Immune response mechanism described for fate determination of T cells
Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - After a pathogen infects the body, the immune system responds with a remarkable -- and...
How skin begins: New research could improve skin grafts, and more
University of Colorado Boulder researchers have discovered a key mechanism by which skin begins to develop in embryos, shedding light...
Lesbian, gay or bisexual youth are at increased risk of using multiple substances
CORVALLIS, Ore. - Young people who identify as lesbian, gay or bisexual are at increased risk of using substances such...
KKH develops rapid genomic sequencing to diagnose critically ill children with rare diseases
A multi-disciplinary team at KK Women's and Children's Hospital (KKH) has developed a test to enable faster diagnosis of rare...
Social class determines how the unemployed talk about food insecurity
Credit: "Cherry Blossom " (pseudonym), 2012 "Cherry Blossom," a 39-year-old woman worked as a hotel breakfast bar hostess around the...
BPA exposure in US-approved levels may alter insulin response in non-diabetic adults
Credit: MU News Bureau In a first study of its kind study, researchers have found that a common chemical consumers...
Genetic testing helps predict disease recurrence in myelodysplastic syndrome
Credit: Matt Miller A DNA-based analysis of blood cells soon after a stem cell transplant can predict likelihood of disease...
Where have all the turtles gone, and why does it matter?
Credit: UGA Athens, Ga. - About 61 percent of the world's 356 turtle species are threatened or already extinct, and...
Location, location, location: does seedling defence vary over large geographical scales?
Do the defence mechanisms employed by seedlings to avoid being eaten by herbivores vary according to their location? That is...
Climate change may drive 10 percent of amphibian species in the Atlantic Rainforest to extinction
Credit: Fábio Maffei Global warming could lead to the extinction of up to 10% of frog and toad species endemic...
Discovery of a cancer promoter offers pathway to overcome drug resistance
Credit: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Geneticists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have discovered a previously unknown cell growth...
St. Jude researchers solve a central mystery of a baffling high-risk leukemia
Credit: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital St. Jude Children's Research Hospital investigators have unraveled the origins and identified mutations associated...
Thousands of breast cancer gene variants engineered and analyzed
Credit: UW Medicine A new scientific analysis of nearly 4,000 mutations deliberately engineered into the BRCA1 gene will immediately benefit...
Findings could improve treatment for challenging acute leukemia in children
CHAPEL HILL -- Researchers from St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and the University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center...
Global coastal wetlands need to move inland in fight against climate change
Credit: University of Lincoln Up to 30 per cent of coastal wetlands could be lost globally by the year 2100...
Ancient bird bones redate human activity in Madagascar by 6,000 years
Credit: ZSL Analysis of bones, from what was once the world's largest bird, has revealed that humans arrived on the...
UMN heads up new project to foster more collaboration among researchers
The issues facing modern society such as climate change, poverty, and the global economy have become more complex over time....
Breast cancer screening does not reduce mortality
Fewer and fewer women die from breast cancer in recent years but, surprisingly, the decline is just as large in...
Big data is synergized by team and open science
For some time, "big data" has loomed large as a source of challenges and opportunities for science, but as yet,...
Turtle species decline may impact environments worldwide
Credit: Jeff Lovich, USGS, Southwest Biological Science Center Approximately 61 percent of the world's 356 turtle species are threatened or...
