• The interstitium, scientists found, is under our skin and between our organs. (nationalgeographic.com)
  • Female snakes have clitorises, scientists have detailed for the first time in a study of the animal's sex organs. (motherjones.com)
  • The scientists, all of whom are women, say previous research had mistaken the organs as scent glands or underdeveloped versions of penises, in a study that criticized the comparatively limited research into female sex organs. (motherjones.com)
  • My "Meet the Scientist" series brings you conversations with NCEH/ATSDR scientists that aim to give you a sense of the talented people who are working to keep you safe and secure from those things in the environment that threaten our nation's health. (cdc.gov)
  • ATSDR found no link between environmental factors and PV in this area. (cdc.gov)
  • ATSDR scientists confirmed 38 cases of PV using a recently discovered genetic marker known as JAK2. (cdc.gov)
  • ATSDR found that groups of cases were scattered throughout the tri-county area in no predictable pattern. (cdc.gov)
  • ATSDR scientists surveyed 72 residents in the three counties. (cdc.gov)
  • Microplastics have been described as a significant threat to marine life and have been found in rivers, oceans and Arctic regions. (independent.co.uk)
  • Keith Koehler, a spokesman for the NASA facility in Wallops Island, Virginia, says Moisan was a scientist studying oceans and phytoplankton. (wtop.com)
  • An international team of researchers says they found a couple dozen of these distinctly different orcas roaming in the oceans off southern Chile in January. (nbcnews.com)
  • The researchers found that the top wind speeds in the strongest tropical cyclones have been increasing. (voanews.com)
  • In a study published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B , the researchers found that snakes have two individual clitorises-hemiclitores-separated by tissue and hidden by skin on the underside of the tail. (motherjones.com)
  • As well, after five weeks and again after three months, the researchers found that kids were more receptive to eating vegetables, though they still weren't hitting the daily recommended minimum. (slashgear.com)
  • Using Cassini's composite infrared spectrometer, or CIRS -- which can identify the spectral fingerprints of individual chemicals in the atmospheric brew -- researchers found a large, high-altitude cloud made of the same frozen chemical. (nasa.gov)
  • Janusz (John) Antoni Brzozowski (May 10, 1935 - October 24, 2019) was a Polish-Canadian computer scientist and Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the University of Waterloo's David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science. (wikipedia.org)
  • It's a textbook case of how the government, in this case the Air Force, wields classification rules unevenly and withholds information illegally when its disclosure would prove embarrassing or costly," said Stephen Schwartz, the former publisher of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. (fas.org)
  • In a huge new discovery, scientists may have just found a possible new vaccine for a very common sexually transmitted disease. (biospace.com)
  • During that time, the professor of pediatrics and molecular virology and microbiology, and the founding dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, was nominated for a Nobel Prize, developed a nonprofit COVID-19 vaccine, and worked tirelessly to keep the public informed. (medscape.com)
  • To this end, and in recognition to the call by WHO to African countries to be part of the global effort to find `One Vaccine for all' to support in the fight against COVID-19, Kenya has joined up with others to be part of this global race to find an effective vaccine. (who.int)
  • When they examined the sediments, the research team found that there were many different species of microbes surviving - and thriving - in the extreme climate those sediments. (forbes.com)
  • Scientists have discovered that an amino acid called asparagine is essential for breast cancer spread, and by restricting it, cancer cells stopped invading other parts of the body in mice, according to research part-funded by Cancer Research UK and published in the journal Nature today, (Wednesday). (news-medical.net)
  • Researchers at the Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute found that blocking the production of asparagine with a drug called L-asparaginase in mice, and putting them on a low-asparagine diet, greatly reduced the breast cancer's ability to spread. (news-medical.net)
  • In a meta-analysis, scientists combine and analyze data from multiple studies and look for broad trends in the research. (motherjones.com)
  • That finding prompted charges that IARC had reached that conclusion by willfully ignoring then-unpublished research that might have exonerated glyphosate, a controversy my colleague Kiera Butler laid out here . (motherjones.com)
  • The new study does not ask why, but earlier research , including an analysis published last year by the NIH, has found that black applicants are more likely to propose studying health disparities, which are less likely to be funded by the agency. (chronicle.com)
  • Warner, who has also conducted research on mentorship, noted that another explanation for the lower award rates could be that underrepresented-minority scientists tend to have smaller professional networks. (chronicle.com)
  • This finding represents an avenue for a cure," study co-author Didier Raoult of the French Institute of Health and Medical Research (Inserm) told AFP. (straitstimes.com)
  • Valentine and Reddy were on a cruise aboard the WHOI-operated research vessel Atlantis, following up on undersea mapping survey by the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) and the work of UCSB earth scientist Ed Keller. (scienceblog.com)
  • MIT research scientist Christopher Carr is part of a group that's "building a a miniature RNA/DNA sequencer to search for life beyond Earth," according to his website . (latimes.com)
  • It was this personal experience of migraine that inspired Bates, now a chemistry professor at Brigham Young University in the US, to become a scientist and research the illness. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • Unfortunately there aren't many scientists working on migraine research, says Bates, who suggests it's because the condition is very complex and unpredictable. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • It's raining multicoloured plastic in the Rocky Mountains , according to the latest research that suggests microplastics are found in even the most remote parts of our planet. (independent.co.uk)
  • Authorities say a NASA research scientist who worked at the Wallops Flight Facility has been found dead a day after her family reported her missing. (wtop.com)
  • It's critical to find safe treatments that can rescue the brain from impairment," Noble said, "because despite increasing awareness and research in this area, some people continue to endure short-term memory loss, mental cloudiness, and trouble concentrating. (rochester.edu)
  • New drug compounds have greater value if they do not compromise the effects of existing treatments, and in this case, Noble said, the experiments in his laboratory agreed with studies by other research groups, who found that the combined use of AZD6244 and chemotherapy enhances targeting of cancer cells. (rochester.edu)
  • A certain number of aerosol particles in the air increases rainfall, but an overabundance of them retards it, according to new research by a group of international scientists, led by Prof. Daniel Rosenfeld of the Institute of Earth Sciences at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. (sott.net)
  • In the new research, scientists genetically modified mice to produce the naked mole rat version of the hyaluronan synthase 2 gene - responsible for making a protein that produces HMW-HA. (yahoo.com)
  • Niedernhofer listed several barriers that get in the way of anti-aging research -- also known as "geroscience" -- including funding issues, a lack of physician scientists and infrastructure for geriatric clinical trials, and a lack of biomarkers that report how well an individual is aging. (medpagetoday.com)
  • Recent research in the Streptococcus Lab (StrepLab) at CDC is improving how scientists identify infections that are part of an outbreak. (cdc.gov)
  • By putting them in contact with scientists of various kinds, we can demonstrate how knowledge, solutions and policy emerges from the research community. (lu.se)
  • For clouds that condense, this equilibrium is mandatory, like the law of gravity,' said Robert Samuelson, an emeritus scientist at Goddard and a co-author of the paper. (nasa.gov)
  • Writing in Science Translational Medicine , Stanford University researcher Joel Dudley and his colleagues applied the logic that if we know which genes alter their activities in a certain disease, and we can find a drug that has the reverse effect on those same genes, then that drug might well reverse at least some of the symptoms. (thenakedscientists.com)
  • For instance, in 2011, scientists revealed how they found three genes linked to an increased risk for migraine headache in the general population , while in 2012, another group reported finding four new genes that predispose people to migraine without aura . (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • Professor Tarlinton said the discovery would mean researchers could now search for the trigger of Myb production and find out what genes Myb controls. (edu.au)
  • Most commonly, SNPs are found in the DNA between genes . (medlineplus.gov)
  • They can act as biological markers, helping scientists locate genes that are associated with disease. (medlineplus.gov)
  • LONG BEACH, Calif. - The announcement this week that astronomers have found a potential alien world that could be the most Earth-like exoplanet yet is raising a big question: How will scientists confirm the existence of a true alien Earth? (livescience.com)
  • In future, the scientists believe that alongside conventional treatments like chemotherapy, breast cancer patients could be given a diet in hospital that restricts asparagine to help stop the disease spreading and improve outcomes. (news-medical.net)
  • It is a group of scientists, patients, family members, advocates, and healthcare providers who want to help find treatments for rare cancers. (bvs.br)
  • We think that working as a team will help us find treatments for rare cancers faster. (bvs.br)
  • The panel further found NMFS used the "best available science" and produced evidence of "significant adverse impacts" to species and critical habitat, including unacceptable harm to salmon. (counterpunch.org)
  • Although we did find some pests, like those that infest stored food products or may damage clothing and other textiles, we did not find many of the pest species of cockroaches, fleas or any bed bugs," Bertone said. (mongabay.com)
  • They don't look like other killer whales, and they don't eat like them, either, scientists say of the species discovered near South America. (nbcnews.com)
  • Scientists are waiting for DNA tests from a tissue sample but think it may be a distinct species. (nbcnews.com)
  • AP) -- Scientists say they've discovered a new dinosaur species in South Africa that may help explain how the creatures evolved into the largest animals on land. (phys.org)
  • Rothberg is working with NASA-funded scientists from MIT and Harvard to adapt his company's Personal Genome Machine for use on Mars, the report says. (latimes.com)
  • The puzzling appearance of an ice cloud seemingly out of thin air has prompted NASA scientists to suggest that a different process than previously thought -- possibly similar to one seen over Earth's poles -- could be forming clouds on Saturn's moon Titan. (nasa.gov)
  • PARIS (AFP) - French scientists on Tuesday unveiled the genetic mechanism by which they believe two men were spontaneously cured of HIV, and said the discovery may offer a new strategy in the fight against Aids. (straitstimes.com)
  • Scientists initially thought it could be one family of killer whales that had a specific mutation, but the January discovery and all the photos in between point to a different type, Pitman said. (nbcnews.com)
  • While CDC's scientists were developing the cluster detection tool in 2017, epidemiologists in Minnesota noticed an increase in invasive group A strep infections. (cdc.gov)
  • A recent report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that 33 percent of hospitalized patients were African American, though black residents made up 18 percent of the population studied. (chronicle.com)
  • Sarah began her time as CDC in 2010 in the division of violence prevention where she was the lead scientist for the national centers in excellence and youth violence prevention. (cdc.gov)
  • A novel mutation in a mouse gene, which could provide new insights into the genetic roots of alcoholism in humans has been pinpointed by scientists. (medindia.net)
  • A scientist who was plagued by migraines as a teenager has identified a gene mutation that makes people more susceptible to the condition. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • They worked with two groups of mice, one genetically engineered to have the new-found migraine mutation and the other were normal lab mice. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • Mice with the naked mole rat version of the gene were found to have better protection against both spontaneous tumours and chemically induced skin cancer, scientists said. (yahoo.com)
  • If he can build a machine to find it, the next steps would be to decode its DNA, beam it back to Earth, put those genetic instructions into a cell and then boot up a Martian life form in a biosecure lab. (latimes.com)
  • After searching for genetic mutations that were common to both families, they found one that affects the production of a protein called casein kinase delta. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • How scientists locate SNPs in the genome is explained by the University of Utah Genetic Science Learning Center. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Previous studies have found that up to 42% of the lack in response stems from genetic factors that affect medication metabolism. (medscape.com)
  • The scientists uncovered several different types of known bacterial groups, but were forced to conclude in their paper that 23% or the organisms they found could only be classed as "unidentified bacterium. (forbes.com)
  • Keynote speakers, including WPA President Prof. Afzal Javed and Prof. Norman Sartorius, stressed upon the importance of finding innovative solutions in psychiatry training and the need to improve teaching and training in the field of psychiatry, especially in the provision of leadership and communication skills. (lu.se)
  • Specifically, in autistic brains, they found increased levels of the proteins nestin and CD34-molecular markers of angiogenesis-compared to typical brains. (nyu.edu)
  • Researchers worldwide continue to fight this both common and deadly disease, including a group of EU-funded scientists led by the Vienna-based Institute of Molecular Biotechnology of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (IMBA). (europa.eu)
  • Scientists successfully introduced into mice a gene responsible for making high molecular weight hyaluronic acid (HMW-HA) - a molecule responsible for naked mole rats' unusual resistance to cancer. (yahoo.com)
  • With this study, we provided the analytical framework of using eBird, a Citizen Scientist database ( https://www.citizenscience.gov ), to elucidate the dynamic distribution of wild birds and their potential for avian influenza virus (AIV) exchange with domestic poultry. (cdc.gov)
  • Genome sequence information allows scientists to track new strains and antibiotic resistance trends. (cdc.gov)
  • StrepLab scientists realized they could also use genome sequences to find connections between invasive group A strep infections. (cdc.gov)
  • Before genome sequencing, scientists only knew the type of group A strep strains, not if they were identical or near identical. (cdc.gov)
  • In salivary gland tissue from one of the people who had died, as well as from a living person with acute COVID-19, the scientists detected specific sequences of viral RNA that indicated cells were actively making new copies of the virus - further bolstering the evidence for infection. (nih.gov)
  • But some might also come from dark matter particles, and, if so, the scientists expect to see seasonal variations in the signal because the Earth's speed through our galaxy changes depending on its direction of motion. (newscientist.com)
  • They found 365 particles of microplastics in each square metre, according to the study published in Nature Geoscience . (independent.co.uk)
  • MONDAY, Jan. 25, 2010 (HealthDay News) -- The sequencing of nearly 100 full genomes from three successive epidemics of flesh-eating bacteria have given scientists the first clear picture of the biological events that contribute to deadly epidemics of severe infection. (healthday.com)
  • If scientists are successful, "it will take a longer time period to grow old biologically -- maybe it'll take 90 years to become [the biological equivalent of] 70, or 80 years to become 60, or something along those lines," said Jay Olshansky, PhD, of the University of Illinois at Chicago. (medpagetoday.com)
  • Dr. Bellini and her colleagues found that the mutant plants over-accumulate ARF17 mRNA within the hypocotyl, pointing to ARF17 as a major regulator of adventitious rooting and microRNA-mediated regulation as a major regulator of ARF17. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Bates and colleagues found that their migraine mice also showed a reduced threshold for induction of cortical spreading depression (CSD), a wave of electrical silence in the brain that follows electrical stimulation. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • But when CIRS also didn't find the vapor, Anderson and her Goddard and Caltech colleagues proposed an altogether different explanation. (nasa.gov)
  • Using atmospheric simulations, they found plastic waste was transported through the atmosphere from at least 100 kilometres away. (independent.co.uk)
  • Venter has already sent his yacht around the globe to scoop up seawater and sequence whatever DNA it found in marine microbes. (latimes.com)
  • The specimens, one fly and two mites found in millimeter-scale droplets of amber from northeastern Italy, are about 100 million years older than any other amber arthropod ever collected. (amnh.org)
  • I was surprised to find over 10,000 specimens in the 50 homes, as well as the fact that several groups could be found in 100 percent of the homes," Bertone said. (mongabay.com)
  • Results of the model have been "eerily close" to the data from actual fusion experiments, said Thomas Eich, a senior scientist at the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics in Garching, Germany, who gave an invited talk on his measurements of scrape-off layers. (princeton.edu)
  • Reviewing the emerging literature on how cute infants and animals affect the brain, the Oxford University team found that cuteness supports key parental capacities by igniting fast privileged neural activity followed by slower processing in large brain networks also involved in play, empathy, and perhaps even higher-order moral emotions. (ox.ac.uk)
  • The team found a "compelling link" between exposure to glyphosate-based weedkillers and non-Hodgkin lymphoma. (motherjones.com)
  • And in a final set of tests, the team found that astrocytes (star-shaped cells that provide essential support to brain cells) in the brains of the mutant mice showed increased calcium signalling compared with those of normal mice. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • Despite the surprisingly large diversity of arthropods in the 50 homes, most were harmless, the team found. (mongabay.com)
  • For instance, the team found German cockroaches in only six percent of the homes, and fleas in only 10 percent of the homes. (mongabay.com)
  • I believe we need to look at creating organizations that are similar to what climate scientists have done, since the attacks on biomedical scientists aren't so different from the attacks on climate scientists. (medscape.com)
  • In earlier studies, they found that stress to the skin cells caused by ultraviolet radiation, heat or other rosacea triggers results in a cascade of events in the body in which the production of one substance leads to another. (rosacea.org)
  • In order to preserve CAMP's benefits, the researchers examined elements along the pathway to its production and found a substance known as SP1 (a type of lipid) that is responsible for the upstream signal that eventually leads to increased CAMP production. (rosacea.org)
  • Researchers from the US group Amgen meanwhile performed another set of mouse treatment tests and found that pharmacologic blocking of the RANKL system plays a crucial role in delaying mammary tumour formation, which in turn results in fewer breast cancers in mice. (europa.eu)
  • To find out whether topiramate is actually be effective at treating the disease, a group of rats with the rodent equivalent of ulcerative colitis were given either prednisolone, topiramate or a placebo. (thenakedscientists.com)
  • A new study has found that arthropods - a group of animals that have an external skeleton and jointed legs - thrive in U.S. homes. (mongabay.com)
  • We are an international group of scientists with deep interests in natural sciences, programming, ecology and climate. (lu.se)
  • They found that the mutant mice had a significantly lower threshold for nitroglycerin-induced sensitivity than the normal mice. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • Scientists have successfully transferred a gene linked to longevity from naked mole rats to mice, an advance that has led to improved health and an extension of the mouse's lifespan . (yahoo.com)
  • The paper, co-authored by Tulane scientists Shi-Yong Yu and Ping Hu, reveals some good news for residents of the New Orleans area. (nsf.gov)
  • During the most challenging days of the COVID-19 pandemic, scientist Peter J. Hotez, MD, PhD, became a household name, thanks to his daily appearances on cable news stations, NPR, and the BBC. (medscape.com)
  • In 2005, he wrote an essay in Nature challenging the importance of "cell theory"-a concept that holds cells as the basic structure of all organisms, and in 2001, he published a paper finding that adult stem cells could be made to act similarly to embryonic cells. (nationalgeographic.com)
  • MicroRNAs are tiny ribonucleic acid (RNA) molecules (~22 nucleotides long) that recently have been found to play important roles in regulating gene expression in eukaryotic organisms, including plants and animals. (sciencedaily.com)
  • This finding adds vital information to our understanding of how we can stop cancer spreading - the main reason patients die from their disease. (news-medical.net)
  • The organ has seemingly been hidden in plain sight, and scientists say they missed it because of the way tissue is studied. (nationalgeographic.com)
  • To find these pockets of interstitial fluid, medical researchers looked at living tissue instead of sampling dead tissue samples. (nationalgeographic.com)
  • In the microscopic analysis, the scientists were blind to the nature of the tissue, not knowing if it came from an autistic brain or a typical one. (nyu.edu)
  • The study found the hemiclitores are comprised of erectile tissue that likely swell with blood, as well as nerve bundles which "may be indicative of tactile sensitivity, similar to the mammalian clitoris. (motherjones.com)
  • Equipment problems prevented the scientists from recording enough of the whale songs, but they used a crossbow to get a tissue sample. (nbcnews.com)
  • He spoke to New Scientist after attending the announcement by DAMA project leader Rita Bernabei of the University of Rome, Italy. (newscientist.com)
  • The witnesses who spoke at the hearing emphasized that they weren't trying to find therapies to greatly extend the human lifespan or help people live forever, but instead, they are researching therapies that would allow people to spend most of their time living active, healthy lives, right up to the end of life. (medpagetoday.com)
  • Saturated fatty acids are commonly found in animal fat, including dairy products. (cdc.gov)
  • Reddy's unique chance came courtesy of UCSB earth scientist and lead author David L. Valentine, who first came upon the largest of the structures?named Il Duomo?and brought back a chunk of the brittle, black material in 2007 from an initial dive in Alvin, which WHOI operates for the US Navy. (scienceblog.com)
  • While we have long known that babies look cute, Oxford University researchers have found that cuteness is designed to appeal to all our senses - even our noses! (ox.ac.uk)
  • Scientists, including those from the University of Rochester in the US, say the findings open exciting possibilities for demystifying the secrets of ageing and extending the human lifespan. (yahoo.com)
  • This study shows that scientists can gain new and exciting insights by tapping into the enormous wealth of natural diversity among animals. (news-medical.net)
  • RNA for two key entry proteins - known as the ACE2 receptor and the TMPRSS2 enzyme-was found in certain cells of the salivary glands and tissues lining the oral cavity. (nih.gov)
  • Evidence of autism may be found in the composition and malfunction of the brain's blood vessels, a team of scientists has found. (nyu.edu)
  • An international team of scientists has found evidence that SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, infects cells in the mouth. (nih.gov)
  • An international team of scientists has discovered the oldest record of arthropods-invertebrate animals that include insects, arachnids, and crustaceans-preserved in amber. (amnh.org)
  • I was also surprised that cobweb spiders were found in 65 percent of rooms - more than I thought would be the case. (mongabay.com)
  • No studies have found a clear link between mpox and water in pools, hot tubs, or splash pads. (cdc.gov)
  • An independent peer review panel found the NMFS findings are backed by "comprehensive analyses, new data, and modeling," according to a statement from the Golden Gate Salmon Association (GGSA). (counterpunch.org)
  • It would be very good if a regulatory agency could take the lead to organize a panel, very carefully look at the data, and develop surrogate endpoints that are trustworthy, that most scientists believe in," Horvath said. (medpagetoday.com)
  • found in the data documentation. (cdc.gov)
  • Knowing that nutrition status is an important determinant of health, it is a wonderful opportunity to be able to provide critical information so that public health scientists can develop better recommendations for dietary intake and personal lifestyle. (cdc.gov)
  • He's a practice oriented scientist with experience in public health. (cdc.gov)
  • The study found that, along with brain areas that tell muscles to create notes, separate circuits in the motor cortex enable the fast starts and stops that form a conversation between vocal partners. (news-medical.net)
  • In June, another study found British rivers are so polluted with waste almost all samples contain microplastics. (independent.co.uk)
  • Shocked scientists uncovered the rat-catching macaques on palm oil plantations - and say the hungry predators could be used as pest control. (foxnews.com)
  • So scientists now say than rather than being a pest, the macaques can instead be seen as a natural pest-controller. (foxnews.com)
  • Scientists have revealed a method that may change that, however, and it involves exposure to a large variety of vegetables. (slashgear.com)
  • Lurking just under your skin might be a new organ only now identified for the first time, say a team of scientists. (nationalgeographic.com)
  • Scientists - who were studying nitrogen pollution at the time - collected rainwater samples across Colorado and analysed them using microscopes. (independent.co.uk)
  • Pharmacogenomic testing for antidepressants could help reduce the time and cost it takes to find the most effective medication for a patient, according to a new study. (medscape.com)
  • In addition, the model found that patients who underwent pharmacogenomic testing spent 15% more time in the "well" state without depression symptoms and 18% less time in the MDD state with recurrent episodes or refractory depression. (medscape.com)
  • They need a lead scientist to be at the top and I'm clearly one of the candidates. (medscape.com)