A research team demonstrates effective safeguarding mechanisms for working with gene drives and unveils a…
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Researchers decode patterns that make our brains human
The human brain may be the most complex piece of organized matter in the known…
Kids with Medicaid, CHIP get more preventive care than those with private insurance
Children insured by Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) were more likely to…
Effect of pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV infection integrated with community health services
The rate of acquiring human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) was extremely low despite a high incidence…
Earth’s hidden groundwater mapped: Less than six per cent renewable within a human lifetime
The first data-driven estimate of the Earth’s total supply of groundwater shows that less than…
How depleting the gut microbiota protects from obesity
By studying mice without microbiota, scientists were able to demonstrate how the absence of microbiota…
Duchenne muscular dystrophy is a stem cell disease
For nearly 20 years, scientists have thought that the muscle weakness observed in patients with…
New method may help detect avocado pathogen earlier
An algorithm has helped scientists to detect laurel wilt, the deadly pathogen that threatens Florida’s…
Public health leaders urge far-reaching reforms to curb prescription opioid epidemic
A group of experts has issued recommendations aimed at stemming the prescription opioid epidemic, a…
High plains aquifer peak use by state, overall usage decline, study finds
The over-tapping of the High Plains Aquifer’s groundwater beyond the aquifer’s recharge rate peaked in…