Enzyme PHLPP2 could be a viable drug target for treating prostate cancer
Credit: Trotman lab/CSHL Cold Spring Harbor, NY -- An estimated 450,000 Americans are diagnosed each year with a cancer that's ...
Month: May 2019
A new way to wind the development clock of cardiac muscle cells
Credit: IMAGE COURTESY TIM KAMP, UW-MADISON MADISON - These days, scientists can collect a few skin or blood cells, wipe ...
Researchers identify new therapeutic target for metastatic prostate cancer
Study could also have implications for a wide range of other cancers that involve the critical MYC oncogeneCredit: Nowak et ...
Like a lot of things, women’s gut microbiomes appear to mature earlier than men’s
Age also seems to be a factor, with younger guts more bacterially diverse (a good thing) than older onesCredit: UC ...
Optimizing device implantation in patients with atrial fibrillation and risk of stroke
The study is based on the bachelor's degree final project in Biomedical Engineering by Ainhoa M. Aguado, first author of ...
Blood flow command center discovered in the brain
Credit: Farmer et al An international team of researchers has discovered a group of cells in the brain that may ...
On the way to fighting staph infections with the body’s immune system
Researchers identify exact cells mediating the mouse's defense against Staphylococcus infection -- MRSACredit: Johns Hopkins Medicine Researchers have gained a ...
Applying precious metal catalysts economically
This new method makes it possible to save materialCredit: RUB, Marquard Researchers at Ruhr-Universität Bochum and the Fritz Haber Institute ...
New whistle alerts bats to steer clear of wind turbines
Researchers from Texas A&M will describe a device capable of producing an ultrasonic whistle to deter bats from flying into ...
UC Berkeley grad wins prestigious dissertation award
Finn's breakthrough approaches significantly advanced machine learning and roboticsCredit: Association for Computing Machinery ACM, the Association for Computing Machinery, today ...
Johns Hopkins researchers find widely ‘inconsistent’ use of antibodies in lab experiments
Findings throw study results into doubt and sheds light on 'reproducibility crisis'Credit: Ibrahim Kulac, M.D., Johns Hopkins University School of ...
Chewing gums reveal the oldest Scandinavian human DNA
Credit: Per Persson/Stockholm University The first humans who settled in Scandinavia more than 10,000 years ago left their DNA behind ...
Older adults expect to lose brainpower, but most don’t ask doctors how to prevent dementia
Many in their 50s and early 60s buy supplements or do puzzles in hopes of protecting brain health, but may ...
Amount of carbon stored in forests reduced as climate warms
Credit: Ulf Buntgen Accelerated tree growth caused by a warming climate does not necessarily translate into enhanced carbon storage, an ...
Artificial intelligence tool vastly scales up Alzheimer’s research
Machine learning tool automates pathologists' work to identify disease markersCredit: UC Davis Health Video: https://youtu.be/HmF1iuxpiiA Researchers at UC Davis and ...
Big data helps identify better way to research breast cancer’s spread
EAST LANSING, Mich. - Scientists are using a lot of genomic data to identify medical issues sooner in patients, but ...
Inflammation induces anhedonia in women but not men
Effect of inflammation on a core symptom of depression helps explain higher rates of the disorder in women than men ...
Protection by the malaria vaccine: not only a matter of quantity but also of quality
A study shows for the first time that the higher the avidity of antibodies induced by the RTS,S vaccine, the ...
China unlikely to curb fentanyl exports in short-term
Study outlines how some Asian nations are reforming illicit drug policies Strict policies traditionally embraced by Asian nations to discourage ...
New study boosts understanding of how ocean melts Antarctic Ice Sheet
Credit: MNF + Stewart Wilde An innovative use of instruments that measure the ocean near Antarctica has helped Australian scientists ...
