Many cancer treatments work by disrupting the formation of new blood vessels that feed growing tumors. Agents that block a vessel-promoting factor called VEGF…
“These findings establish that genetic factors play a strong role in autism spectrum disorder,” says Acting NIH Director Raynard Kington, M.D., Ph.D. “Detailed…
The Large Hadron Collider is an enormous particle accelerator whose 17-mile tunnel straddles the borders of France and Switzerland. A group of physicists at…
People with higher measures of cognitive ability are more likely to make good choices in several different types of economic decisions, according to a new…
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have identified a novel protein which, when over-expressed, leads to a dramatic…
20 specimens of the Caribbean giant barrel sponge were removed and reattached at Conch Reef off of Key Largo, Florida in 2004 and 2005 at depths of 15m and…
Scientists at the University of Central Florida in Orlando have revived a dormant gene found in humans and coaxed it to produce retrocyclin, a protein that…
The American Urological Association (AUA) today issued new clinical guidance – which directly contrasts recent recommendations issued by other major groups –…
Children who are firstborn or breech or whose mothers are 35 or older when giving birth are at significantly greater risk for developing an autism spectrum…
An influenza vaccine that protects against death and serious complications from different strains of flu is a little closer to reality, Saint Louis University…
“Nanoneedle-based delivery is a powerful new tool for studying biological processes and biophysical properties at the molecular level inside living cells,”…
Their study, of adults over age 50, also found that women, but not men, get an added health benefit when paired with someone who is conscientious and neurotic.This is the first large-scale analysis of what the authors call the “compensatory conscientiousness effect,” the boost in health reported by those with conscientious spouses or romantic partners. The study appears this month in Psychological Science….
Ayungin (Leiopotherapon plumbeus), a freshwater fish species endemic in the Philippines, is thinning in population. It is a small silver-colored fish used to…
During the last two decades, astronomers have found hundreds of planets orbiting stars outside our solar system. New research indicates they might have found…
Over the past decade, the use of online courses in post-secondary education has gone from an experiment to an all out explosion, as institutions look at new…
Landfilled waste decomposes in the absence of oxygen and results in the production of methane. Landfills are classified as the second-largest human-made source…
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