Whether on a battlefield, in a factory or at a rock concert, noise-induced hearing loss is one of the most common hazards people face.
Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have identified a low-dose, two-drug cockta…
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Scientists develop method to identify fleetingly ordered protein structures
LA JOLLA, CA — February 8, 2011 – A team of scientists from The Scripps Research Institute and the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) have developed a novel technique to observe previously unknown details of how folded structures are forme…
Allergies lower risk of low- and high-grade glioma
PHILADELPHIA — The more allergies one has, the lower the risk of developing low- and high-grade glioma, according to data published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research.
Rese…
Breast cancer cells outsmart the immune system and thrive
Scientists discovered a new way breast cancer cells dodge the immune system and promote tumor growth, providing a fresh treatment target in the fight against the disease. While comparable mechanisms to avoid the immune system have been identified in…
Internet addresses: An inevitable shortage, but an uneven one
As Internet authorities prepare to announce that they have handed over all of the available addresses, a USC research group that monitors address usage has completed the latest in its series of Internet censuses.
There is some good news, accordi…
Scripps Research scientists convert skin cells to beating heart cells
LA JOLLA, CA — Scripps Research Institute scientists have converted adult skin cells directly into beating heart cells efficiently without having to first go through the laborious process of generating embryonic-like stem cells. The powerful gener…
Scripps Research scientists reveal key mechanism governing nicotine addiction
JUPITER, FL — January 25, 2011 — Embargoed by the journal Nature until January 30, 1 PM Eastern time — Scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute have identified a pathway in the brain that regulates an individual’s v…
Anti-bullying program reduces malicious gossip on school playgrounds
Elementary school students who participated in a three-month anti-bullying program in Seattle schools showed a 72 percent decrease in malicious gossip.
The study, led by the University of Washington, is the first to show that the widely-used Step…
Without intervention, Mariana crow to become extinct in 75 years
Researchers from the University of Washington say the Mariana crow, a forest crow living on Rota Island in the western Pacific Ocean, will go extinct in 75 years.
The extinction could happen almost twice as soon as previously believed.
The c…
Researchers develop first implanted device to treat balance disorder
A University of Washington Medical Center patient on Thursday, Oct. 21, will be the world’s first recipient of a device that aims to quell the disabling vertigo associated with Meniere’s disease.
The UW Medicine clinicians who developed the i…
Bioelectrical signals turn stem cells’ progeny cancerous
MEDFORD/SOMERVILLE, Mass.–Biologists at Tufts University School of Arts and Sciences have discovered that a change in membrane voltage in newly identified “instructor cells” can cause stem cells’ descendants to trigger melanoma-like growth in p…
A step toward a new sunscreen?
SAN ANTONIO, Texas, U.S.A. — Scientists at The University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio are on to something that should bring joy to sunbathers everywhere. Studies show that certain plant substances, administered in combination…
Crows alter their thieving behavior when dealing with kin or other birds
Researchers at the University of Washington have found a species of crow that distinctly alters its behavior when attempting to steal food from another crow, depending on whether or not the other bird is a relative. The Northwestern crow (Corvus caurinus) uses a passive strategy when it attempts to take food from kin but becomes aggressive when it tries to steal a morsel from a non-related crow. This is believed to be the first time that such a behavior pattern has been observed in any bird species.