Scientists discover new gene expression mechanism with possible role in human disease
Credit: Christ-claude Mowandza-ndinga, UNC Health Care CHAPEL HILL, NC - When cells grow and divide to ensure a biological function...
Dying cancer cells make remaining glioblastoma cells more aggressive and therapy-resistant
Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - A surprising form of cell-to-cell communication in glioblastoma promotes global changes in recipient cells, including...
Crowding inside cells may influence many functions and major diseases
Among the most studied protein machines in history, mTORC1 has long been known to sense whether a cell has enough...
Scripps Research study provides new clues to improving chemotherapies
Credit: Shen Lab/Scripps Research JUPITER, FL - June 21, 2018 - About half of all drugs, ranging from morphine to...
‘Flamingo:’ High-powered microscopy coming to a scientist near you
Credit: Jan Huisken Modern microscopy has given scientists a front-row seat to living, breathing biology in all its technicolor glory....
Higher body fat linked to lower breast cancer risk in younger women
CHAPEL Hill - While obesity has been shown to increase breast cancer risk in postmenopausal women, a large-scale study co-led...
ASH to collaborate on clinical practice guidelines on von Willebrand Disease
(WASHINGTON - June 21, 2018) The American Society of Hematology (ASH) will collaborate with the International Society on Thrombosis and...
GSA forms partnership with OADN
The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) and the Organization for Associate Degree Nursing (OADN) are collaborating in a new partnership...
Allen Institute for Brain Science database release nearly doubles mouse brain cell data
Credit: Allen Institute The Allen Institute for Brain Science today announced the release of new data, tools to analyze those...
Antidiabetic action of natural fatty acid derivatives not confirmed
A research consortium between the healthcare company Sanofi and Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) investigated the antidiabetic action of certain...
Scientists solve the case of the missing subplate, with wide implications for brain science
Credit: Laboratory of Stem Cell Biology and Molecular Embryology at The Rockefeller University The disappearance of an entire brain region...
New cellular pathway helps explain how inflammation leads to artery disease
Credit: Cedars-Sinai LOS ANGELES (June 21, 2018) -- Investigators have identified a new cellular pathway that may help explain how...
Scientists discover how brain signals travel to drive language performance
Credit: Drexel University Effective verbal communication depends on one's ability to retrieve and select the appropriate words to convey an...
Princeton chemists teach an enzyme a new trick, with potential for building new molecules
Credit: C. Todd Reichart, Department of Chemistry Princeton chemists have found a way to make a naturally occurring enzyme take...
Our intestinal microbiome influences metabolism — through the immune system
Credit: Adam Wong, PhD. Modified from Disease Models & Mechanisms. doi: 10.1242/dmm.023408. Research tells us that the commensal or "good"...
Warren Alpert Foundation honors pioneering discoveries in cystic fibrosis
The 2018 Warren Alpert Foundation Prize has been awarded to five scientists for transformative discoveries in the fields of genetics,...
Penn geneticist receives 2018 Gotto Prize
PHILADELPHIA--Daniel J. Rader, MD, chair of the department of Genetics in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of...
Ketamine acts fast to treat depression and its effects last — but how?
In contrast to most antidepressant medications, which can take several weeks to reduce depressive symptoms, ketamine -- a commonly used...
Deep data dive helps predict cerebral palsy
Credit: University of Delaware/ Photo illustration by Jeffrey Chase When University of Delaware molecular biologist Adam Marsh was studying the...
First major study comparing robotic to open surgery published in The Lancet
Credit: Courtesy Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center. The first comprehensive study comparing the outcomes of robotic surgery to those of traditional...
