It turns out the white-lipped peccary —- a piglike animal from Central and South America…
Month: April 2013
Rare, lethal childhood disease tracked to protein
Scientists have identified how a defective protein plays a central role in a rare, lethal…
Family-friendly tenure policies result in salary penalty for professors
Well-intentioned policies to make achieving tenure more family-friendly actually have negative consequences for the salaries…
Pregnant women with high celiac disease antibodies are at risk for low birth weight babies
Pregnant women with mid to high levels of antibodies common in patients with celiac disease…
New methods to explore astrocyte effects on brain function
A new study presents new methods to evaluate how astrocytes contribute to brain function, paving…
Retirement expert: Medicare already means-tested
The Obama administration’s controversial proposal to means-test Medicare recipients has one small problem — the…
Common component strategy could improve profits
Manufacturing using common components can actually reduce product line cannibalization, a finding that could allow…
Personalized leadership key for keeping globally distributed teams on task
Companies with employees located around the globe can mitigate their isolation by taking a relationship-based…
Frequently used biologic agents might cause acute liver injury
A commonly used class of biologic response modifying drugs can cause acute liver injury with…
What happened to dinosaurs’ predecessors after Earth’s largest extinction 252 million years ago?
Predecessors to dinosaurs missed the race to fill habitats emptied when nine out of 10…