
According to the World Health Organization, depression is a major cause of disease burden worldwide, affecting an estimated 350 million people. According to the National...
Male bees have more than a one-track mind
Male bumblebees are just as smart as female worker bees despite their dim-witted reputation, according to new research from Queen Mary University of London (QMUL)....
Invention solving worldwide sewage woes, producing clean water, power and food
Credit: Daniel Yeh, PhD, College of Engineering, University of South Florida Rapid, unplanned urbanization is becoming a serious threat across the world, as it puts...
Uncertainty perception drives public’s trust, mistrust of…
Credit: Carnegie Mellon University Many policies — from medicine to terrorism — depend on how the general public accepts and understands scientific evidence. People view...
In sub-Saharan Africa, cancer can be an infectious disease
In 1963, Irish surgeon Denis Parson Burkitt airmailed samples of an unusual jaw tumor found in Ugandan children to his colleague, Anthony Epstein, at Middlesex...
Characterizing the Zika virus genome
The sudden emergence of the Zika virus epidemic in Latin America in 2015-16 has caught the scientific world unawares. A little known disease that was...
Can sleep quality and burnout affect shift-work nurses’ job…
In a Journal of Advanced Nursing study, female gender and personal burnout were linked with impaired sleep quality among nurses. Also, working in the psychiatric...
Trusted messages key to counter community concerns during disease outbreak
Credit: UofL Utilizing messages focused on images created by local artists and written information communicated through local dialects proved essential to counter misperceptions during the...
‘Bursting’ cells gain the brain’s attention for life-or-death decisions
IMAGE: Using optogenetics and other technology, researchers have for the first time precisely manipulated bursting activity of cells in the thalamus, tying it to the...
Keep calm and measure cats’ blood pressure!
Credit: Andrew Sparkes A decade ago, an Editorial in The Lancet, 'Hypertension: uncontrolled and conquering the world', presented some alarming facts: the risk of becoming...
Biogerontology Research Foundation calls for a task force to classify…
IMAGE: The increase in maximum lifespan in the laboratory was obtained in 5 animal species, both without any interventions, and by dietary, chemical, or genetic...
Editorial: Use big tobacco’s Nov 26 corrective statements to reduce smoking
Credit: ATS Nov. 15, 2017–The court-ordered publication of "corrective statements" by major U.S. tobacco companies later this month should serve as a reminder that tobacco...
Researchers find zebrafish want to hang out with moving 3-D robotic models of themselves
Credit: NYU Tandon BROOKLYN, New York – Authenticity is an important trait, and zebrafish take it especially seriously. An interdisciplinary team of researchers at the...
Small but distinct differences among species mark evolution of human…
The most dramatic divergence between humans and other primates can be found in the brain, the primary organ that gives our species its identity. However,...