Collaboration between pet owners and researchers helps children and dogs with rare epilepsy
The research, published in PLOS ONE, has identified the progression of Lafora disease, a devastating form of epilepsy which affects...
A Braf kinase-inactive mutant induces lung adenocarcinoma
The initiating oncogenic event in almost half of human lung adenocarcinomas is still unknown, a fact that complicates the development...
Where there’s fire, there’s smoke — and social media
Credit: Pixabay FORT COLLINS, Colo. - When people see smoke on the horizon, what do they do? Besides (hopefully) calling...
Ebola detected in semen of survivors two years after infection
Credit: David Wohl Chapel Hill, N.C. - Ebola virus RNA can persist in the semen of survivors more than two...
Tree-of-heaven’s prolific seed production adds to its invasive potential
Tree-of-heaven -- or Ailanthus -- is an invasive triple threat, according to a team of plant pathologists. The species produces...
A dolphin diet
The health of dolphin populations worldwide depends on sustained access to robust food sources. A new report by UC Santa...
Marriage of microscopy techniques reveals 3-D structure of critical protein complex
Credit: Illustration by Ryan Kramer. Kansas City, MO. - Researchers at the Stowers Institute for Medical Research have solved the...
The truth about cats’ and dogs’ environmental impact
With many Americans choosing to eat less meat in recent years, often to help reduce the environmental effect of meat...
Study shows mango consumption has positive impact on inflammatory bowel disease
COLLEGE STATION - Initial results of a study by researchers in the department of nutrition and food science at Texas...
NIST funds 12 projects to make communities more resilient to disasters
Credit: NIST Public Affairs Office Using biological materials as flame retardants, defining the characteristics of soil liquefaction during earthquakes and...
Correction of a faulty gene in human embryos
Credit: (Credits: Institute for Basic Science, IBS) A new paper in Nature reports the correction of a disease-causing mutation in...
Cockroach gardeners: Spreading plant seeds across the forest floor
(Kumamoto University) Researchers in Japan have discovered that cockroaches can disperse seeds like birds and mammals. A variety of seed...
OU provides NSF undergraduate research experience in structural biology
Credit: University of Oklahoma The National Science Foundation Undergraduate Research Program in Structural Biology at the University of Oklahoma provides...
Cracking the code of megapests
Credit: CSIRO For the first time, researchers from Australia's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) have mapped the complete...
Cancer patients turning up in emergency departments with delirium likely to die earlier
According to a new study published in The Oncologist, patients with advanced cancer who are diagnosed with delirium when turning...
A new HER2 mutation, a clinical trial and a promising diagnostic tool for metastatic breast cancer
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine There is a group of metastatic breast cancers that has the HER2 gene amplified -...
Increased α5β1 integrin could improve tumor cell-killing performance in geriatric patients
A new report in the Journal of Leukocyte Biology describes an important step toward developing cancer treatments involving the body's...
Gene-regulatory factors shown to improve pancreatic cancer response to chemotherapy
Credit: Department of Molecular Cytogenetics,TMDU Tokyo, Japan - Pancreatic cancer is a particularly devastating disease because of the difficulty of...
Periodontal disease is associated with higher risk of several cancer types
Bottom Line: Periodontal disease was associated with increased risk of several types of cancer in postmenopausal women, even in women...
Study: History of gum disease increases cancer risk in older women
Credit: University at Buffalo BUFFALO, N.Y. - Postmenopausal women who have a history of gum disease also have a higher...
