Mysterious DNA modification seen in stress response
With advances in genomics, scientists are discovering additional components of the DNA alphabet in animals. Do these unusual chemical modifications...
Does stem cell therapy offer the best hope for neurodegenerative diseases?
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, Oct. 24, 2017 -- As the brain has limited capability for...
Study provides more clarity on the genetic causes of children’s food allergies
What role do genes play in egg, milk, and nut allergies? A study published in Nature Communications, led by the...
Exposure to glyphosate, chemical found in weed killers, increased over 23 years
Analyzing samples from a prospective study, University of California San Diego School of Medicine researchers found that human exposure to...
Identifying the mechanism for a new class of antiviral drugs could hasten their approval
Credit: Penn State New research shows that a new class of antiviral drugs works by causing the virus' replication machinery...
Taste, not appearance, drives corals to eat plastics
Credit: Alex Seymour, Duke University DURHAM, N.C. -- Scientists have long known that marine animals mistakenly eat plastic debris because...
Genetics may put a person at risk of high triglycerides, but adopting a healthy diet can help
URBANA, Ill. - Triglycerides, a type of fat in the blood, are important for good health. But having high triglycerides...
Tarloxitinib puts tumor-seeking tail on anti-EGFR drug to precisely target lung cancer
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center EGFR is a common genetic target in lung cancer, but not all EGFR mutations...
UT Health San Antonio researchers define mechanism that causes kidney cancer to recur
SAN ANTONIO (Oct. 24, 2017) - New research from The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT...
Animal models in regenerative medicine in upcoming special issue of tissue engineering
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, Oct. 24, 2017 -- Novel approaches to tissue engineering and regenerative...
How Neanderthals influenced human genetics at the crossroads of Asia and Europe
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- When the ancestors of modern humans migrated out of Africa, they passed through the Middle East and...
No magic wand required: Scientists propose way to turn any cell into any other cell type
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- In fairy tales, all it takes to transform a frog into a prince, a servant into...
NIH BRAIN Initiative launches cell census
The National Institutes of Health has launched a major effort to discover and catalog the brain's "parts list." The NIH's...
New clinical care guidelines issued for patients with mitochondrial disease
Credit: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Physicians who see patients with mitochondrial disease now have a practical new tool--a set of...
Fireworks in space
NASA's Twins Study preliminary results have revealed that space travel causes an increase in methylation, the process of turning genes...
Organic material matters
Nanotechnology plays an important role in removing toxic chemicals found in the soil. Currently more than 70 Environmental Protection Agency...
Morgridge, UW scientists explore national security implications of gene editing
Credit: UW-Madison MADISON -- A trio of scientists from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the Morgridge Institute for Research participated...
Two studies explore gender, language, and treatment setting as barriers in screening and patient care in lung cancer
TORONTO (October 23, 2017) -More people die of lung cancer than any other type of cancer, and two new studies...
Are clinicians prepared to give bad news?
TORONTO-(October 23, 2017) Delivering news about end-of-life issues is one of the most difficult tasks clinicians encounter in medical practice....
Lung cancer driver ALK-fusion found in melanoma
Melanomas caused by sun exposure have been matched with targeted treatments and immunotherapies, in many cases dramatically extending patients' lives....
