A series of microRNA expression signatures may help to define progression of the precancerous condition…
Month: March 2013
Visceral fat causally linked to intestinal cancer
Visceral fat, or fat stored deep in the abdominal cavity, is directly linked to an…
Genomic screening to detect preventable rare diseases in healthy people?
Millions of people unknowingly carry rare gene mutations that put them at high risk of…
Insomnia is linked to increased risk of heart failure
People who suffer from insomnia appear to have an increased risk of developing heart failure,…
Stressed-out tadpoles grow larger tails to escape predators
When people or animals are thrust into threatening situations such as combat or attack by…
Putting HiFi into cochlear implants
Scientists have developed a way to reprogram cochlear implants that dramatically improves the quality and…
New report confirms almost half of Africa’s lions facing extinction
A new report concludes that nearly half of Africa’s wild lion populations may decline to…
New insight into double-protected dance of cell division
Biochemists recently gained new insight into how protein synthesis and degradation help to regulate the…
Assembling the transcriptome of a noxious weed: New resources for studying how plants invade
Scientists have assembled transcriptomes of a noxious weed, Brachypodium sylvaticum, or slender false brome. The…
Modeling Jupiter and Saturn’s possible origins
New theoretical modeling provides clues to how the gas giant planets in our solar system…