New study to decode what makes people immune to influenza
November 1, 2018 - The key to lasting protection against influenza may be in your bones. The cells that naturally...
Minimally invasive surgery associated with worse survival for women with cervical cancer compared to open hysterectomy
Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center When comparing standard-of-care surgical options for women with early-stage cervical cancer, two studies led by...
‘Cryptic’ interactions drive biodiversity decline near the edge of forest fragments
When humans cut contiguous tropical forests into smaller fragments, ecologists say, forests along the edges of those fragments tend to...
Relapsed leukemia flies under immune system’s radar
Credit: Matt Miller Patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML), an aggressive cancer of the blood, often are treated with stem...
Story tips from the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, November 2018
Credit: Oak Ridge National Laboratory, US Dept. of Energy Transportation--Going with the flow Self-driving cars promise to keep traffic moving...
Cocaine-fentanyl overdoses underscore need for more ‘test strips’ and rapid response
PHILADELPHIA - Penn Medicine emergency department physicians are calling for more readily available testing strips to identify the presence of...
NUS study: RNA defects linked to multiple myeloma progression in high risk patients
Multiple myeloma (MM) is the second most common type of blood cancer where cancer cells accumulate in the bone marrow,...
Seeing cell membranes in a new light
If you want to understand how the cell membrane works, Adam Cohen says, look no further than your kitchen. Cohen,...
Making collective sense of brainwaves
Credit: Reproduced with permission from reference 1 © 2018 John Wiley and Sons The lack of tools to be able...
Investigators study how a protein factor contributes to cancer cell migration
KEY FINDINGS UCLA researchers have discovered a new protein factor that contributes to a fibroblast cell's ability to migrate to...
Study: Impact of mercury-controlling policies shrinks with every five-year delay
Mercury is an incredibly stubborn toxin. Once it is emitted from the smokestacks of coal-fired power plants, among other sources,...
The protein Matrin-3 determines the fate of neural stem cells in brain development
Credit: Kanako Niimori-Kita A research group from Kumamoto University, Japan has discovered a new neurogenic mechanism responsible for brain development....
How cancer-causing papillomaviruses evolved
Credit: Chen Z, et al. (2018) Cancer-causing human papillomaviruses (HPVs) diverged from their most recent common ancestors approximately half a...
Searching in soil, scientists find a new way to combat tuberculosis
Credit: Jacob Arthur Pritchard for The Rockefeller University For decades, doctors have been using antibiotics to fight tuberculosis (TB). And...
Specific CD8 T cell states may indicate response to immune checkpoint therapy for melanoma
A multi-institutional research team, led by investigators at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard,...
Reef RangerBot becomes ‘LarvalBot’ to spread coral babies
Credit: QUT Media QUT's reef protector robot is set to become 'mother' to hundreds of millions of baby corals in...
Zika circulates among wild animals in the Americas, making eradication nearly impossible
GALVESTON, Texas -A collaborative group of researchers from The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston and the Faculty of...
Glutamine metabolism affects T cell signaling and function
The cellular nutrient glutamine launches a metabolic signaling pathway that promotes the function of some immune system T cells and...
Researchers solve the mystery of the bird from Atlantis
The world's smallest flightless bird can be found on Inaccessible Island in the middle of the South Atlantic. Less than...
Lyme Disease Biobank expands to increase understanding of Lyme in heart, brain, joints
Portola Valley, Calif., November 1, 2018 - Bay Area Lyme Foundation, a national organization funding research to make Lyme disease...
