New vaccine prevents herpes in mice, guinea pigs
A novel vaccine protected almost all mice and guinea pigs exposed to a new herpes virus. This may lead to the vaccine being tested in human studies.
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Overweight Danes are more likely to have overweight dogs
A new study reports that the prevalence of overweight dogs is markedly larger among overweight owners than among normal weight owners. Part of the explanation lies in whether treats are used as training tools or ''hygge-snacks''.
Read moreDespite growing burden of diet-related disease, medical education does not equip students to provide high quality nutritional care to patients
Worldwide, nutrition is insufficiently incorporated into medical education, meaning that medical students lack the confidence, skills and knowledge to provide nutritional care to patients, according to a systematic review.
Read moreUsing unconventional materials, like ice and eggshells, as scaffolds to grow tissues
Researchers explore recent efforts to use everyday materials like ice, paper, and spinach as tissue scaffolds. These unconventional materials, they argue, are more functional, more sustainable, and less expensive, as well as being available around the globe and applicable to many areas of biomedical research.
Read moreMore than Lyme: Tick study finds multiple agents of tick-borne diseases
Scientists reported on the prevalence of multiple agents capable of causing human disease that are present in three species of ticks in Long Island.
Read moreGutsy effort to produce comprehensive study of intestinal gases
Chemical engineers have traced the journey of gases through the gut while further developing a non-invasive, gas-capturing capsule.
Read moreEnvironmental pollution in China begins decreasing
For decades pollution in China has paralleled economic growth. But this connection has been weakened in recent years, according to a new international research study.
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