Walter Reed Army Institute of Research begins phase 1 clinical trial of Marburg vaccine
SILVER SPRING, Md. - The Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR) this week administered the first vaccine in a...
Us vs. them: Understanding the neurobiology of stereotypes
BIDMC Research Briefs showcase groundbreaking scientific advances that are transforming medical care. Recent studies into how human beings think about...
Eating with your eyes: Virtual reality can alter taste
ITHACA, N.Y. - Humans not only relish the sweet, savory and saltiness of foods, but they are influenced by the...
Costs of Medicare diabetes prevention program may exceed reimbursements
October 15, 2018- For some healthcare providers - especially those serving racial/ethnic minority and low-income patients - the costs of...
Marker may help target treatments for Crohn’s patients
ITHACA, N.Y. - Crohn's disease (CD), a chronic inflammatory condition of the intestinal tract, has emerged as a global disease,...
HIV-positive infants are at high risk for acquiring congenital cytomegalovirus infection
UCLA RESEARCH ALERT Enrique Rivero FINDINGS Infants born to HIV-positive mothers had high rates of congenital cytomegalovirus, or CMV. Infants...
New test rapidly identifies antibiotic-resistant ‘superbugs’
Credit: UC Berkeley Video by Roxanne Makasdjian and Stephen McNally Berkeley -- When you get sick, you want the right...
An RNA key that unlocks innate immunity
RNA has long been the neglected middle child of biomolecules, the go-between between DNA, which encodes the cell's instructions, and...
A new mechanism for how animal cells stay intact
Credit: Manu Prakash Almost eight years ago, Stanford University bioengineer Manu Prakash was looking for a way to watch every...
Did mosasaurs hunt like killer whales?
Credit: Joseph Fuqua II/UC Creative Services Did prehistoric sea creatures called mosasaurs subdue prey by ramming them with their bony...
Goldilocks principle in biology — fine-tuning the ‘just right’ signal load
Credit: Kasper Røjkjær Andersen, Simon Kelly and Simona Radutoiu. In the fairy tale "Goldilock and the Three Bears", the girl...
Tropical moths in the mountains are larger
Credit: (Photo: Gunnar Brehm/FSU Jena) Jena, Germany (12.10.18) Researchers from three universities have measured more than 19,000 tropical moths from...
Quantifying evolutionary impacts of humans on the biosphere is harder than it seems
Credit: Andrew Hendry Are human disturbances to the environment driving evolutionary changes in animals and plants? A new study conducted...
Calm the immune system, halt premature birth
Premature birth is the leading cause of infant death and disability in the U.S., and costs billions in dollars and...
Classifying microbes differently leads to discovery
Changing the way microbes are classified can reveal similarities among mammals' gut microbiomes, according to a new study. The study,...
Is the next big step in cancer therapy personalized vaccines?
Credit: UC San Diego Health Tamara Strauss has been living with high-grade, stage IV pancreatic neuroendocrine cancer for more than...
Cancer stem cells use normal genes in abnormal ways
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center CDK1 is a "normal" protein - its presence drives cells through the cycle of...
Innovative tool allows continental-scale water, energy, and land system modeling
A new large-scale hydroeconomic model, developed by the Water Program at IIASA, will allow researchers to study water systems across...
Liver-on-a-chip, the ideal test environment for CRISPR
Credit: Marco-Alexis Chaira Tempe, Ariz. - Two Arizona State University professors are among the first recipients of Somatic Cell Genome...
Irrigating vegetables with wastewater in African cities may spread disease
Urban farmers growing vegetables to feed millions of people in Africa's ever-growing cities could unwittingly be helping to spread disease...
