New insights have been made into the evolutionary relationship between plant-dwelling insects and their parasites. Researchers shed light on how sawflies evolved to escape their parasites and gain themselves an ‘enemy-free space’ for millions of years.
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A new study of an estrogen-derived drug shows promise as a treatment for breast cancer and breast cancer metastases to bone. In animal studies it effectively targeted breast cancer cells; prevented the spread of breast cancer cells to bone and protected bone from osteolysis, which is a type of bone metastasis in which the bone is eaten away by cancer cells. Clinical trials are the next step.
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When it comes to asthma monitoring, the eye is the key; according to one professor, who has spent years researching and refining a new peak expiratory flow chart.
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There is no “one size fits all” when it comes to weight loss through exercise, says one behavioral scientist. This study shows that despite people doing the same amount of supervised exercise, people lose different amounts of weight, according to the researchers.
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Lack of legal clarity and clinical guidelines can put health-care professionals in a very difficult position when it comes to resuscitating hopelessly ill patients. But using “slow codes” — where resuscitation is carried out too slowly to be effective — can prolong death and suffering, according to a recent review.
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If a woman is overweight when she becomes pregnant, the probability is much greater that her child will evince ADHD-like symptoms when he/she reaches school age, according to a new Nordic study. Expectant mothers who were already overweight and moreover gained a considerable amount of weight during the course of the pregnancy ran a greater risk of having a child who would later show signs of ADHD than did women of normal weight who experienced the same weight gain during pregnancy.
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Scientists have identified a new way to breed brassicas, which include broccoli, cabbage and oilseed rape, resistant to a damaging virus. Their discovery has characterised a form of resistance that appears to be durable, broad-spectrum and unlikely to be overcome by the virus over time. Turnip mosaic virus is an economically devastating virus that infects a wide range of cultivated plants, but especially brassicas.
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Scientists at the National Physical Laboratory have released new research results that could affect how we measure a kilogram — the last SI unit based on a manufactured object. The International System of Units (SI) is the foundation for all our measurements from the beer in your pint to the gap between the tick and the tock on your clock.
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Large-scale fires in a western or southeastern state can pump as much carbon dioxide into the atmosphere in a few weeks as the state’s entire motor vehicle traffic does in a year, according to a new article.
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When it comes to feeding babies, the old adage “breast is best” certainly holds true, with breastfed babies having less diarrhea and fewer ear infections and incidents of wheezing in early life. However, the positive effects of infant feeding on lung function may not hold true for children of asthmatic mothers.
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