Children without allergies can still be afflicted with asthma-like coughing and wheezing
EMBARGOED UNTIL 9:00 a.m., ET, Monday, October 2, 2017, Cleveland: Doctors have long wondered why children without allergies can still ...
Month: October 2017
US Department of Energy awards Danforth Center $16 million to enhance sorghum for bioenergy
Credit: NA ST. LOUIS, MO, Oct. 2, 2017 - The Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, one of the world's largest ...
Study published in Nature reveals molecular pathway of weight-controlling hormone
Credit: NGM Bio SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, CA - Oct. 2, 2017 - Scientists at NGM Bio have revealed deep insights ...
A new method for removing cells infected with the AIDS virus
Credit: Associate Professor Mikako Fujita With the successful suppression of the AIDS virus (HIV) through medication, the focus turns toward ...
Llama-derived nanobodies as a new tool in solving crystal structure
Credit: Kasper Røjkjær Andersen Aarhus University scientists have developed miniature antibodies (nanobodies) that can be labelled on certain amino acids. ...
New insights into how sleep helps the brain to reorganize itself
A study has given new insights into how sleep contributes to brain plasticity - the ability for our brain to ...
Irish scientists can now produce electricity from tears
Credit: Photo by Sean Curtin, True Media. A team of Irish scientists has discovered that applying pressure to a protein ...
Scientists have found another reason for children to eat their green leafy vegetables
Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University AUGUSTA, Ga. (Oct. 2, 2017) - Scientists have found another reason for children ...
GM soybean oil causes less obesity and insulin resistance but is harmful to liver function
Credit: I. Pittalwala, UC Riverside. RIVERSIDE, Calif. - Researchers at the University of California, Riverside have tested a genetically-modified (GM) ...
Our muscles measure the time of day
Biological clocks are ticking everywhere throughout our body. They trigger the release of the hormone melatonin during sleep, favour the ...
UTSA receives $200,000 grant for cancer drug research
Doug Frantz, the Max and Minnie Tomerlin Voelcker Distinguished Professor in Chemistry at The University of Texas at San Antonio ...
US Department of Energy awards Danforth Center $16M to enhance sorghum for bioenergy
Credit: NA ST. LOUIS, MO, Oct. 2, 2017 - The Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, one of the world's largest ...
Update on an endangered Philippine cycad species
Credit: Thomas Marler When plant species are threatened to the point that they reach a designation of Critically Endangered, sustaining ...
Win-win strategies for climate and food security
Credit: Frank et al., 2017 Climate policies that target agriculture and forests could lead to increased food prices, but reducing ...
Meet the hominin species that gave us genital herpes
Credit: Louise Walsh Two herpes simplex viruses infect primates from unknown evolutionary depths. In modern humans these viruses manifest as ...
