An integrative approach to studying lipid biology
The synthesis and transport of biological lipids across the mostly water-filled interior of the cell is a longstanding problem in ...
Month: January 2019
NIH funds first artificial pancreas study in the United States for pregnant women
The National Institutes of Health has awarded a R01 grant to a multi-institutional team to develop and evaluate a pregnancy-specific ...
Scientists successfully obtain synthetic growth factor compatible to the native protein
Credit: Kanazawa University Growth factors are ligands that play important roles in the body - they are responsible for tissue ...
Understanding the emergence of leukemia
Credit: Mariana Ávila, IGC. Acute T-cell lymphoblastic leukemia is a rare type of blood cancer that affects mostly children. This ...
How sponges undermine coral reefs from within
Scientists from the Royal NIOZ Netherlands Institute for Sea Research have uncovered how the sponges hollow out and take over ...
ESC press release: Loss of muscle and weight associated with disability after stroke
Berlin, Germany - 25 January 2019: Loss of muscle and body weight is associated with disability after stroke, reports a ...
Listeria in the feed: A dangerous hygiene problem in fattening pigs
Credit: ©Vetmeduni Vienna The present case investigated at Vetmeduni Vienna is the first clinical report on this form of listeriosis ...
Microplastic contamination found in common source of groundwater, researchers report
Credit: Photo by Fred Zwicky CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Microplastics contaminate the world's surface waters, yet scientists have only just begun ...
Inequality promotes deforestation in Latin America
Credit: Manu Friedrich Tropical deforestation is a major contributor to climate change and loss of local and global ecosystem functions. ...
Flounders in the Gulf of Finland: Decline caused by the near disappearance of one species
Over the past 40 years, there has been a dramatic decline in fishery landings of an iconic Baltic Sea fish: ...
Tobacco use in adolescence is tied to paranoia, largely due to shared genetic influences
Increasing evidence supports an association between tobacco use and psychotic experiences, such as paranoia and hallucinations, due in part to ...
New insight into unique sugar transport in plants
Credit: Bjorn Panyella Pedersen, Aarhus University Sugar transport through Sugar Transport Proteins (STP) is unique to plants, and is important ...
UMN researchers refine the ability to predict atrial fibrillation-related stroke
Research could help experts more accurately classify which patients with atrial fibrillation are at a higher risk of stroke MINNEAPOLIS, ...
Researchers discover key protein in the production of insulin
The crucial hormone insulin needs help acquiring the right structure. A protein that assists in the process of insulin folding ...
Why some mites are mightier than others: The evolution of lethal fighting in a spider mite
Credit: University of Tsukuba Tsukuba: While fighting over females for the right to breed is common among male animals in ...
Researchers uncover brain pathway linked to impulsive behaviors
Credit: NTU Singapore Researchers from Singapore and South Korea have uncovered new details of a brain pathway that can cause ...
Helmholtz scientists identify the causes of cortisone-induced side effects
Credit: © Helmholtz Zentrum München Patients undergoing long-term treatment with steroids may suffer from metabolic side effects. Researchers at the ...
Zika vaccines should induce responses by CD4+ T cells
Immune cells called CD4+ T cells could be important mediators of protection against the Zika virus, according to a study ...
Common pain reliever can improve survival in head and neck cancer
Researchers find some cancer cell lines are more sensitive to NSAID treatment Regular use of a common type of medication, ...
Study suggests aspirin may help some patients survive head and neck cancer
Credit: University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine (Hedberg), University of Arizona (Bauman), and University of California, San Francisco (Peyser/Grandis). Regular ...
