Fructose, a form of sugar linked to obesity and diabetes, is converted in the human…
Month: February 2017
Removing barriers to early intervention for autistic children: A new model shows promise
Acting on recommendations from the South Carolina Act Early Team, South Carolina changed its policies…
Tumor protein could hold key to pancreatic cancer survival
A diagnosis of pancreatic cancer is often a death sentence because current chemotherapies have little…
Patients registered in a heart failure registry lived longer
Heart failure patients registered in the Swedish Heart Failure Registry receive better medication and have…
Sons of cocaine-using fathers have profound memory impairments
Fathers who use cocaine at the time of conceiving a child may be putting their…
Trilobite eggs in New York
Despite a plethora of exceptionally preserved trilobites, trilobite reproduction has remained a mystery. No previously…
Last year’s El Niño waves battered California shore to unprecedented degree
Last winter’s El Niño may have felt weak to residents of Southern California, but it…
Anti-aging gene identified as a promising therapeutic target for older melanoma patients
An anti-diabetic drug can inhibit the growth of melanoma in older patients by activating an…
Researchers use laser-generated bubbles to create 3-D images in liquid
Researchers have developed a completely new type of display that creates 3-D images by using…
Direct-to-consumer genomics: Harmful or empowering?
In a new study, a research explores questions that stem from new advances in direct-to-consumer…