As people become more aware of privacy concerns and the ways in which genomic database companies are profiting from their data, their expectations for compensation and control may increase, according to researchers at Penn State and Cornell University.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: New method to grow human blood vessels
A team of researchers recently proved the ability to grow human-derived blood vessels in a pig — a novel approach that has the potential for providing unlimited human vessels for transplant purposes.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: New study on COVID-19 estimates 5.1 days for incubation period
An analysis of publicly available data on infections from the new coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, that causes the respiratory illness COVID-19 yielded an estimate of 5.1 days for the median disease incubation period, according to a new study.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Second patient has been cured of HIV, study suggests
A study of the second HIV patient to undergo successful stem cell transplantation from donors with a HIV-resistant gene, finds that there was no active viral infection in the patient’s blood 30 months after they stopped anti-retroviral therapy, accordi…
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Community factors influence how long you’ll live, study shows
While lifestyle choices and genetics go a long way toward predicting longevity, a new study shows that certain community characteristics also play important roles. American communities with more fast food restaurants, a larger share of extraction indus…
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Scientists categorize neurons by the way the brain jiggles during a heartbeat
The brain jiggles when the heart beats, and now, researchers have found a way to use that motion to better study the differences between types of neurons. In a new study, researchers find that by analyzing the changes in the waveforms they record from …
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Children and teens worry about political issues
A new psychological study suggests that children and teens are worried about political issues, though it’s unclear that children’s and teens’ worry is a cause for concern, or that it is interfering with their mental health functioning.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Mangrove conservation can pay for itself in flood protection
The natural coastal defenses provided by mangrove forests reduce annual flooding significantly in critical hotspots around the world. Without mangroves, flood damages would increase by more than $65 billion annually, and 15 million more people would be…
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Natural contaminant threat to drinking water from groundwater
Climate change and urbanization are set to threaten groundwater drinking water quality, new research shows.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Knowing more about a virus threat may not satisfy you
People who rate themselves as highly knowledgeable about a new infectious disease threat could also be more likely to believe they don’t know enough, a new study suggests. In the case of this study, the infectious disease threat was the Zika virus. But…
