The CRISPR/Cas9 gene-editing platform may need more tweaking before it can be used as an…
Month: April 2016
Run for your life: Exercise protects against cancer
When you’re pounding along an icy pavement or sweating through a gym workout, you try…
Scientists store digital images in DNA, and retrieves them perfectly
Researchers have developed one of the first complete systems to store digital data in DNA…
Open operations for gallbladder removal drop 90 percent at 1 institution over 30 years
While minimally invasive surgical techniques have made operations easier and recovery time faster, there is…
Mobility and motivation: Job switching stokes competitive behavior
Moving to a rival firm leads to a conflict of identities — and causes movers…
Gray matter abnormality predicts neurodevelopmental problems in smaller premature babies
A new study has explored a more objective system for scoring MRIs — and in…
Ensuring the integrity of our genetic material during reproduction
The genetic information we receive from our parents in the form of chromosomes are mosaics…
Study suggests epiregulin as target in lung cancer
A new potential biomarker and target has been identified in lung cancer, namely epiregulin, an…
Drop in body temperature linked to aging aggravates manifestations of Alzheimer’s disease
The drop in body temperature associated with aging could aggravate the main manifestations of Alzheimer’s,…
Middle-aged adults with hearing loss have substantially higher health care costs
The costs of health care have been compared for a matched group of privately insured…