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(University of Rhode Island) Research has shown that even when two different Phragmite lineages are grow side-by-side in the same ecosystem, the bacterial communities in the soil differ dramatically. It's a discovery tha...

(Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne) EPFL scientists show that the STING signaling pathway, which helps coordinate the innate immune system, causes cell death in T cells of the adaptive immune system. This 'killi...

(RAND Corporation) While many medical strategies have been shown helpful in treating opioid and alcohol abuse, the approaches are often most available in specialized treatment centers that are costly and limited in numbe...

Giving teenagers more time to sleep by delaying school start time to 8:30 a.m will benefit the economy, a new study shows. Here's how more snooze time may lead to billions in U.S. savings.

News The work offers scientists a way to adjust the properties of existing dyes deliberately, making them bolder, brighter, and more cell-permeable too ... Contributed Author: Howard Hughes Medical Institute Topics: Medi...

Videos The project started in 2016, but according to Phys.org, is now one of the most commonly used chat bots ... Staff Author: Lexie Metzler Topics: Home Healthcare

News Imagine it: Now you have a two-part thingy made from a gold nanoparticle attached to an antibody that seeks out and binds to EGFR ... Contributed Author: Phys.org Topics: Oncology

News By progressively incorporating the two heat-stable enzymes in a carbon-based architecture, the researchers solved these three problems ... Contributed Author: CNRS

News This microscopy approach can be further enhanced with nanoparticles ... Contributed Author: Phys.org

Half a million people in Sierra Leone will be able to access the life-saving cholera vaccine within weeks, the country's Ministry of Health and Sanitation announced on Tuesday.

(Lancaster University) International recommendations for patient care in the last days of life have been drawn up by researchers.Emeritus Professor Sheila Payne from the International Observatory on End of Life Care at L...

(Children's Hospital Los Angeles) To understand metastasis, Yves DeClerck, MD, of Children's Hospital Los Angeles has studied the tumor microenvironment for his entire career. Because of his recognition as a leader in th...

(Kessler Foundation) Injury and disease of the brain increase the likelihood of cognitive fatigue, which can be disabling. Researchers are studying the mechanisms of cognitive fatigue, toward the goal of developing effec...

(Michigan State University) Michigan State University scientists now have early proof that an antidepressant drug that's been around for more than 50 years could slow the progression of Parkinson's.

(Midwestern University) Neurogenic thoracic outlet syndrome (nTOS) is a common neurologic syndrome resulting in pain, numbness, and/or weakness in the arm, forearm, and hand. This condition affects 0.3-8.0 percent of the...

(Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research) For more than a century, the link between thyroid hormone and red blood cell production has remained elusive. Now Whitehead Institute researchers have teased about the mechan...

(New York Institute of Technology) The United States' National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded New York Institute of Technology (NYIT) Professor of Life Sciences Michael Hadjiargyrou, Ph.D., a multi-year grant to ...

(New York University) Researchers at the Bluestone Center for Clinical Research at the New York University College of Dentistry (NYU Dentistry) have identified a novel molecular mechanism which explains why dark-skinned ...

(Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press) "Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine", published by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press (CSHLP), surveys tools that are currently available to scientists and engineers in th...

(Babraham Institute) Deciding to start a family later in life could be about more than just the age of your eggs. The risks of complications during pregnancy all increase with age. A new study our today is one of the fir...

(Gladstone Institutes) Scientist Shomyseh Sanjabi, PhD, joined the Gladstone Institutes seven years ago, and she brought with her a special type of mice that develop inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Coincidentally, micr...

(Baylor College of Medicine) Research shows that heparin, which is well known for its role as an anticoagulant, can also promote food intake and body weight increase in animal models.