Crowding inside cells may influence many functions and major diseases
Among the most studied protein machines in history, mTORC1 has long been known to sense whether a cell has enough ...
Month: June 2018
Dying cancer cells make remaining glioblastoma cells more aggressive and therapy-resistant
Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - A surprising form of cell-to-cell communication in glioblastoma promotes global changes in recipient cells, including ...
Scientists discover new gene expression mechanism with possible role in human disease
Credit: Christ-claude Mowandza-ndinga, UNC Health Care CHAPEL HILL, NC - When cells grow and divide to ensure a biological function ...
Prellis Biologics achieves milestone in 3D printing of human tissue with capillaries
Credit: Prellis Biologics San Francisco, CA--June 21, 2018--Prellis Biologics, a San Francisco-based 3D tissue printing company, announced that it has ...
Turning a phage
Credit: UC San Diego Health With microbial resistance to antibiotics growing into a major global health crisis, researchers at University ...
Cells stop dividing when this gene kicks into high gear, study finds
Credit: Darleny Lizardo/Alan Siegel/University at Buffalo North Campus Confocal Imaging Facility BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Scientists seeking to unlock the secrets ...
Army study quantifies changes in stress after meditation
Credit: US Army photo by Dr. Valerie Rice ADELPHI, MD. - For a thousand years, people have reported feeling better ...
Major gaps in influenza immunization coverage among older adults of racial and ethnic groups tackled by leading scientists
Major immunization gaps among older adults of racial and ethnic groups was the core of an expert roundtable comprised of ...
Bisexual men have higher risk for heart disease
Bisexual men have a higher risk for heart disease compared with heterosexual men across several modifiable risk factors, finds a ...
Alzheimer’s breakthrough: Brain metals that may drive disease progression revealed
Credit: University of Warwick/Dr Joanna Collingwood Breakthrough in description of metals in brain which may drive the progression of Alzheimer's ...
Science Minister announces £20 million Plastics Research and Innovation Fund to turn the tide
(Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council) A new £20 million fund that aims to explore new ideas and innovations that ...
Hitchhiking to kill
How can elimination of therapeutics from the bloodstream or their early enzymatic degradation be avoided in systemic delivery? Chinese scientists ...
Mindful movement may help lower stress, anxiety
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Taking a walk may be a good opportunity to mentally review your to-do list, but using ...
DNA enzyme shuffles cell membranes a thousand times faster than its natural counterpart
Credit: Image courtesy of Christopher Maffeo CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- A new synthetic enzyme, crafted from DNA rather than protein, flips ...
ASH to collaborate on clinical practice guidelines of von Willebrand Disease
(WASHINGTON - June 21, 2018) The American Society of Hematology (ASH) will collaborate with the International Society on Thrombosis and ...
Researchers uncover new target to stop cancer growth
Credit: Messenger et al., 2018 Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have discovered that a protein called Munc13-4 helps cancer ...
Opening up a drug delivery route — Discovery of a new vehicle peptide
Credit: Department of Medicinal Chemistry,TMDU Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) study identifies promising lead compound for delivery of therapeutically ...
Fright and flight: Deciding when to escape
Credit: Sainsbury Wellcome Centre How does your brain decide what to do in a threatening situation? A new paper published ...
Majority of US adults prescribed epinephrine report not using it in an emergency
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, IL - (JUNE 21, 2018) - The most effective, life-saving treatment for a severe allergic reaction (anaphylaxis) is ...
Human immune ‘trigger’ map paves way for better treatments
Credit: Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research A discovery about how human cells are 'triggered' to undergo an ...
