Industry executives: Profits drive rising prices for MS drugs

Pharmaceutical industry executives, speaking confidentially, paint a frank picture of the rationale behind the price of medication available to people with multiple sclerosis. Continue Reading at ScienceDaily.com Click Here. Press Release Distribution Service

High amounts of screen time begin as early as infancy

Children’s average daily time spent watching television or using a computer or mobile device increased from 53 minutes at age 12 months to more than 150 minutes at 3 years, according to a recent analysis. By age 8, children were more likely to log the highest amount of screen time if they had been in…

New flu drug drives drug resistance in influenza viruses

University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers examined the effects of baloxavir treatment on influenza virus samples collected from patients before and after treatment. Continue Reading at ScienceDaily.com Click Here. Press Release Distribution Service

First recording of a blue whale’s heart rate

With a lot of ingenuity and a little luck, researchers monitored the heart rate of a blue whale in the wild. The measurement suggests that blue whale hearts are operating at extremes — and may limit the whale’s size. Continue Reading at ScienceDaily.com Click Here. Press Release Distribution Service

Afficient Academy Partners with New East West Learning Center in Las…

Afficient Academy, Inc., a technology based after-school education program is pleased to partnering with New East West Learning Center, Las Vegas to offer AI-based Math & English programs to… (PRWeb November 28, 2019) Read the full story at https://www.prweb.com/releases/afficient_academy_partners_with_new_east_west_learning_center_in_las_vegas_in_ai_based_course_offering/prweb16752786.htm Press Release Distribution Service

A Helping of Science With Your Thanksgiving Dinner

Biology. Chemistry. Physics. It’s all there on your plate. Take a moment to appreciate it before you dig in. Press Release Distribution Service

Protect Italy’s new funding agency

Nature, Published online: 27 November 2019; doi:10.1038/d41586-019-03624-y Lawmakers must ensure that a much-needed funding agency is independent and autonomous. Press Release Distribution Service

These corals could survive climate change — and help save the world’s reefs

Nature, Published online: 27 November 2019; doi:10.1038/d41586-019-03629-7 Ocean warming threatens to wipe out corals, but scientists are trying to protect naturally resilient reefs and are nursing some others back to health. Press Release Distribution Service

Bile acid metabolites control TH17 and Treg cell differentiation

Nature, Published online: 27 November 2019; doi:10.1038/s41586-019-1785-z Screening of a library of bile acid metabolites revealed two derivatives of lithocholic acid that act as regulators of T helper cells that express IL-17a and regulatory T cells, thus influencing host immune responses. Press Release Distribution Service

Scooped in science? Relax, credit will come your way

Nature, Published online: 27 November 2019; doi:10.1038/d41586-019-03648-4 A study of protein databases shows that discoverers who are second to publish still end up getting a substantial portion of the recognition. Press Release Distribution Service

Towards spike-based machine intelligence with neuromorphic computing

Nature, Published online: 27 November 2019; doi:10.1038/s41586-019-1677-2 The authors review the advantages and future prospects of neuromorphic computing, a multidisciplinary engineering concept for energy-efficient artificial intelligence with brain-inspired functionality. Press Release Distribution Service

Malaria parasites fine-tune mutations to resist drugs

Nature, Published online: 27 November 2019; doi:10.1038/d41586-019-03587-0 Drug resistance in malaria parasites is mediated by mutations in a transporter protein. The transporter’s structure reveals the molecular basis of how key mutations bring about resistance to different drugs. Press Release Distribution Service

The truth in Moby-Dick, what makes science trustworthy, and the board game that won a war: Books in brief

Nature, Published online: 27 November 2019; doi:10.1038/d41586-019-03622-0 Barbara Kiser reviews five of the week’s best science picks. Press Release Distribution Service

Twofold expansion of the Indo-Pacific warm pool warps the MJO life cycle

Nature, Published online: 27 November 2019; doi:10.1038/s41586-019-1764-4 Since the 1980s, rapid warming of the Indo-Pacific warm pool has altered global rainfall pattern by changing the residence time of the Madden–Julian Oscillation, decreasing it by 3–4 days over the Indian Ocean and increasing it over the Indo-Pacific by 5–6 days. Press Release Distribution Service

The microscopic advances that are opening big opportunities in cell biology

Nature, Published online: 27 November 2019; doi:10.1038/d41586-019-03650-w A proliferation of imaging techniques spells good news for careers. Press Release Distribution Service

Arming the immune system

Nature, Published online: 27 November 2019; doi:10.1038/d41586-019-03636-8 In 1796, English physician Edward Jenner introduced the first vaccine, for smallpox, when he infected a young boy with cowpox. In the years since, vaccines — a name derived from the Latin word for cow — have been developed for many diseases, saving millions of lives. But the…

Ostrich eggshell beads reveal 10,000 years of cultural interaction across Africa

Researchers present an expanded analysis of African ostrich eggshell beads, testing the hypothesis that larger beads signal the arrival of herders. The data reveals a more nuanced interpretation that provides greater insight into the history of economic change and cultural contact. Continue Reading at ScienceDaily.com Click Here. Press Release Distribution Service

Humans co-evolved with immune-related diseases — and it’s still happening

Some of the same mutations allowing humans to fend off deadly infections also make us more prone to certain inflammatory and autoimmune diseases, such as Crohn’s disease. Researchers describe how ancestral origins impact the likelihood that people of African or Eurasian descent might develop immune-related diseases. The authors also share evidence that the human immune…

Laboratory-evolved bacteria switch to consuming CO2 for growth

Over the course of several months, researchers created Escherichia coli strains that consume CO2 for energy instead of organic compounds. This achievement in synthetic biology highlights the incredible plasticity of bacterial metabolism and could provide the framework for future carbon-neutral bioproduction. Continue Reading at ScienceDaily.com Click Here. Press Release Distribution Service

Inbreeding and population/demographic shifts could have led to Neanderthal extinction

Small populations, inbreeding, and random demographic fluctuations could have been enough to cause Neanderthal extinction, according to a new study. Continue Reading at ScienceDaily.com Click Here. Press Release Distribution Service

Researchers study chickens, ostriches, penguins to learn how flight feathers evolved

If you took a careful look at the feathers on a chicken, you’d find many different forms within the same bird — even within a single feather. The diversity of feather shapes and functions expands vastly when you consider the feathers of birds ranging from ostriches to penguins to hummingbirds. Now, researchers have taken a…

Stem cell therapy helps broken hearts heal in unexpected way

A study shows stem cell therapy helps hearts recover from a heart attack, although not for the biological reasons originally proposed two decades ago that today are the basis of ongoing clinical trials. The study reports that injecting living or even dead heart stem cells into the injured hearts of mice triggers an acute inflammatory…

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