Hormones: The Reason Why Females With Cystic Fibrosis Have A Wor...

First Step Taken To Create Cystic Fibrosis Model...
The median lifespan for those with cystic fibrosis is 36 years, and lung disease is the major cause of mortality. For years, scientists have studied cystic fibrosis using mice in which the...

Pigs Bred With Cystic Fibrosis Provide Model To Mimic...
Cystic fibrosis continues to be a lethal disease for humans despite the identification of the problematic gene two decades ago. Many humans born with CF -- the most common genetic disease in...

Female Spiders Eat Small Males When They Mate
A number of hypotheses have been proposed for why females eat males before or after mating. After looking at a wide range of data, researchers found that sexual cannibalism may not be a...

Death from the Skies!: These Are the Ways the World...
A lively astronomy primer that uses cataclysmic scenarios to explain the universe’s most fascinating events.According to astronomer Philip Plait, the universe is an apocalypse waiting to...

Alcohol Can Be a Gas!: Fueling an Ethanol Revolution...
Alcohol Can Be a Gas! is the only comprehensive book ever written on alcohol fuel production and use for home and farm. Until now, it has been very difficult for farmers, contractors,...