Month: September 2017

Credit: Department of Chemistry, HKUST o-Succinylbenzoyl-CoA (OSB-CoA) synthetase (MenE) is an essential enzyme in bacterial vitamin K biosynthesis and an ...

Study clears important hurdle towards developing an HIV vaccine

An international team of researchers has demonstrated a way of overcoming one of the major stumbling blocks that has prevented ...

New research suggests bird songs isolate species

Credit: University of British Columbia Two birds that look the same, but have songs so different they can't recognize each ...

Supported liquid metal catalysts — a new generation of reaction accelerators

Catalysts are agents that initiate chemical reactions, speed them up or significantly increase the yield of the desired product. New ...

A new method provides better insights into real-world network evolution

Nature and society are full of so-called real-world complex systems, such as protein interactions. Theoretical models, called complex networks, describe ...

Folding biomolecule model shows how form dictates function

Proteins are fundamental macromolecules for life, with a diversity of functions, like acting as channels through cellular walls, catalysers, DNA ...

Best tactical approach to handling patients with simultaneous parasitic and HIV infection

One of the most common waterborne diseases worldwide is cryptosporidiosis, a parasitic disease affecting the small intestine and possibly our ...

South Africa’s long-legged bees adapted to pollinate snapdragon flowers

Credit: Anton Pauw New research from Stellenbosch University (SU) in South Africa shows that, in an extraordinary case of adaptation, ...

An important process fueling harmful algal blooms investigated in Canadian water bodies

For many Canadians, summer time means time at the lake, swimming, fishing, boating, and relaxing. Nothing can spoil this experience ...

Paper-based tuberculosis test could boost diagnoses in developing countries

Diagnosing tuberculosis (TB) early can allow patients to receive the medicine they need and also help prevent the disease from ...

As ‘flesh-eating’ Leishmania come closer, a vaccine against them does, too

Credit: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention / press and educational handout Parasites that ulcerate the skin, can disfigure the ...

Systems analysis points to links between Toxoplasma infection and common brain diseases

More than 2 billion people - nearly one out of every three humans on earth, including about 60 million people ...

A hair-trigger for cells fighting infection

Credit: Dr Manuel Díaz-Muñoz To fight infections cells in the immune system play a dangerous game with their own genes. ...

New research on probiotics in the prevention and treatment of colon cancer

Credit: The American Journal of Pathology Philadelphia, PA, September 13, 2017 - In an innovative approach to colorectal cancer (CRC) ...

Teens’ ability to consider the intentions of others linked to structural changes in the brain

Credit: Video created by Sunhae Sul. When it comes to the concept of fairness, teenagers' ability to consider the intentions ...

Maine Technology Institute funds MDI Biological Laboratory scientist

Credit: MDI Biological Laboratory BAR HARBOR, MAINE -- The Maine Technology Institute (MTI) has awarded a $25,000 seed grant to ...

Inhibitors support immune therapy for leukemia

New immune therapies are considered a promising lead for treating recurring acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Antibodies are able to eliminate ...

Researchers identify possible new target in fight against lung cancer

(BOSTON)--Researchers at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have identified a molecule called miR-124 in non-small cell lung cancer cells ...

Menopausal hormone therapy not associated with mortality or deaths from CVD

Boston, MA-- The Women's Health Initiative (WHI) hormone therapy trials tested the most common formulations of hormone therapy - estrogen ...

Clinical trials, radiation oncology research to be featured at ASTRO’s Annual Meeting