Researchers have genetically modified yeast to prevent it from metabolizing protein, leading to higher yields…
Month: February 2015
Expert panel recommends new sleep durations
The National Sleep Foundation, along with a multi-disciplinary expert panel, issued its new recommendations for…
Risk for autism increases for abandoned children placed in institutions
Children who were abandoned to institutional care have an increased risk for behaviors similar to…
Shrinking range of pikas in California mountains linked to climate change
The American pika, a small animal with a big personality that has long delighted hikers…
Impact of fetal gender on risk of preterm birth
Preterm birth, a delivery before 37 weeks of gestation, is one of the most serious…
Interval between first and second pregnancy strongly impacts preterm birth risk
The variation of interval from delivery time to conception of the next pregnancy has a…
Dance of the nanovortices captured and recorded with help of X-ray holography
It is a familiar phenomenon: If a spinning top is set in rotation on an…
Physician guidelines for Googling patients need revisions
With the Internet and social media becoming woven into the modern medical practice, researchers contend…
Break on through to the other side: How HIV penetrates the blood-brain barrier
A new research report solves the mystery of how HIV penetrates the blood-brain barrier by…
Biological markers associated with high-risk pancreatic lesions
Pancreatic cancer affects approximately 46,000 people each year in the United States and ranks fourth…