Genetic profiling of cancer tumors provides new avenues for treatment of the disease, according to…
Month: July 2016
Improving safety of neutron sources
There is a growing interest in the scientific community in a type of high-power neutron…
Witnesses confuse innocent and guilty suspects with ‘unfair’ lineups
Police lineups in which distinctive individual marks or features are not altered can impair witnesses’…
Cord blood outperforms matched, unrelated donor in bone marrow transplant
A new study finds that three years post-bone marrow transplant, the incidence of severe chronic…
Engineers discover highly conductive materials for more efficient electronics
Engineers have discovered that interfacing two particular oxide-based materials makes them highly conductive, a boon…
Real-time imaging of fish gut ties bacterial competition to gut movements
In recent years, numerous diseases have been tied to variations in gut microbiota. The probiotics…
Genetic factors are responsible for creating anatomical patterns in the brain cortex
The highly consistent anatomical patterning found in the brain’s cortex is controlled by genetic factors.
Research tracks interplay of genes and environment on physical, educational outcomes
Over the course of the 20th century, genes began to play a greater role in…
New evidence: How amino acid cysteine combats Huntington’s disease
Researchers have reported they have identified a biochemical pathway linking oxidative stress and the amino…
Medicaid expansion increased Medicaid enrollment among liver transplant recipients
Researchers have found that Medicaid expansion increased Medicaid enrollment among people who received liver transplants…