Sensory makeup of mosquitoes used to fight spread of disease
Credit: Photo by University of Nevada, Reno Assistant Professor Andrew Nuss. University of Nevada, Reno entomologist Andrew Nuss and biologist...
Adding silicon to soil to strengthen plant defenses
Credit: Illustration by Jeff Chase/ University of Delaware To help plants better fend off insect pests, researchers are arming them...
Can previous exposure to west Nile alter the course of Zika?
Credit: TTUHSC El Paso / Tommie Morelos EL PASO, Texas - West Nile virus is no stranger to the U.S.-Mexico...
The key to drought-tolerant crops may be in the leaves
Credit: Xiuwei Liu, Texas A&M University A solution to help farmers to grow crops in dry areas or during stretches...
Biophysical Society Announces 2018 Society Fellows
The Biophysical Society is delighted to announce its 2018 Society Fellows. This award honors the Society's distinguished members who have...
Biophysical Society names 2018 award recipients
The Biophysical Society is pleased to announce the recipients of its 2018 Society awards. These awards are very competitive in...
Study reveals seven complete specimens of new flower, all 100 million years old
CORVALLIS, Ore. - A Triceratops or Tyrannosaurus rex bulling its way through a pine forest likely dislodged flowers that 100...
A moth and its flame: Mate selection found to evolve from response to flower odors
For moths, love is literally in the air through the action of pheromones to attract mates. Virgin females release a...
Monash helps address superbug resistance with Phage therapy
International research involving a Monash biologist shows that bacteriophage therapy - a process whereby bacterial viruses attack and destroy specific...
Chapman University’s School of Pharmacy receives research grants totaling $3.5 million
Credit: Chapman University ding each year, bringing the total awards since the School opened in 2014 to just more than...
UCI study uncovers possible roots of schizophrenia
Credit: UCI Irvine, Calif., Aug. 15, 2017 - An abundance of an amino acid called methionine, which is common in...
Older cancer patients rate own physical abilities as better than their caregivers do
Older cancer patients and their caregivers often differ in their assessment of the patient's physical abilities, with caregivers generally rating...
‘Acidic patch’ regulates access to genetic information
Credit: Courtesy of Nature Chromatin remodelers -- protein machines that pack and unpack chromatin, the tightly wound DNA-protein complex in...
Cancer-fighting T cells are smarter, stronger than experts thought
Credit: Yinnian Feng/Vanderbilt University Scientists studying the body's cancer-fighting T cells have a serious problem: When they culture them in...
New cancer diagnosis may come with risk of thromboembolism
WASHINGTON (Aug. 14, 2017) -- Patients newly diagnosed with cancer may have a substantially increased short-term risk of arterial thromboembolism,...
Clinical trial eligibility criteria a growing obstacle
Credit: UT Southwestern DALLAS - Aug. 14, 2017 - Despite a decade-long call for simplification of clinical trials, the number...
Discovery of new prostate cancer biomarkers could improve precision therapy
ROCHESTER, Minn. -- Mayo Clinic researchers have identified a new cause of treatment resistance in prostate cancer. Their discovery also...
Ohio State Cancer researchers validate a clinical test for fusion genes
Columbus, Ohio - An assay that identifies a peculiar but important abnormality in cancer cells has been developed and validated...
From thousands of suspects, Yale researchers ferret out cancer-causing genes
A Yale-led team of researchers has identified specific gene combinations that can cause deadly brain cancer glioblastoma, using new technology...
From cancer evolution to personalized therapies
Lausanne, 14 August 2017 - Being able to predict the resistance or sensitivity of a tumour cell to a drug...
