In a startling result scientists find that more than 80 percent of the world’s major armed conflicts from 1950-2000 occurred in regions identified as the most biologically diverse and threatened places on Earth.
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Scientists are exploring an innovative cellular therapy that uses stem cells to treat Crohn’s disease, a chronic genetic disease which has considerable impact on the quality of life of the patients.
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Over the last two decades, marine biologists have discovered lush forests of deep-sea corals and sponges growing on seamounts (underwater mountains) offshore of the California coast. It has generally been assumed that many of these animals live only on seamounts, and are found nowhere else. However, two new research papers show that most seamount animals [...]
Asthma and allergic diseases are associated with a number of biological reactions. One of these reactions is an elevated blood count of eosinophils, multifunctional leukocytes that release highly active proteins primarily to combat parasites. In the largest study so far on asthma genetics, scientists used this immune reaction as an easily measurable marker to elucidate [...]
NIST has developed a new certified reference material that can be an important quality assurance tool for measuring the amounts of vitamins, carotenoids and trace elements in dietary supplements.
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Scientists have attempted to identify what factors make some people with bipolar depression more likely to experience treatment-emergent mania.