Researchers discover new immunotherapy combination effective at killing cancer cells
Credit: Photos provided by Doug Mahoney's lab Immunotherapy is an emerging field in the global fight against cancer, even though ...
Month: August 2017
Electrical nerve-block research aims at asthma, heart failure
Biomedical engineering researchers at Case Western Reserve University are refining more than 15 years of work on an electrical nerve-block ...
Bowel cancer study reveals impact of mutations on protein networks
For the first time, scientists have completed a detailed study of many of the proteins in bowel cancer cells. Scientists ...
Lasers zap decontaminates from soil
Credit: AIP Publishing WASHINGTON, D.C., August 29, 2017 -- There might be a new and improved way to rid contaminated ...
Sense of smell is key factor in bird navigation, new study shows
How do birds navigate over long distances? This complex question has been the subject of debate and controversy among scientists ...
Pinpointing the origins of autism
Credit: Ludmer Centre The origins of autism remain mysterious. What areas of the brain are involved, and when do the ...
Penn Medicine pharmacologist given Founders’ Award from ACS
Credit: American Chemical Society PHILADELPHIA -- Ian A. Blair, PhD, an internationally recognized expert on applying mass spectrometry, which measures ...
New species of crab with unusual outgrowths has its name written in the stars
Credit: Dr. Peter K. L. Ng A new species of crab with star-shaped tubercles all over its body has been ...
Altered bacterial communities in the gut could be an indicator for Parkinson’s disease
Parkinson's disease is an insidious disease: by the time it manifests as the typical motor dysfunctions such as tremors or ...
Evolutionary ecology could benefit beekeepers battling diseases
Credit: US Department of Agriculture Some commercial beekeeping practices may harm honeybees more than help them, scientists warn in a ...
High-tech electronics made from autumn leaves
Credit: US National Park Service, Public Domain WASHINGTON, D.C., August, 29, 2017 -- Northern China's roadsides are peppered with deciduous ...
UMass Amherst biochemists simulate a protein-folding chaperone’s functional dance
Credit: UMass Amherst AMHERST, Mass. - Using a combination of computational and experimental techniques, a research team at the University ...
A milestone in aquatic toxicology
Researchers at the US Environmental Protection Agency and the University of Minnesota - Crookston marked a significant milestone in the ...
Extreme exposure
Although common opinion holds that exposure to pesticides increases adverse birth outcomes, the existing body of scientific evidence is ambiguous. ...
The eyes have it
Our bodies, with all their different features and variations, are the result of well-orchestrated processes that dictate what and how ...
Drought response in global crops may be as complex as day and night
Credit: David Hirsch Researchers have identified a set of genes that help control early drought response in a popular global ...
Thorough analysis reveals immune system dynamics after immunotherapy
By combining new system-biological analyses and advanced data analysis, researchers at Karolinska Institutet have been able to monitor the maturation ...
Photosynthesis discovery could help design more efficient artificial solar cells
Credit: Georgia State University ATLANTA--A natural process that occurs during photosynthesis could lead to the design of more efficient artificial ...
Rise of male individuals in stingless bees colonies leads to queen’s death
Credit: Ayrton Vollet-Neto / University of São Paulo Queens of stingless bee species (Meliponini) face a reproductive dilemma. If they ...
New diagnostics tool, the Xpert Ultra assay, improves detection of mycobacterium tuberculosis
Washington, DC - Aug. 29, 2017 - Researchers have demonstrated a new, improved version of the Xpert MTB/RIF assay, a ...
