$11.3 million Program Project grant helping identify causes of vascular disease
AUGUSTA, Ga. (Aug. 8, 2024) – With a new $11.3 million Program Project grant from the National Institutes of Health, experts from the Vascular Biology Center...
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When mammoths roamed Vancouver Island: SFU and Royal BC Museum delve into beasts’ history in our region
Mammoths, the massive pre-historic ice age cousins of the modern-day elephant, have always been understood to have inhabited parts of British Columbia, but the question...
Ochsner Health welcomes Mary Claire Curet, MD, as first Ochsner Physician Scholar
Lafayette, La. – Ochsner Health is excited to announce that Mary Claire Curet, MD, is joining the team at St. Martinville Family Medicine, an Ochsner...
Impact of drought on drinking water contamination: disparities affecting Latino/a communities
Long-term exposure to contaminants such as arsenic and nitrate in water is linked to an increased risk of various diseases, including cancers, cardiovascular diseases, developmental...
How fungi elude antifungal treatments
Every year, life-threating invasive fungal infections afflict more than 2 million individuals globally. Mortality rates for these infections are high, even when patients receive treatment.Credit:...
Forever chemical pollution can now be tracked
Organofluorine compounds — sometimes called ‘forever chemicals’ — are increasingly turning up in our drinking water, oceans and even human blood, posing a potential threat...
Pesticide exposure linked to stillbirth risk in new study
Living less than about one-third of a mile from pesticide use prior to conception and during early pregnancy could increase the risk of stillbirths, according...
Viral defense protein speeds up female stem cell production
Researchers at the Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG) have discovered a treatment which accelerates the production and quality of pluripotent stem cells in mice. This...
New guidelines to address racism in bioethics
New York, NY — August 7, 2024 — Columbia University’s Division of Ethics Chief Sandra Soo-Jin Lee, PhD, is lead author of a new target article in The American...
60% of birds who survive collision with a building go on to die during rehabilitation care, and when these numbers are combined with instant deaths, US bird collision deaths might exceed 1 billion per year
60% of birds who survive collision with a building go on to die during rehabilitation care, and when these numbers are combined with instant deaths,...
Individuals vary in how air pollution impacts their mood
Affective sensitivity to air pollution (ASAP) describes the extent to which affect, or mood, fluctuates in accordance with daily changes in air pollution, which can...
Alaskan land eroding faster due to climate change
A new study out of The University of Texas at Arlington shows that frozen land in Alaska is eroding faster than it can be replaced...
Work-from-home success might depend on home office setup
In a new survey study, Dutch employees who worked from home tended to report higher levels of productivity and less burnout if they were more...
TikTok videos glamorizing disordered eating behavior and extremely thin body image ideals make women feel worse about their bodies
Women who spend a lot of time on TikTok — especially those seeing a lot of pro-anorexia content — feel worse about their appearance, a...
New perspectives for using corals in climate research
Measuring temperatures from Earth’s past is important for understanding the development of its climate. Ancient ocean temperatures are most commonly reconstructed by analysing the ratio...
