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Newborns get infection protection, not just digestion, from gut bacteria, new study in mice shows
Hundreds of thousands of babies worldwide die every year from infections that ravage their digestive systems.…
New data unearths pesticide peril in beehives
Honeybees -- employed to pollinate crops during the blooming season -- encounter danger due to lingering…
Is soda bad for your brain? (And is diet soda worse?)
Excess sugar -- especially the fructose in sugary drinks -- might damage your brain, new research…
Preliminary study suggests possible new treatment for MS
A small, preliminary study may show promise of a new type of treatment for progressive multiple…
Study overturns seminal research about the developing nervous system
New research overturns a long-standing paradigm about how axons grow during embryonic development. The findings of…
Giardiasis may be a disease of the ecology of the GI tract
Colonization by the human and animal parasite, Giardia, changed the species composition of the mouse microbiome…
Hearing tests miss common form of hearing loss, study shows
Traditional clinical hearing tests often fail to diagnose patients with a common form of inner ear…
Effects of alcoholism on the brain’s reward system may be different in women than in men
Medical researchers have found evidence implying that alcoholism may have different effects on the reward system…
Application of statistical method shows promise mitigating climate change effects on pine
Confronting evidence that the global climate is changing rapidly relative to historical trends, researchers have developed…