Water contaminant could have neurotoxic effects on children
Are those relying on private well water potentially at greater risk?Credit: (Samantha Ying/UCR) Manganese isn't considered a major water contaminant ...
Tag: Developmental/Reproductive Biology
Genetic background may affect adaptions to aging
UC Riverside-led study evaluated individual differences in DNA methylation across 10 years in two Scandinavian samples of same-sex aging twinsCredit: ...
Mother bats use baby talk to communicate with their pups
Credit: Michael Stifter When talking to babies, humans slow down their speech, raise their pitch and change the "color" of ...
Migration and dispersal of butterflies have contrasting effect on flight morphology
Credit: Krushnamegh Kunte Butterflies show several different types of movement. They can seasonally migrate long distances over hundreds of kilometres. ...
Northern white rhino rescue program resumes work with successful egg harvest
Credit: Rio/Ol Pejeta Conservancy/BioRescue After a hiatus of a few months owing to the global COVID-19 pandemic, the international team ...
LJI team gets first-ever look at a rare but vital stem cell in humans
New understanding of immune cell origins may offer cancer and COVID-19 drug targetsCredit: Daniel Araujo, La Jolla Institute for Immunology ...
Native Hawaiian tiger cowries eat alien invasive species
Credit: Leon Weaver Researchers at the University of Hawai'i (UH) at Mānoa's Hawai?i Institute of Marine Biology (HIMB) have just ...
Potential drug target revealed to help more children survive a lethal heart defect
Credit: Cincinnati Children's When children are born with hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS), they require a series of major surgical ...
Future mental health care may include diagnosis via brain scan and computer algorithm
Computer IDs differences in brains of patients with schizophrenia or autismCredit: Image by Shinsuke Koike, CC-BY Most of modern medicine ...
Becoming a nerve cell: Timing is of the essence
Credit: VIB - Ryohei Iwata Mitochondria are small organelles that provide the energy critical for each cell in our body, ...
Human milk based fortifiers improve health outcomes for the smallest premature babies
Researchers compare traditional cows milk based fortifiers with human milk based alternativeCredit: MU Sinclair School of Nursing COLUMBIA, Mo. - ...
Scientist to resurrect water fleas from U.S. nuclear fallout zone
UTA examining evolutionary effects of nuclear testing on preserved water flea eggsCredit: The University of Texas at Arlington A researcher ...
Study shows inbreeding reduces cooperation in banded mongooses
Inbreeding can reduce cooperation in banded mongooses according to a recent study by researchersCredit: Dr Hazel Nichols Inbreeding can reduce ...
Cannabis use in pregnancy linked to a greater risk of autism
Credit: The Ottawa Hospital In the largest study of its kind, Ottawa researchers found that children whose mothers reported using ...
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