Synthetic biology used to target cancer cells while sparing healthy tissue, study reports
Synthetic proteins engineered to recognize overly active biological pathways can kill cancer cells while sparing their healthy peers, according to...
Food dye, the secret ingredient for 3D printing biocompatible hydrogels with life-like vasculature
Yellow food dye #5 - a common food additive - is revealed as the secret ingredient in 3D printing biomaterials...
New cancer therapy target found in mitochondria for potential treatment of blood cancers
Study shows how drugs ONC201 and ONC212 cause cancer cell deathCredit: MD Anderson Cancer Center A study at The University...
Connecting neurons in the brain
The brain consists of a large collection of interconnected neurons. How complex patterns of neuronal cells grow into functioning circuits...
Opportunistic cancer cells ‘slip through the gaps’ to spread through blood vessels
Cancer cells may rely on opportunism, as well as chemical signalling, to spread through the body, according to new findings...
Reservoir bugs: Stanford-led study shows why stomach pathogen is so tough to eradicate
The stomach-dwelling bacteria Helicobacter pylori survives in the stomach -- a hellish, churning vat of hydrochloric acid -- by holing...
New tools could provide ironclad certainty that computer bugs are a thing of the past
Stevens research offers 100 percent guarantee that software is free from glitches It's bad enough losing an hour's work when...
Mutational intensity influences a tumor’s response to PD-1 immunotherapy
Following FDA approval last year of PD-1 immune checkpoint inhibitors for tumors with mismatch repair deficiency, a new study reveals...
Putting vision models to the test
Study shows that artificial neural networks can be used to drive brain activity CAMBRIDGE, MA -- MIT neuroscientists have performed...
Organ bioprinting gets a breath of fresh air
Bioengineers clear major hurdle on path to 3D printing replacement organsCredit: Photo by Jordan Miller/Rice University HOUSTON -- (May 2,...
Four proposals receive seed funds to develop medical devices for children
Pennsylvania Pediatric Medical Device Consortium supports projects addressing point-of-care blood testing, tracheal dislodgement, peripheral intravenous catheters and respiratory distress syndromeCredit:...
When it comes to planetary habitability, it’s what’s inside that counts
Can the geologic and dynamic features that make our home planet habitable can be produced on planets with different compositions?Credit:...
Major grant fuels hunt for universal flu vaccine
$30 million award is 2nd largest ever for Cincinnati Children'sCredit: Cincinnati Children's Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center will use a...
Study suggests earthquakes are triggered well beyond fluid injection zones
Computer model and field experiment data suggest a new link between subsurface injections and earthquake swarmsCredit: USGS MEDFORD/SOMERVILLE, Mass. (May...
Running may have made dinosaurs’ wings flap before they evolved to fly
New evidence suggests that passive wing flapping may have arisen earlier than gliding flightCredit: Talori et al. Before they evolved...
ESA tipsheet for May 6, 2019
Upcoming research in Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment Thursday, 2 May 2019 For Immediate Release Contact: Zoe Gentes, 202-833-8773...
Controlling primate neural activity using artwork from artificial neural networks
By showing macaques images generated by an artificial neural network, researchers were able to control the activity of specific neurons...
Forest fires accelerating snowmelt across western US, study finds
Credit: Christina Aragon | Portland State University Forest fires are causing snow to melt earlier in the season, a trend...
Localized efforts to save coral reefs won’t be enough, study suggests
Credit: Photo provided by Becca Maher, OSU. CORVALLIS, Ore. - A National Science Foundation study of factors that cause corals...
Emergency room patients acuity levels not always considered when within wait time target
New research from the UBC Sauder School of Business reveals that Metro Vancouver emergency patient acuity levels sometimes come second...
