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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A little bit of Jacksonville is heading to space. Experiments from research at Mayo Clinic are going to be practiced during NASA’s 33rd SpaceX commercial resupply mission in space, which is scheduled to launch early Sunday morning. A Jacksonville doctor is behind it all. The research through Mayo Clinic is going to be a part of NASA’s …

Surgeons have transplanted a lung from a genetically modified pig into a brain dead human recipient for the first time and found it functioned for nine days, researchers have revealed. The work is the latest development in a technique called xenotransplantation that is aimed at solving the organ shortage crisis: according to the World Health Organization, only up to 10% …

Eating animal-sourced protein foods is not linked to a higher risk of death and may even offer protective benefits against cancer-related mortality, new research finds. The study, published in Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism, analyzed data from nearly 16,000 adults aged 19 and older using the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHAMES III). Researchers examined how much animal and …

Facebook Tweet Email Link As Harvard University and the Trump administration negotiate a funding stalemate, billions of dollars of research grants hang in the balance. The two sides have only weeks left before a September 3 deadline, when a judge has been asked to rule on whether the government’s $2-billion-plus rollback of federal research funding violated Harvard’s First Amendment rights. …

The Healthy Brain Aging Initiative was developed by Tulane’s Neurology Chair, Dr. Demetrius Maraganore, in response to the notably high incidence of Alzheimer’s disease and dementia in Louisiana. The research from this program is focused on Alzheimer’s and dementia prevention and memory disorder treatments using the latest evidence-based research and movement disorders treatment, like Parkinson’s, related to brain aging. Maraganore, …

Award-winning HIV scientist Shan Liang, a tenured associate professor at the Washington University School of Medicine (WashU Medicine), has taken up a full-time role in Shenzhen, southern China’s tech and innovation hub. He has joined the Shenzhen Medical Academy of Research and Translation (SMART) as a senior researcher and will head its Institute of Human Immunology, according to an announcement …

Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. It’s one of the deepest mysteries of the human mind: Do we all see the world the same way? In 1956, three social scientists set out to answer this question. From their offices at Northwestern University, Donald Campbell and …

Go Fest: Max Finale Timed Research is a quest released during the Max Finale event and is available to all Pokémon Go players. If you’re planning on defeating Eternamax Eternatus in Pokémon Go, then completing Go Fest: Max Finale Timed Research is a must! The Go Fest: Max Finale Timed Research rewards include Max Particles and Candy XL – all …

Research finds ultramarathon running is a risk factor for colorectal cancer  Boing Boing Are Marathons and Extreme Running Linked to Colon Cancer?  The New York Times This health nut habit may actually increase your colorectal cancer odds: ‘You never hear it’s bad for you’  New York Post Are Marathon Runners More Likely to Get Cancer?  VICE Marathon running can lower your risk of colon …

The US Supreme Court has ruled that the administration of President Donald Trump can go ahead with cuts to active research grants.Credit: Perry Spring/iStock via Getty The US Supreme Court has derailed researchers’ efforts to reinstate almost $2 billion in research grants issued by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The court’s decision on Thursday represents a remarkable reversal, allowing …