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(Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares Carlos III (F.S.P.)) In an article published in JACC, CNIC scientists report a method for improved ranking of cardiovascular risk in individuals without diabetes

(University of Seville) The study demonstrates for the first time that a problem with angiogenesis (the mechanism by which new blood vessels are produced) causes the destruction of capillaries and, therefore, a decrease ...

(Compuscript Ltd) The intriguing chemistry and biology of sulfur?containing natural products from marine microorganisms (1987-2020) a new publication for Marine Life Science & Technology journal. In this review article t...

(New Jersey Institute of Technology) Researchers say that the auditory feedback exchanged between wrens during their opera-like duets momentarily inhibits motor circuits used for singing in the listening partner, which h...

(The Mount Sinai Hospital / Mount Sinai School of Medicine) An emotion regulation strategy known as cognitive reappraisal helped reduce the typically heightened and habitual attention to drug-related cues and contexts in...

(University of Exeter) The international MAGIC collaboration, made up of more than 400 global academics, conducted a genome-wide association meta-analysis led by the University of Exeter. Now published in Nature Genetics...

(University of Bonn) The so-called Plexin-A1 gene seems to play a more extensive role in brain development than previously assumed. This is shown by a current study led by the University of Bonn (Germany) with more than ...

(London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine) Between 1991 and 2018, more than a third of all deaths in which heat played a role were attributable to human-induced global warming, according to a new article in Nature Cl...

(University of Gothenburg) Women carrying human papillomavirus (HPV) run an elevated risk of preterm birth, a University of Gothenburg study shows. A connection can thus be seen between the virus itself and the risk for ...

(RCSI) New research has found that adolescents with higher levels of an omega-3 fatty acid in their blood were less likely to develop psychotic disorder in early adulthood, suggesting that it may have a potential prevent...

(The Lundquist Institute ) The Lundquist Institute announced that its investigators contributed data from several studies, including data on Hispanics, African-Americans and East Asians, to the international MAGIC collab...

(University of Tokyo) As anyone who has ever procrastinated knows, remembering that you need to do something and acting on that knowledge are two different things. To understand how memory can lead to different behaviors...

(University of Sydney) The largest study of its kind has found people in the overweight or obese range who drink alcohol are at greater risk of liver disease and mortality.

(CeMM Research Center for Molecular Medicine of the Austrian Academy of Sciences) RNA sequencing is a powerful technology for studying cells and diseases. Scientists from the research group of Christoph Bock, principal i...

(NIH/National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) In a study of 11 medical-mystery patients, an international team of researchers led by scientists at the National Institutes of Health and the Uniformed Servi...

(Nagoya University) Researchers at Nagoya University, Japan, have identified a plant enzyme that is key to activating a nitrate uptake mechanism in response to nitrogen starvation. This finding explains how plants meet t...

(University of California - Los Angeles Health Sciences) A new study shows that tai chi mirrors the beneficial effects of conventional exercise by reducing waist circumference in middle-aged and older adults with central...

(University of Calgary) University of Calgary study shows BPA exposure below regulatory levels can impact development of the brain's sleep centre, effecting behavior. The researchers found striking changes to the brain r...