Microscope invented at marine biological laboratory illuminates chromosomal ‘dark matter’
Credit: From Imai et al (2017) DOI: 10.1091/mbc.E17-06-0359 WOODS HOLE, MASS.-- Using a microscope invented at the Marine Biological Laboratory...
Army scientists discover power in urine
Credit: Photo Credit: David McNally, ARL Public Affairs ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. -- Scientists at the U.S. Army Research Laboratory...
TSRI study reveals new clues to how a successful HIV vaccine could work
LA JOLLA, CA - September 12, 2017 - Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have made a discovery that...
Virginia Tech biochemists dip into the health benefits of olives and olive oil
Credit: Courtesy of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The health benefits of olives-- and associated natural products such...
Farming fish
Steephead parrotfish (Chlorurus microrhinos) are picky eaters. In the central Pacific, however, they appear to have taken matters into their...
Poll: Majority of Americans say tackle football is unsafe for young kids
LOWELL, Mass. - A majority of Americans believe it is not safe for children to play tackle football before they...
Preeclampsia may boost heart disease risk by altering blood vessels
Preeclampsia may permanently change the blood vessels of women who experience the condition during pregnancy, boosting their lifelong risk for...
NIH awards $15 million to support development of 3-D human tissue models
More than 60 percent of investigational drugs fail in human clinical trials due to a lack of effectiveness, despite promising...
USDA announces more than $8.6 million to support community food projects
WASHINGTON, D.C September 12, 2017 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) today...
UT faculty member helps identify new species of prehistoric crocodile
Credit: Stephanie Drumheller-Horton Around 95 million years ago, a giant relative of modern crocodiles ruled the coastlines and waterways of...
Superior pathological diagnosis using transparent tissues
Credit: 2017 Nojima S. et al. Scientific Reports, 7:9269, 1-14. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-09117-0 (Osaka, Japan) To some, the idea of invisibility...
Mitochondrial metastasis suppressor pathway controls tumor cell metabolic reprogramming
PHILADELPHIA -- (Sept. 11, 2017) -- A novel mitochondrial variant of the protein Syntaphilin, or SNPH, which orchestrates the choice...
Osimertinib improves progression-free survival in patients with EGFR mutated lung cancer
LUGANO-MADRID, 9 September, 2017 - Osimertinib improves progression-free survival by 54% compared to standard first line therapy in patients with...
Abemaciclib initial therapy improves outcome in endocrine-sensitive advanced breast cancer
LUGANO-MADRID, 10 September, 2017 - The results of the MONARCH 3 trial, presented at the ESMO 2017 Congress in Madrid...
To improve health monitoring, simply trip the ‘nanoswitch’
Engineered strands of DNA -- nanoscale tools called "nanoswitches" -- could be the key to faster, easier, cheaper and more...
Smoking slowly changes lung cells to increase the odds for cancer
Cigarette smoke causes epigenetic changes in lung cells that prime them to develop cancer, and researchers can now observe how...
‘Epigenetic’ changes from cigarette smoke may be first step in lung cancer development
Credit: Jennifer Fairman Scientists at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center say they have preliminary evidence in laboratory-grown, human airway...
Cell surface protein may offer big target in treating high-risk childhood cancers
Credit: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Oncology researchers studying high-risk children's cancers have identified a protein that offers a likely target...
The turbulent healing powers of plasma
Credit: {FEATUREDCREDIT}{FEATUREDCREDITMORE} WASHINGTON, D.C., September 11, 2017 -- Researchers are starting to discover the curing powers of plasma -- bringing...
Chronic cell death promotes liver cancer
Liver cancer occurs predominantly in patients whose liver has been damaged as a result of chronic disease. Until now it...
