What can be done to prevent another CRISPR crisis?
The public announcement last fall from China regarding gene editing on human embryos, conducted without the benefit of scientific review ...
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Consumers prefer pork cooked to 145 degrees, study says
URBANA, Ill. - Are pork chops on the menu this grilling season? According to new research from University of Illinois ...
Responses to environmental tragedies often make matters worse, ethicists find
CORVALLIS, Ore. - Without sound decision-making, responses to seeming environmental tragedies can often make matters worse, according to ethicists who ...
Research calls for analysis of corporate ethics in the global sports industry
A new book co-written by a University of Kent sports scientist recommends corporations and organisations engage more effectively with communities ...
Future Science Group begins using Publications Router
Future Science Group (FSG) has begun supplying full-text articles to Jisc's Publications Router service, enabling onward distribution to institutional repositories ...
New studies highlight challenge of meeting Paris Agreement climate goals
WASHINGTON-- New research highlights the "incredible challenge" of reaching the Paris Agreement without intense action and details the extreme temperatures ...
Continuing PC vaccine in Kenya at full price cost-effective and could save thousands of lives
Stopping the vaccine could lead to rates of pneumonia and pneumococcal disease returning to pre-vaccine levels in 10 years Co-led ...
Sharks more vulnerable than originally thought, new research shows
Total number of sharks and rays caught annually by small-scale fisheries in the South West Indian Ocean is estimated to ...
Rethinking conservation efforts for improved biodiversity
A study published online by the journal Science, looked into why the global commitment towards the expansion of protected areas ...
Sah: Medical guidelines may be biased, overly aggressive
ITHACA, N.Y. - Dr. Sunita Sah practiced general medicine for several years in the United Kingdom's National Health Service. When ...
Mass drug administration reduces scabies cases by 90% in Solomon Islands' communities
Largest study of its kind provides important evidence for global strategy on scabies control Mass drug administration (MDA) of two ...
Global centers of unsustainable harvesting of species identified
Credit: Enrico Di Minin Unsustainable harvesting, including hunting, trapping, fishing and logging, is one of the biggest threats to biodiversity. ...
DC Council signs life saving initiative into law
DC joins 37 states in passing Breast Density Screening and Notification Act to address little known risk factor for breast ...
Enhanced recovery after spine surgery: 15 new articles in the April Neurosurgical Focus
Credit: © 2019 AANS CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (APRIL 1, 2019). The April issue of Neurosurgical Focus (thejns.org/toc/foc/46/4) contains 15 new articles ...
WHO guidelines fail to detect half of chronic hepatitis B patients in Ethiopia needing treatment
Scientists propose revising the guidelines to take data from sub-Saharan Africa into account, reports the Journal of Hepatology Amsterdam, March ...
Study confirms and ranks nursery value of coastal habitats
Findings will help resource managers with difficult conservation decisionsCredit: © D. Malmquist/VIMS. A comprehensive analysis of more than 11,000 previous ...
A pan-European expert forum to tackle the complexity of big data in personalized medicine
On January 1st 2019 the Horizon2020 Coordinating and Support Action "EU-STANDS4PM - A European standardization framework for data integration and ...
EU consumption results in high carbon emissions from tropical deforestation, studies show
Credit: Florence Pendrill, Chalmers University of Technology A sixth of all emissions resulting from the typical diet of an EU ...
NJIT to host nuclear weapons conference: ‘Steps to a Nuclear Weapons-Free World’
On April 14, NJIT will host "Steps to a Nuclear Weapons-Free World" -- an all-day conference featuring nine of the ...
UN University debuts online tool to help nations meet 2030 goal: Clean water, sanitation for all
Launched on World Water Day, SDG Policy Support System outlines 6-step path to critical SDG 6; Enables effective assessment of ...