Scientists take first snapshots of a molecular propeller that runs at 100 degrees Celsius
Credit: Bertram Daum / University of Exeter Scientists have made a crucial new discovery into how a group of ancient ...
ICU patients who survive ARDS may suffer from prolonged post-intensive care syndrome
Credit: Intermountain Medical Center Patients who survive acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) often leave a hospital intensive care unit with ...
Combating antiviral drug resistance with dynamic therapeutics
Credit: University of Illinois Antiviral drug resistance has long been a problem in modern society. As viruses evolve, they develop ...
Upon prolonged irradiation, human stem cells’ defenses are activated
Credit: MIPT Press Office Researchers from several Russian institutes, including MIPT, have found out how prolonged exposure to ionizing radiation ...
This is how belly fat could increase your cancer risk
Credit: Michigan State University EAST LANSING, Mich. - It's been well established that obesity is a contributor to cancer risk, ...
Metal simplifies synthesis of antibody drugs
Credit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON - (Aug. 24, 2017) - Rice University scientists have developed a method to efficiently modify ...
Researchers report better way to create organic bioelectronics
Credit: Credit:Milad Khorrami & Mohammad Reza Abidian, University of Houston With increasing scientific and medical interest in communication with the ...
Brain recovery longer than clinical recovery among athletes following concussion, new research suggests
Credit: Courtesy of St. Michael's Hospital TORONTO, August 24, 2017--University athletes with a recent concussion had changes in their brain ...
Researchers closer to understanding how a drug could induce health benefits of exercise
The research team - led by the University of Leeds - has found that a protein called Piezo1 in the ...
Scientists develop novel ‘dot’ system to improve cancer detection
Credit: Kristen Cusato La Jolla, Calif., August 24, 2017 - Researchers at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute (SBP) have ...
Plant ‘smells’ insect foe, initiates defense
Credit: Nick Sloff, Penn State It cannot run away from the fly that does it so much damage, but tall ...
Baby boomer squirrels master tricky timing
Credit: Anni Hämäläinen Female squirrels who align their reproduction to take advantage of food-rich years and align have more pups ...
Fantastic beasts and why to conserve them
According to a new study, by the University of Leeds and Cardiff University, the conservation of threatened species has much ...
Survival of soil organisms is a wake-up call for biosecurity
Credit: Lee T. Aalders Tiny creatures in soil that attack plants have shown the ability to survive for at least ...
Exploring the ground truth: NASA’s twin study investigates metabolites
Credit: NASA You may think you're just an average Joe, but according to your metabolomics data your body is percolating ...
Giving cancer-killing viruses a boost
Scientists have found a compound that helped a tumor-targeting virus kill liver cancer more effectively while sparing healthy cells, which ...
Outstanding Investigator Grant Awarded to Dario C. Altieri, M.D., Wistar President & CEO
PHILADELPHIA -- (Aug. 23, 2017) -- The Wistar Institute is pleased to announce that distinguished scientist Dario C. Altieri, M.D., ...
On the other hand, the immune system can also cause cancer
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center Infection with human papillomavirus (HPV) is the primary cause of cervical cancer and a ...
Putting it to the test
Credit: University of Utah College of Engineering It's estimated that about 788,000 people worldwide died of liver cancer in 2015, ...
Nutlin-3, a p53-Mdm2 antagonist for nasopharyngeal carcinoma treatment
Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is a common epithelial squamous cell head and neck cancer which is strongly associated with gamma herpes ...
