New study describes 200 million years of geological evolution
Credit: Giulio Viola, University of Bologna Tectonic plates, big sections of Earth's crust and blocks underneath them, are constantly moving. The areas where these sections...
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Bactericidal activity of usnic acid-loaded electrospun fibers
The development of antibiotics generated a revolution in the way we look and treat bacterial infections. In spite of the initial success, new problems came...
Family member with special connections
Credit: University of Konstanz Through the collaboration of the teams of Professor Elke Deuerling and Professor Christine Peter within the Collaborative Research Centre SFB 969...
Novel genetic tools for bioassessment of European aquatic ecosystems, COST grant proposal
Credit: Vasco Elbrecht and Florian Leese Often referred to as "the blue planet", the majority of the Earth consists of aquatic ecosystems. Human land-use change,...
Yo-yo dieting might cause extra weight gain
Repeated dieting may lead to weight gain because the brain interprets the diets as short famines and urges the person to store more fat for...
A handful of nuts a day cuts the risk of a wide range of diseases
A large analysis of current research shows that people who eat at least 20g of nuts a day have a lower risk of heart disease,...
Women with dementia receive less medical attention
Women with dementia have fewer visits to the GP, receive less health monitoring and take more potentially harmful medication than men with dementia, new UCL...
Detective work across dingo fence reveals new factor in woody shrub invasion
Credit: Ben Moore Extermination of dingoes and the consequent loss of small mammals - not just overgrazing by livestock - have led to a rapid...
UH Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital experts to present at ASH
CLEVELAND: Researchers from the Angie Fowler Adolescent & Young Adult Cancer Institute at University Hospitals Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital (UH Rainbow) will present data...
Research shows patients ineligible for studies may benefit from trial participation
Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center Patients who potentially could benefit most from participation in clinical trials due to poor prognoses often are not included based...
CD19-targeting CAR T-cell immunotherapy yields high responses in treatment-resistant CLL
SEATTLE - In a small, early phase trial, a high percentage of patients who had exhausted most traditional treatments for chronic lymphocytic leukemia saw their...
After gene therapy, hemophilia B patients maintain near-normal levels of clotting factor
Credit: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Researchers are reporting the highest and most sustained levels to date of the essential blood-clotting factor IX in patients with...
Study estimates global cancer cases, deaths in 2015
In 2015, there were an estimated 17.5 million cancer cases around the globe and 8.7 million deaths, according to a new report from the Global...
Biomarker may predict which formerly treated cancer patients will develop highly fatal form of leukemia
Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center Patients successfully treated for breast, colon and other cancers can go on to develop an often-fatal form of leukemia, sometimes...
Indigenous seafood consumption 15 times higher per capita than national averages
Credit: Lindsay Lafreniere Study highlights: Authors developed a global database of over 1900 Indigenous communities and estimated seafood consumption at 2.1 million metric tonnes per...