It has been established that the activation of protease-activated receptor-2 (PAR-2) phosphorylates endothelial nitric oxide…
Month: March 2016
Scientists issue report advances in basal cell carcinoma
A new report details how two relatively new drugs are helping patients with basal cell…
Agriculture expansion could reduce rainfall in Brazil’s Cerrado
Cropland recycles less water into the atmosphere than native vegetation in Brazil’s wooded savannas, which…
Landscape evolution and hazards
Landscapes are formed by a combination of uplift and erosion. Uplift from plate tectonics raises…
Improved patient outcomes linked to specific health IT resources in hospitals
The number of health information technology vendors has increased from 60 to more than 1,000…
Proteins associated with schizophrenia hang around longer than previously thought
While most scientists believe that TCF4 proteins degraded and disappeared after they assigned jobs to…
Prostate-specific antigen screening publications influence biopsy rates, associated complications
While absolute rates of biopsy and post-biopsy complications have decreased following several benchmark prostate-specific antigen…
Improving battery performance testing
Scientists have demonstrated that the placement and type of a tiny measurement device called a…
Proving the genetic code’s flexibility
Three-letter codons in a genome sequence can represent one of the 20 regularly used amino…
New tumbleweed species rapidly expanding range
Two invasive species of tumbleweed have hybridized to create a new species of tumbleweed that…