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In South America, countries struggle to protect traditional uses of coca while decreasing its currency in the cocaine trade.

Scientists are working to gain a better understand of the growing number of worldwide patented innovations available for gene therapy treatment.

Santa Clara, Calif. -- While millimeter wave (mmWave) signals are part of 5G's wireless infrastructure for carrying high-bandwidth data, it's not the only use. At DesignCon 2020, Joy Laskar, CEO of Maja Systems, presente...

A new study shows how a natural compound found in cruciferous vegetables can also be used to fight fatty liver disease.

Though 5G is a promising technology, astronomers and Earth scientists are worried that 5G frequencies could interfere with the scientific use of previously quiet parts of the electromagnetic spectrum. The Federal Communi...

Clostridium difficile, a bacterium known to cause symptoms from diarrhea to life-threatening colon damage, is part of a growing epidemic for the elderly and hospitalized patients. Biologists have now developed models of ...

Mice born blind have shown significant improvement in vision after undergoing a new gene therapy.

The Microrad NHT 3DL Electromagnetic Field Analyzer is designed to measure electromagnetic fields in both time and frequency domains and in compliance with all the main international standards and regulations. A wide sel...

Researchers have identified a new protein linked to age-related macular degeneration (AMD) that could offer new hope for the diagnosis and treatment of the disease, which affects over 1.5 million people in the UK alone.

(George Mason University) Rebecca Sutter, Assistant Professor, School of Nursing, College of Health and Human Services (CHHS), and Allison Evans Cuellar, Professor, Health Administration and Policy, CHHS, are implementin...

(University of Gothenburg) Is it possible to investigate menopausal age, or not? In more than one in three women aged 50, the body provides no clear answer about the menopause, Swedish study shows. Increased use of hormo...

(University of Manchester) An international team of scientists has identified a protein which is strongly linked to the commonest cause of blindness in developed countries when its levels are raised in the blood.

(Huntsman Cancer Institute) In research published today in the journal Nature Communications, Utah-based scientists describe a novel way to treat cancers using chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy. Laboratory t...

(Institute of Cancer Research) Supercharging the mutation rate in cancer cells can create a powerful vaccine that is able to boost the effectiveness of immunotherapy, a major new study reports.

(Yale University) The 2020 Gruber Genetics Prize is being awarded to geneticist Bonnie Bassler, Ph.D., of Princeton University and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, for her groundbreaking work on how bacteria 'talk' t...

(Kessler Foundation) Among the 201 7 survey's findings were processes that were effective, but underutilized by organizations, according to Dr. Phillips. "For example, partnering with a disability organization was identi...

(George Mason University) George Mason University College of Health and Human Services has received a $1.6M grant from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) to study the link between endometrios...

(University of California - San Diego) Clostridium difficile, a bacterium known to cause symptoms from diarrhea to life-threatening colon damage, is part of a growing epidemic for the elderly and hospitalized patients. B...

(European Society of Cardiology) Innovative research in the diagnosis and treatment of heart emergencies will be revealed at Acute Cardiovascular Care 2020, a scientific congress of the European Society of Cardiology (ES...

(Washington University in St. Louis) Heralded as a genetically modified crop with the potential to save millions of lives, Golden Rice has just been approved as safe for human and animal consumption by regulators in the ...

(University of Waterloo) Few cannabis consumers understand what the THC numbers on packages of cannabis edibles really mean, according to a new University of Waterloo study. The study, which surveyed nearly 1,000 Canadia...

(Kessler Foundation) The Lehigh Valley Center for Independent Living (LVCIL) was positioned to fulfill WIOA's mandate because of its partnership with Pennsylvania's Office of Vocational Rehabilitation (OVR), says Seth Ho...