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Shared Genetic Mechanisms Link Social Behavior in Bees and Humans

September 16, 2025 — University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USANew research published in PLOS Biology reveals that several genetic variants associated with social behavior in honey bees are located within genes previously linked to social behavior in humans. According to Ian Traniello and colleagues, these findings point to ancient molecular roots of social behavior that have been conserved across species. Understanding Individual Differences in Sociability In social species, individuals display varying levels of sociability — some are highly connected and…

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Pin1 is beneficial in Alzheimer's disease, detrimental to some forms of dementia

The most common form of dementia, Alzheimer’s disease, and a relatively rare hereditary form of dementia, frontotemporal dementia with parkinsonism-17, share a…

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Cisplatin’s Effectiveness Questioned in Anal Cancer Study

When administered before chemoradiation, the common anti-cancer drug cisplatin neither improved disease-free survival nor reduced the number of colostomies…

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Best Practices for Engineering Science Faculties in Germany

How can the engineering science faculties of German universities meet the increasing demand for engineers in Germany, the world champion in exports? How must…

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Migraine Linked to Higher Risk of Severe Skin Sensitivity

Researchers surveyed 16,573 people with headache about their type of headache, frequency, quality of life, depression and other illnesses that cause pain. The…

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Japan’s First Complete Household Panel Survey Data Released

Keio University concludes partnership with the Luxembourg Income Study (LIS) Keio University Household Panel Survey (KHPS), Japans first complete panel data…

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Greater Family Support: Key to Reducing Teenage Suicides

With the recent teenage suicides in Bridgend, South Wales, there have been demands for improved suicide prevention strategies. However little attention is paid…

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Inherited Cancer Mutation: A Common Cause in America

The findings provide a better understanding of the spread and prevalence of the American Founder Mutation, a common cause in North America of Lynch syndrome, a…

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Patients Overestimate Cancer Screening History, Study Reveals

Researchers from the Society’s Behavioral Research Center, led by Barbara D. Powe, PhD, RN, interviewed 116 African American female patients at a federally…

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Breakthrough in Aortic Valve Stenosis Treatment Unveiled

A team of scientists from the Université de Montréal and the Montreal Heart Institute Research Centre, led by Dr. Jean-Claude Tardif, has completed an…

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Research identifies first method for testing, assessing drug treatments for Chagas' disease

Now, new research just published by scientists at the University of Georgia has identified for the first time a sensitive method for testing and assessing the…

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Researchers detail chemotherapy's damage to the brain

A team of researchers at the University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) and Harvard Medical School have linked the widely used chemotherapy drug…

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University of Oklahoma Joins Key Feasibility Study in Meteorology

Led by Regents Professor Ken Crawford, Director of the Oklahoma Climatological Survey, the study team consists of a diverse collection of meteorological…

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Inhibiting Stress Oxidant: A New COPD Therapy Insight

The study “Oxidative Stress is an Important Component of Airway Inflammation in Mice Exposed to Cigarette Smoke or Lipopolysaccharide” investigates the…

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New Insights Into Seasonal Flu Virus Evolution

The new findings should help public health officials more quickly and accurately determine which strains to include in the annual flu vaccine. The study,…

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Sudden Oak Death Pathogen Evolution: New Insights Unveiled

“In this paper, we actually reconstruct the Sudden Oak Death epidemic,” said Matteo Garbelotto, UC Berkeley associate extension specialist and adjunct…

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Cancer Cells Spread Through Bubble-Like Vesicles

The cancer cells are able to communicate with their more healthy counter-parts by releasing vesicles. These bubble-like structures contain cancer-causing…

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