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Cambridge, UK, February 4, 2014 - A recent prospective study published in Reproductive BioMedicine Online comparing conventional IVF with a novel simplified laboratory method of culturing embryos suggested that fertilization ...
Read the releaseWhile the results of smoking may be expected to decrease fitness, new research, published in Respirology, has found that smokers are less physically active, lack motivation and are more likely to ...
Read the releaseLos Angeles, London (February 04, 2014). Smokers are increasingly turning to electronic cigarettes as a means to reduce the health impacts of their addiction. But legislators around the world are far from unified ...
Read the releaseGreat eyes, full lips and harmonious features: actress Angelina Jolie is in possession of all of these. That she is regarded as ...
Read the releasePhiladelphia, Pa. (February 4, 2014) – Nearly one-third ...
Read the releaseCINCINNATI – Researchers used blood platelets and bone marrow cells to deliver potentially curative gene therapy to mouse models of the human genetic disorder Hurler ...
Read the releaseIt is a big dream in science: To start from scratch with simple artificial microskopic building blocks and end up with something much more complex: living systemts, novel computers or every-day ...
Read the releaseThe sun emitted a mid-level solar flare, beginning at 11:57 p.m. EST on Feb. 3, 2014, and peaking at midnight EST. NASA released images of the flare as captured ...
Read the releaseWashington, D.C.—New research shows that a remarkable defect in synthetic diamond produced by chemical vapor deposition allows researchers to measure, witness, and potentially manipulate electrons in a manner that could ...
Read the releaseNew research from the University of Iowa supports the claim that tele-emergency services can successfully extend emergency care ...
Read the releaseBacterial urinary tract infections are a painful nuisance. A team of researchers led by scientists ...
Read the releaseWASHINGTON (Feb. 4, 2014) – A new study by George Washington University (GW) researcher Michael Bukrinsky, M.D., Ph.D., shows similarities in the pathogenesis of prion disease — misfolded ...
Read the releaseAURORA, Colo. (Feb. 4, 2014) – While adults make up 95 percent of those who die annually from vaccine preventable diseases, ...
Read the releaseA study of 230 patients with bipolar I disorder whose symptoms were severe enough to warrant admission to a Rhode Island psychiatric hospital in 2010 reveals that more than a third were there despite taking four ...
Read the releasePITTSBURGH—Facebook, now celebrating its 10th anniversary, is a proven success in what the late Nobel laureate ...
Read the releaseThis news release is available in French. Montreal, February 4, 2014 — By 2018, it is estimated that the global pharmaceutical ...
Read the releaseThe state of Qatar occupies a small peninsula of 11,500 km2 within the Arabian Peninsula. Both Qatar's population and economy have increased rapidly during the last decades, thus putting ...
Read the releaseDesigning nanomedicine to combat diseases is a hot area of scientific research, primarily for treating cancer, but very little is known in the context of atherosclerotic disease. ...
Read the releaseRIVERSIDE, Calif. — The Asian citrus psyllid (ACP) can spread the lethal and ...
Read the releaseA new Dartmouth study provides the first evidence that people use the same brain circuitry to figure out space, time and social distances. The findings, which help reveal ...
Read the releaseA new study from the University of Iowa shows evidence that stock price movements are, in fact, predictable during short windows. The study by researchers in ...
Read the releaseWhen putting together a team of scientists to work on a problem, it makes sense to bring together the best and brightest in the field, right? Well, maybe not. In a newly published paper, a team of researchers from ...
Read the releaseBoston, MA – According to the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, breast cancer ...
Read the releaseQueen's University Belfast's world renowned cancer specialist, Professor Patrick Johnston, whose work has transformed cancer care in Northern Ireland, is now leading ...
Read the releaseUnderstanding and properly studying fear is partly a matter of correctly defining fear itself, New York University neuroscientist Joseph LeDoux writes in a new essay published in Proceedings ...
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