A barrier that keeps cancer at bay
Credit: Iacovos Michael/EPFL Activins are proteins involved in a number of important biological functions, including the regulation of the menstrual...
Rheumatoid arthritis drug diminishes Zika birth defects in mice
In experiments with pregnant mice infected with the Zika virus, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers report they have successfully used a...
Twisting whirlpools of electrons
Credit: F. Carbone/EPFL In Jules Verne's famous classic Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, the iconic submarine Nautilus disappears into...
Untangling a cancer signaling network suggests new roadmap to tumor control
WASHINGTON -- In this advanced age of molecular sleuthing, a research team led by Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center have...
Detailed brain map uncovers hidden immune cells that may be involved in neurodegenerative disorders
Our brains do not only contain neurons, but also a variety of immune cells that play an important role for...
UrFU student developing 3D printer for creating implants
Eugeniy Volokhin will receive 500 thousand rubles for the development of his project as part of the program 'UMNIK' The...
Men taking medications for enlarged prostate face delays in prostate cancer diagnosis
Men treated with medications for symptoms of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) experienced a two-year delay in diagnosis of their prostate...
Clinical trial looks at absorption levels of sunscreen active ingredients into bloodstream
Bottom Line: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recommends that active ingredients in sunscreen absorbed into the bloodstream above a...
Artificial intelligence improves power transmission
PrognoNetz: Self-learning sensor networks to predict the resilience of overhead lines -- adapting operation to weather for optimal use of...
Form drives function in cancer proliferation
Credit: UTSW DALLAS - May 6, 2019 - A new study finds that the protein responsible for the crawling movements...
Plastic gets a do-over: Breakthrough discovery recycles plastic from the inside out
Scientists from Berkeley Lab have made a next-generation plastic that can be recycled again and again into new materials of...
Making a ‘to do’ list for trauma docs
Study: Digital checklist can support trauma teams without hampering performanceCredit: Drexel University In hospital trauma centers, where life-or-death decisions are...
Brain injury from low oxygen affects specific cells, Stanford-led study finds
Low oxygen levels are a well-known cause of brain injury in premature babies. But the mechanism by which low oxygen...
Quantum computing with graphene plasmons
Credit: © University of Vienna, created by Thomas Rögelsperger A novel material that consists of a single sheet of carbon...
Secrets of the ‘blue supergiant’ revealed
Blue supergiants are the rock-and-roll stars of the universe. They are massive stars that live fast and die young which...
Female flies respond to sensation of sex, not just sperm
Credit: Igor Siwanowicz Female fruit flies can feel when a sexual partner is a good fit. Scientists have long known...
Improving the well-being of heart-failure patients
Credit: DZHI Wuerzburg Many patients with an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) are anxious of the shock delivered by the device...
‘Google Maps’ for cancer: Image-based computer model reveals finer details of tumor blood flow
Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers develop an image-based computer model of tumor behavior that captures more of the complexity of cancer...
Trans-catheter aortic valve replacement can improve outcomes in low-risk surgical patients
Study presented today at AATS 99th Annual Meeting finds that after one year, incidence of adverse events with TAVR was...
UMN researchers advance understanding of atrial fibrillation-related dementia
MINNEAPOLIS, MN- May 6, 2019- University of Minnesota Medical School researchers have determined that atrial fibrillation (Afib) is independently associated...
