Month: September 2018

Credit: Walter and Eliza Hall Institute. Australian scientists have revealed a better way to identify which patients should respond to ...

Improved In vivo imaging of atherosclerotic plaque development

Credit: University of Tsukuba Tsukuba, Japan - Atherosclerosis, involving the buildup of plaque in the arteries and an associated reduction ...

Diagnostic protocol effective in identifying ED patients with acute chest pain

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - Sept. 28, 2018 - A relatively new accelerated diagnostic protocol is effective in identifying emergency department patients ...

Kidney disease biomarker may also be a marker for COPD

Credit: ATS Sept. 25, 2018--A commonly used biomarker of kidney disease may also indicate lung problems, particularly COPD, or chronic ...

UM research to focus on muscles of bird flight

Credit: Bret Tobalske MISSOULA - There are two primary types of muscles. Skeletal muscles allow one to raise a limb ...

New invasive bryozoan arrives in Alaskan waters

Credit: Melissa Frey, Royal BC Museum, Canada Alaska has a near-pristine marine ecosystem--it has fewer invasive species in its waters ...

UCI awarded $3.4 million ‘Cancer Moonshot’ grant to study potential breakthrough in cancer

Credit: University of California, Irvine Irvine, Calif. - September 27, 2018 - UCI School of Medicine researchers have been awarded ...

Amazon mangrove forest stores twice as much carbon per acre as region’s famous rainforest

CORVALLIS, Ore. - Scientists have determined for the first time that Amazon's waterlogged coastal mangrove forests, which are being clear ...

Large stretches of coral reefs can be rehabilitated

Credit: Christine Sur/UC Davis Even after being severely damaged by blast fishing and coral mining, coral reefs can be rehabilitated ...

Decades in the making — A breakthrough in the hunt for a vaccine against foal pneumonia

A vaccine against deadly foal pneumonia might finally be within reach, thanks to Morris Animal Foundation-funded research conducted at two ...

Following the path of chemicals through the soil

Credit: Janne Hansen Maybe the genetic test report your doctor ordered says your DNA contains many "variants of unknown significance." ...

How a sleeping cancer awakens and metastasizes

Credit: Egeblad lab, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Cold Spring Harbor, NY - Scientists at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) have ...

New gene variants associated with chronic back pain

Chronic back pain is the number one cause of years lived with disability worldwide. In a new study, Pradeep Suri ...

New study hints at potential antibiotic breakthrough

The rapid emergence and global spread of antibiotic resistance demands a new approach for developing novel ones. A study published ...

Aphids use sight to avoid deadly bacteria, could lead to pest control

Pea aphids - a serious agricultural pest - have the ability to see and avoid a common, aphid-killing bacteria on ...

‘Cellular memory’ of DNA damage in oocyte quality control

Credit: Huanyu Qiao and Neil Hunter, UC Davis Females are born with a finite number of eggs that are steadily ...

Researchers find how Natural Killer cells regulate protective HIV antibodies

DURHAM, N.C. - In the quest to develop a vaccine that triggers the immune system to prevent HIV infection, researchers ...

Ledumahadi mafube — South Africa’s new jurassic giant

Credit: Copyright Viktor Radermacher A new species of a giant dinosaur has been found in South Africa's Free State Province. ...

Why a ‘cuckoo in the nest’ can go undetected

Credit: Professor William Foster, University of Cambridge Researchers at the Universities of Exeter and Cambridge have shed light on why ...

Well established theories on patterns in evolution might be wrong