Efficient technique discovered for isolating embryonic stem cells in cows
Credit: Pablo Ross / UC Davis For more than 35 years, scientists have tried to isolate embryonic stem cells in ...
Month: February 2018
CWRU researcher scaling up knotty polymer research
Turning the art of a trefoil knot into polymer science is no easy process, but researchers at Case Western Reserve ...
Causative gene for sensorineural hearing loss identified
Credit: Kobe University A causative gene for a highly common type of hearing loss (sensorineural hearing loss, or SNHL) has ...
Sleep biology discovery could lead to new insomnia treatments that…
Credit: Reed Hutchinson/UCLA UCLA scientists report the first evidence that a gene outside the brain controls the ability to rebound ...
Not without my microbiome
Credit: MPI for Plant Breeding Research Some plants can meet their nitrogen requirements by obtaining it from the atmosphere. To ...
New receptor found on scavenger cells
Credit: Source: Marina Freudenberg, Mareike Maler Adenoviral infections have a mild disease progression in healthy people, but it can be ...
CONNECT registry shows only 9 percent compliance with genetic testing guidelines for AML
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center Guidelines by the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) recommend testing for seven known genetic ...
Liberian malaria cases declined following mass drug administration during Ebola outbreak
Credit: Kuehne et al. (2016) Mass drug administration may have reduced malarial incidence during the 2014 Ebola outbreak in Liberia, ...
By causing cells to cannibalize themselves, researchers prevent lung injury in mice
By triggering a process called autophagy — in which cells literally engulf their own insides — researchers from Drexel University ...
$4.5 million grant funds new disease-resistant strawberries
Credit: Gregory Urquiaga/UC Davis The Public Strawberry Breeding Program at the University of California, Davis, and colleagues in California and ...
Tiny robots step closer to treating hard-to-reach parts of the body
Credit: Yan et al Science Robotics 2017 Tiny remotely operated robots could be designed to diagnose and treat illness in ...
Immunosuppressive medication effectively treats ocular graft-versus-host-disease
BOSTON – Researchers from Massachusetts Eye and Ear/Harvard Medical School have conducted a clinical trial comparing the safety and efficacy ...
Vaccination increases family wealth, girls’ education
Credit: Washington State University PULLMAN, Wash. – A Washington State University-led research team found households in rural Africa that vaccinate ...
Even children with higher IQs behave better when their sleep apnea is fixed
IMAGE: This is Ronald Chervin, M.D. Credit: U-M Health System Many doctors will ask about quality of sleep when children ...
The making of Antarctica
Credit: Galen Halverson One of the big mysteries in the scientific world is how the ice sheets of Antarctica formed ...
Key factor identified in gene silencing
Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – A fertilized human egg develops into multiple tissues, organs and about 200 distinct cell types. ...
A strong case for limiting climate change
Expedition HE-408 (RV Heincke) (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut / Kristina Baer) As a gigantic carbon sink, the ocean has taken up about ...
WSU researcher develops safer gene therapy
Credit: Washington State University Spokane SPOKANE, Wash. – A Washington State University researcher has developed a way to reduce the ...
Found: A potential new way to sway the immune system
LA JOLLA, CA – August 1, 2016 – A new international collaboration involving scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) ...
Animals retain long-term memory of the biggest and best sources of food
Credit: Sophie Moszuti New research shows that red-footed tortoises can remember the location of their favourite food sources and the ...
