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CLEVELAND, Ohio (Nov. 9, 2016)--Although many of us don't want to think about grandma still "getting it on," multiple studies show that older women are...

New study: Male chimpanzees can be players and good fathers

Credit: Joel Bray, Arizona State University WASHINGTON (Nov. 8, 2016)--New research suggests that male chimpanzees are more invested in protecting their own offspring than previously...

Changing views of evolutionary factors at work on earliest mammals

Credit: UMass Amherst/Andrew Conith AMHERST, Mass. - Using 3D-printed replicas of 200-million-year-old mammal teeth and polymers that mimic insect prey, scientists at the University of...

First month after infection is key time to tackle drug-related HIV spread

Data from post-Soviet AIDS epidemic shows first month after infection is key point to tackle drug-related HIV spread Data from the mid-1990s AIDS epidemic in...

Marker for aggressive prostate cancer doubles up as a drug target

RESEARCHERS have discovered that a marker found on aggressive prostate cancer cells could also be used as a way to guide treatments to the cancer,...

Researcher finds key to drug resistant bowel cancer

BLOCKING a molecule could bypass bowel cancer's defence against the drug cetuximab, according to new research* presented at the National Cancer Research Institute (NCRI) Cancer...

Female chimpanzees employ babysitters to wean young faster

Credit: Iulia Badescu TORONTO, ON - A babysitter can make a big difference in a parent's life. For wild chimps in Uganda, it may even...

NYU research examines country and health system factors on RN and MD personnel production

A key component to achieving good patient outcomes in the healthcare world is having the right number and type of healthcare professionals with the right...

Farris Foundation donates $1.1 million to fund TSRI Graduate Fellowship in Florida

JUPITER, FL, November 8, 2016 - The Celia Lipton Farris and Victor W. Farris Foundation has made a $1.135 million gift to The Scripps Research...

Dr. Barbara Stonestreet receives additional funding to evaluate treatment strategies for perinatal brain injury

Barbara Stonestreet, MD, a neonatal-perinatal specialist at Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island, a Care New England hospital, and professor of pediatrics at The...

Early exposure to excess hormone causes genital defects in females

University of Florida researchers have identified cells targeted by a male hormone and found that an excess of that hormone at a specific time can...

UMass Amherst Environmental Health researcher honored for ‘irritating’ science

Credit: courtesy Pablo Robles, Media Compass Photography AMHERST, Mass. - The Cornell Douglas Foundation, an environmental health and justice advocacy group based in Bethesda, Md.,...

NCI grant funds SMU research into cancer-causing viruses that hide from the immune system

Credit: (SMU Harrod lab) SMU virologist and cancer researcher Robert L. Harrod has been awarded a $436,500 grant from the National Cancer Institute to further...

UTHealth receives NIH grant to develop individualized therapies for cocaine addiction

HOUSTON - (Nov. 7, 2016) - Identifying more effective treatment strategies tailored to individual responses for patients overcoming addiction to cocaine is the focus of...

Quality of life in late life can be good