Adding livestock to poor households in developing countries such as Zambia is shown to improve…
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Children can benefit when adoptive, biological parents share adoption stories
‘Open’ adoptions, or adoptions in which adoptive families have ongoing interactions with the birth family…
New method for bone marrow transplants without using chemotherapy
Scientists have devised a way to destroy blood stem cells in mice without using chemotherapy…
New hope for shock patients in intensive care
Care for critically-ill patients with shock could be improved, it is hoped, after the first…
New disease gene linked to telomerase abnormalities in some cases of pulmonary fibrosis, emphysema
Researchers say they have identified a new disease gene that, when mutated, appears to increase…
Molecule in brain may drive cocaine addiction, scientists show
Increased levels of a molecule in the brain, called hypocretin, may contribute to cocaine addiction,…
Analysis of metastatic prostate cancers suggests treatment options
A new study maps out abnormal signaling pathways in prostate cancer cells and provides computational…
First-in-U.S. blood test that assesses risk of heart attack using plasma ceramides
A new type of blood test has been launched that will be used to predict…
New guidelines published for physicians treating patients with kidney stones
New extensive guidelines have been published for the surgical management of kidney stones. Kidney stones…
New technology enlisted in battle against hepatitis B
A method for “silencing” RNA that has recently emerged is in clinical trials in Europe,…