Zinc transporter key to fighting pancreatic cancer and more
Credit: Courtesy of MSU EAST LANSING, Mich. - When trace elements rise to toxic levels, bad things happen. Patients suffering ...
Genetic alterations that make a type of brain cancer more aggressive were identified
Among the various types of cancerous brain tumors, 70% are astrocytomas. Fatal in as many as 90% of cases, astrocytomas ...
Firebricks offer low-cost storage for carbon-free energy
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Firebricks, designed to withstand high heat, have been part of our technological arsenal for at least three ...
This one goes up to 11: Researchers crack code for genetic ‘control dials’
When a gene is switched on, various stretches of DNA nearby act as 'control dials', influencing the level of activity ...
Tick tock
Around the world, ticks are one of the most important vectors of zoonotic diseases -- animal diseases communicable to humans ...
New collection showcases success stories, insights on science communication
Credit: Entomological Society of America Annapolis, MD; September 6, 2017--As an entomologist with an artistic flair, Carly Tribull, Ph.D., frequently ...
Innovative study brings next-generation genomic sequencing to more Ontario cancer patients
Toronto (September 6, 2017) - Understanding a cancer's genetics is key to selecting targeted therapies that are likely to be ...
Aussie quantum tech has its sights set on human biochemistry
Credit: David Simpson Australian scientists have developed a new tool for imaging life at the nanoscale that will provide new ...
Lasker Award for Michael N. Hall from the University of Basel
Credit: University of Basel, Peter Schnetz Professor Michael N. Hall from the Biozentrum of the University of Basel receives the ...
Gut microbiota of larvae has an impact on mosquito’s ability to transmit human pathogens
Credit: © Institut Pasteur Mosquitoes are holometabolous insects (i.e. organisms that go through a complete metamorphosis). As such, they occupy ...
A protein that extends life of yeast cells
Credit: (Image: University of Basel/SNI/Nano Imaging Lab) To understand and control aging is the aspiration of many scientists. Researchers at ...
Paving the way towards ‘designer organelles’
Research published today, by an inter-disciplinary group from the University of Leeds, outlines their work in creating an alternative pathway ...
Blindness study shows how gene causes middle-age sight loss
Blindness study shows how gene causes middle-age sight loss. Chemical changes in the eye that can lead to blindness have ...
The bacteria responsible for legionellosis modulates the host cell metabolism to its advantage
Credit: © Institut Pasteur. Intracellular pathogens adopt various strategies to circumvent the defences of the host cell and to proliferate ...
Bone marrow models to study blood and musculoskeletal disorders
(Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT) ) For her research on development of hematological and musculoskeletal disorders, Dr. Cornelia Lee-Thedieck, scientist ...
A ‘virtual heart’ to simulate arrhythmia
Credit: MIPT Press Office A group of researchers from MIPT and Ghent University (Belgium) has developed the first realistic model ...
Parkinson’s severity assessed through drawing
Credit: Courtesy of Dinesh Kumar and Ms. Poonam Zham of the 'Affordable diagnostics' group in RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia Researchers ...
Certara paper shows viral kinetic modeling grows flu knowledge, advances drug development
Certara®, the global leader in model-informed drug development and regulatory science, today announced that its comprehensive influenza viral kinetic modeling ...
New microscopy method for quick and reliable 3-D imaging of curvilinear nanostructures
Credit: Cécile Hébert/Emad Oveisi/EPFL Physical and biological sciences increasingly require the ability to observe nano-sized objects. This can be accomplished ...
UCLA biologists slow aging, extend lifespan of fruit flies
Credit: Nature Communications/Anil Rana UCLA biologists have developed an intervention that serves as a cellular time machine -- turning back ...
