Patients with chronic myelomonocytic leukemia have limited treatment options, and those that exist are effective…
Month: March 2015
3-D human skin maps aid study of relationships between molecules, microbes and environment
Researchers have produced 3-D maps of molecular and microbial variations across the body. These maps…
New source of methane for gas hydrates in Arctic discovered
Researchers have identified a new source of methane for gas hydrates — ice-like substances found…
Climate-related disruptions of marine ecosystems: Decades to destroy, millennia to recover
A new study reports that marine ecosystems can take thousands, rather than hundreds, of years…
Clues to aging from long-lived lemurs
Researchers combed through more than 50 years of medical records on hundreds of lemurs for…
‘Wikipedia’ for neurons created
To help scientists make sense of ‘brain big data,’ researchers have used data mining to…
Stop blaming the moon: Intelligent people can develop strong entirely incorrect beliefs
The moon does not influence the timing of human births or hospital admissions, a new…
Oral drug normalizes blood potassium in 98 percent of kidney patients
A medication called ZS-9 normalized potassium in the blood of 98 percent of chronic kidney…
Research links two millennia of cyclones, floods, El NiƱo
Scientists have created a 2,200-year-long record of extreme rainfall events that might also help predict…
Cancer-targeting mechanism under development
Researchers are developing molecules that bind to more than 60 types of cancer. Several are…