New study identifies successful method to reduce dental implant…
Credit: University of Plymouth According to the American Academy of Implant Dentistry (AAID), 15 million Americans have crown or bridge ...
Month: February 2018
Imagining a world without species
Credit: CC Even Charles Darwin, the author of "The Origin of Species", had a problem with species. "I was much ...
Dragonflies reveal how biodiversity changes in time and space
Credit: Brandon Martin/Rice University An ecological filter in a pond, such as voracious fish that feed on dragonflies and damselflies, ...
Laser activated gold pyramids could deliver drugs, DNA into cells…
Credit: (Image courtesy of Harvard SEAS) The ability to deliver cargo like drugs or DNA into cells is essential for ...
Study reveals that adrenergic nerves control immune cells’ daily…
Credit: Image courtesy of Kazuhiro Suzuki. Researchers in Japan have discovered that the adrenergic nervous system controls when white blood ...
Gene therapy restores normal blood glucose levels in mice with type 1 diabetes
Credit: George Gittes and Xiangwei Xiao Type 1 diabetes is a chronic disease in which the immune system attacks and ...
Growing organs a few ink drops at a time
Credit: Osaka University Osaka – Printed replacement human body parts might seem like science fiction, but this technology is rapidly ...
Insight into learning via ‘friend of fragile X’ gene
Credit: Ken Moberg. We can learn a lot about somebody from the friends they hang out with. This applies to ...
Can’t we all just get along — like India’s cats and…
Credit: Ullas Karanth/WCS New study says despite direct competition, tigers, leopards, and dholes are living side by side in protected ...
iPS-derived kidney cells successfully connected to capillary network!
In a world first, Kumamoto University researchers have shown mouse kidney capillaries successfully connecting to kidney tissue which was derived ...
Parasitic fish offer evolutionary insights
Credit: Courtesy of the Bronner laboratory Lamprey are slimy, parasitic eel-like fish, one of only two existing species of vertebrates ...
Deforestation long overlooked as contributor to climate change
ITHACA, N.Y. – When it comes to tackling climate change, the focus often falls on reducing the use of fossil ...
Technique could aid mass production of biodegradable plastic
Credit: Craig Chandler, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Introducing a simple step to the production of plant-derived, biodegradable plastic could improve its ...
Extreme preterm infant death or disease may be predicted by biomarker
Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Tests of cells collected from the umbilical cord blood vessel walls at birth can predict ...
How do you mend a broken heart?
PITTSBURGH–Many lower forms of life on earth exhibit an extraordinary ability to regenerate tissue, limbs, and even organs–a skill that ...
Direct link between glands and implanting embryos critical to pregnancy
Credit: Cincinnati Children's CINCINNATI – Researchers used 3D imaging with molecular testing to uncover new insight into the earliest stages ...
Researchers improve vbectors for delivering hFVIII gene therapy to…
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, March 31, 2017–A new study examined 42 combinations of promoters and ...
Wayne State awarded $2.28 million from NIH to study buprenorphine
Credit: Wayne State University DETROIT – A team led by Wayne State University School of Medicine researcher Mark Greenwald, Ph.D., ...
Heidi M. Sosik selected as a Fellow of The Oceanography Society
Credit: Heidi N. Sosik The Oceanography Society (TOS) congratulates Dr. Heidi M. Sosik (Senior Scientist, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution) on ...
Facial recognition software helps diagnose rare genetic disease
Credit: Paul Kruszka, et al. Researchers with the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of the National Institutes of ...
