The impact of first-time employment on young adults’ health behaviors
A recent study explores how the shift from education to employment affects physical activity, sleep, and diet, emphasizing the need ...
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How fruit fly genetics could change the fight against mosquito diseases
How fruit flies mate may hold a key to limiting the spread of diseases by mosquitoes. In a new study, ...
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Fruit flies steal bacterial defense to survive parasitic wasps
In the continual arms race between parasites and their hosts, innovation was thought to be the key to a successful ...
How potential Medicaid cuts could play out in California
In 2017, the Republicans who controlled Congress tried mightily to slash federal spending on Medicaid, the government-funded health program covering ...
Drug repurposing offers hope for SYNGAP1 patients
The SynGAP Research Fund 501(c)(3) has awarded a pair of grants to Dr. Clement Chow, a geneticist and Associate Professor ...
Groundbreaking study reveals secrets of Drosophila uterus
You have likely not spent much time thinking about the uterus of the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster. But then, neither ...
Analyzing the connection between lifelong activity and longevity in aging research
A new research perspective was published in Aging (listed by MEDLINE/PubMed as "Aging (Albany NY)" and "Aging-US" by Web of Science), Volume 16, ...
Mechanisms of tissue shape transformation revealed through fruit fly wing development
A key question that remains in biology and biophysics is how three-dimensional tissue shapes emerge during animal development. Research teams ...
Alarming rise in sugary drink consumption among youth
A new global analysis of the dietary habits of children and adolescents from 185 countries revealed that youth, on average, ...
Unraveling the role of neo-sex chromosomes in mitigating sexual conflict
Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have taken a big step in solving the mystery around why animals evolve sex chromosomes. ...
