Wastewater treatment upgrades result in major reduction of intersex fish
Credit: University of Waterloo Upgrades to a wastewater treatment plant along Ontario's Grand River led to a 70 per cent drop in fish that have...
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New report finds significant improvements in methods to collect data on recreational fishing
WASHINGTON - Although individual anglers - people who fish recreationally - generally take small numbers of fish, collectively, a large number of them can have...
Inhibiting a DNA-repairing protein in brain could be key to treating aggressive tumors
Targeting a specific DNA-repairing protein in the brain could be an effective way to treat the most aggressive type of brain tumour, a study suggests....
New research suggests anti-viral role for aravive biologics’ anti-AXL candidate against Zika virus
Cell Reports publication highlights dual role of Gas6-AXL during ZIKA infection: promoting viral entry of glial cells in the developing brain and modulating innate immune...
Couch potatoes face same chance of dementia as those with genetic risk factors: Research
Credit: McMaster University Sedentary older adults with no genetic risk factors for dementia may be just as likely to develop the disease as those who...
Nothing fishy about better nutrition for mums and babies
Researchers from the South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute and the University of Adelaide have found a way to provide mothers and young children...
Byzantine skeleton yields 800-year-old genomes from a fatal infection
Credit: Gebhard Bieg MADISON, Wis. - Eight hundred years ago, in a hardscrabble farming community on the outskirts of what was once one of the...
What kind of selfie taker are you?
Credit: Nate Edwards/BYU Photo You do it. Your mom, dad, siblings and friends probably do too. World leaders and entertainers do it -- though some...
Study finds postdoc jobs in biomedicine don’t yield positive returns in the labor market
(BOSTON) - Federal research agencies, such as the National Science Foundation and National Institutes of Health, tout postdoctoral positions as valuable for those pursuing for...
High-sugar diet programs a short lifespan in flies
Flies with a history of eating a high sugar diet live shorter lives, even after their diet improves. This is because the unhealthy diet drives...
Plus-sized fly: A model to understand the mechanisms underlying human obesity
Credit: Jen Beshel, Zhong Lab, CSHL Cold Spring Harbor, NY - Why do people become obese? Poor dietary choices and overeating seem like clear causes,...
Bacterial Pac Man molecule snaps at sugar
Credit: © Dr. Gregor Hagelüken/Uni Bonn Many pathogens use certain sugar compounds from their host to help conceal themselves against the immune system. Scientists at...
Researchers develop new compound to fight cytomegalovirus
A Retro94-based compound may prevent a common and sometimes fatal virus -- human cytomegalovirus (CMV) -- from reproducing and help to protect immunocompromised patients, such...
Antioxidant may protect offspring of obese mothers from fatty liver disease
In new research published online in The FASEB Journal, scientists show that the antioxidant pyrroloquinoline quinone (PQQ) may prevent the development of nonalcoholic fatty liver...
$10M CDC grant funds center to fight vector borne diseases
Managing mosquito-borne viruses, such as West Nile, Dengue, Zika and tick-borne Lyme disease have been a challenge due to lack of resources, knowledge and trained...
