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(Lebanon, NH, 1/30/14) —Dartmouth researchers developed a new biological pathway-based computational model, called the Pathway-based Human Phenotype Network (PHPN), ...
Read the releaseHOUSTON — When comparing treatments designed to enable long-term breast preservation for older ...
Read the releaseNASA's Aqua satellite passed over Tropical Cyclone Dylan and captured both visible and infrared imagery of the storm as it began landfalling. The visible image showed the extent of the storm, ...
Read the releaseTORONTO, ON, January 30, 2014 – Women with a severe mental health-related disability are nearly four times more likely to have been a victim of intimate partner violence ...
Read the releaseBOSTON, January 30, 2014—It may be possible one day to treat several lung diseases by introducing proteins that direct lung stem cells to grow the specific cell types ...
Read the releaseEUGENE, Ore. -- University of Oregon biologists say they have opened the window on the natural ...
Read the releaseResearchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and in Lithuania have used a NIST-developed laboratory model of a simplified cell membrane ...
Read the releaseCINCINNATI - Researchers have developed a tool that allows caregivers to quickly and accurately predict the risk of death in children with septic shock – a systemic ...
Read the releaseIf you're afraid of snakes, you're really not going to like the next bit: some snakes can fly. It sounds like a frightful nightmare, but for Jake Socha, the discovery was the start of a fascinating odyssey to learn ...
Read the releaseA recent study by researchers from Emory's Rollins School of Public Health suggests that development of new childhood obesity cases, or incidence, is largely established by kindergarten. The study ...
Read the releaseClimate change is killing penguin chicks from the world's largest colony of Magellanic penguins, not just indirectly – by depriving them of food, as has been repeatedly documented for these and other ...
Read the releaseA number of floating ice shelves in Antarctica are at risk of disappearing entirely in the next 200 years, as global warming reduces their snow cover. Their ...
Read the releaseNew research from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden shows that medication used to treat ADHD in adult men can save lives on the road. According to a large registry study, which is now being published in the scientific journal JAMA ...
Read the releaseInvestigators with The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) Research Network have identified new potential therapeutic targets for a major form of bladder cancer, ...
Read the releaseHaving a slow reaction time in midlife increases risk of having died 15 years later, according to new research published in the journal PLOS ONE. Researchers from UCL and the University of Edinburgh looked at data ...
Read the releaseESO's Very Large Telescope has been used to create the first ever map of the weather on the surface of the nearest brown dwarf to Earth. An international team has made a chart of the ...
Read the releaseFewer than one in two children and young adults treated for anxiety achieve long-term relief from symptoms, according to the findings of a study by investigators from the Johns Hopkins Children's ...
Read the releaseRemnants of Neanderthal DNA in modern humans are associated with genes affecting type 2 diabetes, Crohn's disease, lupus, biliary cirrhosis and smoking behavior. They also concentrate in genes that influence skin and hair characteristics. ...
Read the releaseThe location, connectedness, and human use patterns in a building may influence the types of bacteria they house, according to a study ...
Read the releaseChanges in average climatic conditions combined with the increasing frequency of unpredictable, extreme weather events may disrupt scientific predictions of ...
Read the releaseEUGENE, Ore. -- The Lillis Business Complex set the bar for sustainable buildings 10 years ago when ...
Read the releasePreliminary results of a small clinical trial show that a vaccine used to treat women with high-grade precancerous cervical lesions triggers an immune cell response within the damaged tissue itself. ...
Read the releaseUniversity of British Columbia researchers have discovered a potential new treatment for a rare blood cancer that may also point the way to treating other more common diseases. Paroxysmal nocturnal ...
Read the releaseA new study highlights surprising differences between Herdwick sheep and their closest neighbouring UK upland breeds. The research, led by The Sheep Trust, a national charity based at the University of York, is ...
Read the releaseSponges are unique beings: they are invertebrates that live in symbiosis with sometimes hundreds of different types of bacteria; similar to lichens which are a biocoenosis of algae and fungi. "Put simply, many ...
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