New way of growing blood vessels could boost regenerative medicine
In addition the technique to grow the blood vessels in a 3D scaffold cuts down on the risk of transplant...
UTSW study finds innate immunity connection to rare, fatal childhood disease
DALLAS – Aug. 2, 2016 – UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have found an important innate immunity role for a...
Looking different than your parents can be an evolutionary advantage
RIVERSIDE, Calif. — Looking different to your parents can provide species with a way to escape evolutionary dead ends, according...
Shorter telomeres reveal stress in migratory birds
Credit: C. Billman The stress of birds' continent-spanning annual migrations, it appears, leads to faster aging and a potentially earlier...
Physical activity good for your health, but what’s happening below the surface?
Credit: University of Michigan Health System ANN ARBOR, Mich. – The University of Michigan was recently awarded $8.2 million from...
Veterinary surgeons perform first-known brain surgery to treat…
Credit: Courtesy of Mystic Aquarium. GRAFTON, Mass. (December 27, 2017)– A neurosurgical team at Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at...
Septic shock patients have better outcomes when their heart rates are…
Credit: Intermountain Medical Center Researchers at Intermountain Medical Center in Salt Lake City, along with researchers from four other centers,...
‘Wing prints’ may identify individual bats as effectively as fingerprints identify people
Credit: The image was used as Figure 1 in their study, 'Bat wing biometrics: using collagen-elastin bundles in bat wings...
Salk Institute ranked #2 in world for life sciences collaborations by…
Credit: Nature Research LA JOLLA–(November 17, 2016) The Salk Institute ranks second in the world for high-quality, high-impact scientific collaborations...
There’s a close association between magnetic systems and certain states of brain…
Credit: UGRdivulga Scientists from the University of Granada (UGR) have proven for the first time that there is a close...
Rice University biologists create toolkit for tuning genetic circuits
Credit: National Institutes of Health Rice University scientists have created a toolkit for synthetic biologists who need to precisely tune...
Newly discovered virus a prime suspect in often-fatal beak disorder…
SAN FRANCISCO (July 26, 2016) – Scientists have uncovered a fascinating new clue in the global mystery surrounding wild birds...
In the belly of the Devil: New rare ant species found in the stomach of a poison frog
Credit: Dr Christian Rabeling While new ant species are usually discovered in surveys involving researchers searching through leaf litter, it...
Immense species richness of bacterial-eating microorganisms discovered in soil
Typically ignored, the millions of microorganisms that we tread upon daily play a major role in the decomposition of soil...
Major upgrade will boost power of world’s brightest X-ray laser
Menlo Park, Calif. — Construction begins today on a major upgrade to a unique X-ray laser at the Department of...
Plants love microbes — and so do farmers
Credit: Lui Weber The Australian Sunshine Coast’s plant diversity has helped University of Queensland researchers confirm that nurture has the...
Edited stem cells offer hope of precision therapy for blindness
IMAGE: Skin cells from a patient with X-linked Retinitis Pigmentosa were transformed into induced pluripotent stem cells and the blindness-causing...
You’re not too old to learn that
Credit: Rachel Wu UC Riverside RIVERSIDE, Calif. – One day, our brains will not work the way they used to,...
New drug combination has potential to significantly improve…
Credit: UGA Athens, Ga. – University of Georgia researchers have found a way to enhance chemotherapy's cancer-killing powers, bringing science...
Upstream trenches, downstream nitrogen
Water quality scientist Laura Christianson is working on a solution to the "dead zone"–an area with dangerously low levels of...
