Signatures of ethnicity in the genome appear to reflect an ethnic group’s shared culture and…
Month: January 2017
Nothing fishy about better nutrition for moms and babies
Researchers have found a way to provide mothers and young children in Cambodia with better…
Byzantine skeleton yields 800-year-old genomes from a fatal infection
New insight has been gained into the everyday hazards of life in the late Byzantine…
Hubble’s front row seat when galaxies collide
IRAS 14348-1447 is actually a combination of two gas-rich spiral galaxies doomed by gravity to…
Routine procalcitonin screening reduces hospital stays and costs for patients with sepsis
A dangerous and often deadly condition, sepsis affects more than a million Americans every year…
NASA study finds a connection between wildfires, drought
For centuries drought has come and gone across northern sub-Saharan Africa. In recent years, water…
Older adults with obesity less responsive to memory training than those with lower BMIs
In first study to compare results of cognitive training by BMI category, scientists found that…
Circulating fatty acids ratio may help predict bariatric weight loss surgery outcome
New findings may one day help clinicians predict the outcome of roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery.
Compound from chicory reveals possible treatment strategy for neurodegenerative disorders
In a new research report scientists used mice to show that chicoric acid, a component…
‘Dementia gene’ may guard against decline associated with parasitic disease
New research suggests that carriers of the Apolipoprotein E4 allele, which is the single strongest…