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Credit: João Rodrigues (EPFL) There is no question that motivation is one of the hardest and yet important factors in life. It's the difference between success and failure, goal-setting and aimlessness, well-being and unhappiness. And…

Breast screening women aged 40-49 reduces breast cancer mortality, with minimal increased overdiagnosis, according to a study led by Queen Mary University of London that looked at data from 160,000 women. Breast screening women aged 40-49…

NEW YORK, NY (Aug. 12) -- Columbia researchers have uncovered an array of new genes that cause stillbirth, significantly increasing the understanding of the condition's genetic foundations. The findings suggest that genetic analysis could…

According to a new study, mortality rates from the most common lung cancer, non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), have fallen sharply in the United States in recent years, due primarily to recent advances in treatment. The study was led…

Credit: Texas A&M University College of Engineering Since the early 1930s, electron microscopy has provided unprecedented access to the alien world of the extraordinarily small, revealing intricate details that are otherwise impossible…

Adding targeted therapy to chemotherapy in Phase III trial is safe, results in 66% complete remission rate HOUSTON - A combination regimen of venetoclax and azacitidine was safe and improved overall survival (OS) over azacitidine alone in…

American Journal of Pathology publishes efficacy results from Houston Methodist clinical trialCredit: Houston Methodist HOUSTON-(Aug. 12, 2020) - A preliminary analysis of an ongoing study of more than 300 COVID-19 patients treated…

It took two years and $11 million, but eventually ranchers, politicians and scientists came to a consensus about how to prevent flooding in Tillamook, a coastal Oregon town. A recent study by Portland State University researchers…

Credit: UNSPLASH: Photo credits go to Matt Collamer Two weeks ago, Colorado State Patrol troopers began clearing out nearly 200 residents from homeless encampments that surround the Colorado Capitol. The enforcement of city ordinances…

Depleting key protein could protect against conditions marked by chronic inflammationCredit: UT Southwestern Medical Center DALLAS - Aug. 12, 2020 - In an animal model of multiple sclerosis (MS), decreasing the amount of a…

Credit: Purdue University photo/Mark Simons Your gut bacteria could say a lot about you, such as why you're diabetic or how you respond to certain drugs. But scientists can see only so much of the gastrointestinal tract to study the…

New treatment regimens for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) have shown early effectiveness in 85 percent of patients in a cohort that included many people with serious comorbidities that would have excluded them from clinical…

Updated evolutionary tree and biomechanical estimates of feathered dinosaurs and early birds show powered flight may have evolved in these animals at least three different timesCredit: Julius Csotonyi New research using the…

Time-shifted inhibition helps electric fish ignore their own signalsCredit: Matasaburo Fukutomi/Tsunehiko Kohashi Electric fish generate electric pulses to communicate with other fish and sense their surroundings. Some species…

Exposure to a past virus may have selected for variations in their immune genes, maybe aided in their survivalCredit: Ilaria Agostini At the start of her 2008 field season at El Parque El Piñalito in the Misiones province in northeastern…

Key characteristics of virus could aid in development of treatment for COVID-19Credit: Eric Ross and Sean Cascarina/Colorado State University Eric Ross and Sean Cascarina, biochemistry and molecular biology researchers at Colorado State…

Credit: Nicola Nelson AMES, Iowa - Scientists searching the most ancient corners of the genome of a reptile native to New Zealand found patterns that help explain how the genomes of all vertebrates took shape, according to a recently…

Gender gap leaves women experiencing adverse drug reactions nearly twice as often as men, study shows Women are more likely than men to suffer adverse side effects of medications because drug dosages have historically been based on…

Osmotic therapy device reduces swelling to prevent secondary injuries in ratsCredit: Victor Rodgers/UC Riverside When injured, the spinal cord swells, restricting blood flow, resulting in further, often critical and permanent motor,…

Researchers compare traditional cows milk based fortifiers with human milk based alternativeCredit: MU Sinclair School of Nursing COLUMBIA, Mo. - More than 380,000 babies are born prematurely in the United States each year, according…