Gut bacteria digest L-carnitine, a nutrient found in red meat, and produce a heart-harming molecule as a result.
Daily News Roundup
Gut bacteria digest L-carnitine, a nutrient found in red meat, and produce a heart-harming molecule as a result.
Researchers have genetically engineered a virus that is deadly to chickens and found that it can kill prostate cancer in vitro.
A former University of Washington researcher did commit misconduct 10 years ago, according to the Office of Research Integrity.
Female preference may have driven the evolution of human males’ relatively large genitalia.
Scientists are stumped as to why hundreds of starved pups have been washing up on the California shore.
Ailing Cape Cod marshes are recovering with the arrival of European green crabs.
Academic research universities and cancer centers will have a large hunk of their funding cut because of the government sequester.
Researchers can identify individuals by the unique chemical signatures in their breath, suggesting that exhalations could be used for metabolomic tests.
A study concludes that the open access repository is decreasing biomedical journal readership.
Living fossils not so fossilized; Canadian gov’t threatens scientists’ freedom to speak and publish; gene therapy for sensory disorders; an unusual theory of cancer; clues for an HIV vaccine