Murky Amazon waters cloud fish vision
Credit: Daniel Escobar-Camacho Cichlids are a remarkably diverse family of fish, with many African freshwater species known for their incredible visual system. These cichlids' complex...
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Study sheds light on esophageal cancer, offers insight into increasingly common disease
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (January 4, 2017) -- A comprehensive analysis of 559 esophageal and gastric cancer samples, collected from patients around the world, suggests the...
Yoga may help kids with cancer — special issue of Rehabilitation Oncology highlights physical therapy for pediatric cancer
January 4, 2017 - A yoga program for children with cancer can be carried out even during cancer treatment, and has quality of life (QOL)...
Immunotherapy, gene therapy combination shows promise against glioblastoma
Credit: University of Michigan "Devastating" and "dismal." That's how leading researchers describe the present outlook for malignant brain tumors. The median survival rate for patients...
Scientists tissue-engineer part of human stomach in laboratory
Credit: Cincinnati Children's CINCINNATI - Scientists report in Nature using pluripotent stem cells to generate human stomach tissues in a petri dish that produce acid...
Precise location, distance provide breakthrough in study of fast radio bursts
For the first time, astronomers have pinpointed the location in the sky of a Fast Radio Burst (FRB), allowing them to determine the distance and...
Fast radio burst tied to distant dwarf galaxy, and perhaps magnetar
Credit: Danielle Futselaar (www.artsource.nl) One of the rare and brief bursts of cosmic radio waves that have puzzled astronomers since they were first detected nearly...
People aren’t the only beneficiaries of power plant carbon standards
Credit: Drexel University When the Environmental Protection Agency finalized the Clean Power Plan in 2015 it exercised its authority to regulate carbon dioxide emissions to...
Not feeling the music
Credit: Hans Braxmeier Have you ever met someone who just wasn't into music? They may have a condition called specific musical anhedonia, which affects three-to-five...
New study finds girls feel unprepared for puberty
January 4, 2017 -- Girls from low-income families in the U.S. are unprepared for puberty and have largely negative experiences of this transition, according to...
MSU lands $1 million USAID grant to fight Zika
Credit: Photo by Jim Peck Michigan State University has landed a highly competitive grant from USAID to fight the Zika virus in Mexico. The $1...
The fire through the smoke: Working for transparency in climate projections
The government of a low-lying island nation is considering the construction of a seawall to protect its capital and economic hub from the rising seas...
Katherine High talks gene therapy progress for hemophilia & inherited retinopathies
Credit: ©2017 Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, January 4, 2017--Gene therapy has shown some of its most promising early results in treating...
Human neocortical neurons have unique membrane properties that enhance signal processing
The human brain's advanced cognitive capabilities are often attributed to our recently evolved neocortex. Comparison of human and rodent brains shows that the human cortex...
Stem cell therapy trial at Sanford first of its kind in US for shoulder injuries
Credit: Sanford Health SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - The first FDA-approved clinical trial of its kind in the United States using a person's own fat-derived adult...