A new perspective on autologous bone marrow cell therapy for treating spinal...
Despite the surge in clinical trials, cell therapy for SCI remains in an iterative stage between bench and bedside, largely due to the lack of access to high quality, clinical grade stem cells with...
View ArticleUT Arlington College of Nursing earns coveted national Center of Excellence...
UT Arlington's College of Nursing and Health Innovation has been named a Center of Excellence in Nursing Education by the National League for Nursing.
View ArticleHalf of the most popular news on Twitter is not covered by traditional news...
Half of the news that appears on Twitter as “trending topics” goes unmentioned in the traditional news media, and when both sources carry it, 60% of the stories appear first on the social network....
View ArticleAlso of interest from the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Researchers report that a subset of neurons in the hippocampus fire in response to a familiar image but not to different images of the same subject, and that people who are skilled at discriminating...
View ArticleGreenhouse gas emissions in the Great Plains
Researchers report estimates of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the United States Great Plains as far back as the late 19th century and suggest methods for reducing future emissions. The US Great...
View ArticleAdaptation to altitudes in Ethiopian highlanders
A study offers a potential explanation for the genetic adaptation to low oxygen previously identified among Ethiopian highlanders. Whole genome analysis of Ethiopian highlanders, who live in low...
View ArticleWater stress under carbon mitigation scenarios
Increased demand for food and bioenergy under carbon mitigation scenarios may increase water stress, according to a study. Because global climate change is projected to increase evapotranspiration,...
View ArticleCross-linguistic word order optimization
A study of 37 languages finds a consistent tendency to structure sentences so as to minimize the distance between words related by the syntax of each language. Among the purported universal features...
View ArticleTracing human contamination of streams
Human-specific bacterial indicators may serve as better indicators of fecal contamination in streams than ubiquitous bacteria, according to a study. Contamination of streams and rivers by fecal...
View ArticleEl Niño and salmon survival
Researchers report that the stability of Pacific salmon stocks has decreased in recent decades. Historically, changes in the survival of salmon populations in the northeast Pacific have been explained...
View ArticleFlight stability trade-offs in bumblebees
Bees laden with pollen on their hind legs may experience increased flight stability, but at the likely expense of maneuverability, according to a study. Because pollen and nectar loads carried by...
View ArticleMindfulness-based stress reduction therapy decreases PTSD symptom severity...
Even though homicide and assault rates have decreased in the U.S. in recent years, the number of these and other types of violent acts remains high, according to a report in the August 4 issue of...
View ArticleProgress has been made in reducing rates of violence in US, although overall...
Even though homicide and assault rates have decreased in the US in recent years, the number of these and other types of violent acts remains high, according to a report in the August 4 issue of JAMA,...
View ArticleProbing the evolution of geological diagenesis and metallogenesis with...
The fluid inclusion is important in mineral evolution research. Terahertz time-domain spectroscopy has been used to probe the inclusion in the halite rock and the terahertz absorption coefficient can...
View ArticleStroke therapy put to the test in preclinical randomized controlled trial
In the midst of what some call a “crisis” in the ability to replicate results of laboratory studies, a European consortium has conducted a preclinical randomized controlled trial (pRCT)—which mimics...
View ArticleVaccine offers protection against ebola virus 7 days before infection
In the face of the latest Ebola outbreak, some good news emerges: a preclinical study testing the efficacy of the VSV-EBOV (formerly known as rVSV/ZEBOV-GP) vaccine in nonhuman primates shows complete...
View ArticleData from Nepal reveals the nature of megathurst earthquakes
As a devastating earthquake hit Nepal on April 25, 2015, nearby GPS networks for the first time continuously recorded measurements at very close distances during a large continental thrust earthquake....
View ArticleGene deletions and duplications reveal our genetic storyline
By looking closely at the copy number variation across a vast number of populations, researchers now have a better idea of how selection affects the human genome around the globe. Copy number...
View ArticleWealthy countries may feel flooding effects more in the future
Today, many wealthy countries are able to mitigate, to some degree, their risk of delta flooding through vulnerability-reducing investments, but a model that accounts for rising infrastructure costs...
View ArticleTwo-drug combination boosts survival in metastatic prostate cancer
Newly diagnosed patients with metastatic, hormone-sensitive prostate cancer gained a dramatic survival benefit when started on two drugs simultaneously, rather than delaying the second drug until the...
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