Using microfluidic devices to sort stem cells
While there are no cures for neurological diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, many researchers believe that one could be...
Exercise, more than diet, key to preventing obesity
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Two factors–metabolism and gut microbes – have been credited by researchers as key players in the fight...
Science Bulletin published a special topic on ‘stem cell, basis and application’
Stem cells sustain the capacity of self-renewal and differentiation into specialized cells, offering exciting promises in both basic and applied...
Goal of new tissue-chip research is to assess efficacy of novel…
Credit: VIIBRE, Vanderbilt University An interdisciplinary team of Vanderbilt University researchers has received a two-year, $2-million federal grant to develop...
Duchenne muscular dystrophy is a stem cell disease
A new study from The Ottawa Hospital and the University of Ottawa is poised to completely change our understanding of...
Harvest of nuisance black bears in New Jersey reducing human-bear…
Credit: New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife LOGAN, UTAH, USA – Is there room for black bears in human-dominated...
Researchers collaborate to develop bird’s eye view of rural…
Credit: Wits University Scientists from the Wits School of Public Health, the Africa Health Research Institute (AHRI) in Kwa-Zulu Natal...
How to increase the fat burned during exercise
When we exercise, our body's oxidation of fat and carbohydrates depends on the intensity and duration of the activity. A...
Validation of suspected somatic single nucleotide variations
Credit: Centre for Molecular Biology It has been proposed that somatic gene variations (SNV) present in few brain cells could...
Start codons in DNA may be more numerous than previously thought
Credit: Jeff Glasgow/Ariel Hecht/Kelly Irvine/NIST For decades, scientists working with genetic material have labored with a few basic rules in...
Endangered ibises benefit from joining egret flocks
Credit: N. Zhao Birds benefit from flocking together — even when they're not of a feather. According to a new...
Sequencing poisonous mushrooms to potentially create medicine
Credit: By G.L. Kohuth EAST LANSING, Mich. – A team of Michigan State University scientists has genetically sequenced two species...
Oregon scientists link signaling network to heart valve defects
EUGENE, Ore. — May 5, 2016 — A cell-to-cell signaling network that serves as a developmental timer could provide a...
New metalloid oxide reducing bacteria found in manitoba’s…
Credit: Dr. Vladimir Yurkov A new study published in the Canadian Journal of Microbiology has identified new toxic metalloid-reducing bacteria...
New research reveals cancers need a ‘perfect storm’ of conditions to develop
SCIENTISTS have demonstrated for the first time the 'perfect storm' of conditions that cells need to start forming cancer, helping...
Mothers with diabetes more likely to also have anti-fetal brain autoantibodies
Mothers of children with autism and were diagnosed with metabolic conditions during pregnancy, particularly gestational and type 2 diabetes, were...
Efficiency of insect biodiversity monitoring via Malaise trap samples…
Credit: Bernhard Huber The massive decline of over 75% insect biomass reported from Germany between 1989 and 2013 by expert...
Key molecular signal that shapes regeneration in planarian stem cells discovered
Kansas City, MO. — Many living creatures possess exceptional abilities that set them apart from other species. Cheetahs can run...
Biological clock found in fungal parasite sheds more light on…
Credit: Brianna Santamaria Charissa de Bekker, Ph.D., came to UCF earlier this year to continue her research on a fungal...
What if humans could photosynthesize? (video)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 30, 2016 — The sun shines a massive amount of energy onto the Earth's surface every day. What...
