Immune system may mount an attack in Parkinson’s disease
Credit: Credit: NIH/NIAID A new study suggests that T cells, which help the body's immune system recognize friend from foe,...
Effects of soil and drainage on the savanna vegetation in the northern Brazilian Amazonia
Credit: Reinaldo Imbrozio Barbosa It is a well-known fact that environmental factors such as soil texture and drainage determine to...
Researchers report regenerative effects of low-dose growth factors for bone defect healing
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, July 27, 2017 -- Researchers compared the effects of three bone...
The 16 genetic markers that can cut a life story short
Why do some of us live longer than others? While the environment in which we live, including our socio-economic status...
Crops that kill pests by shutting off their genes
Plants are among many eukaryotes that can "turn off" one or more of their genes by using a process called...
Should we be worried about hepatitis E?
Hepatitis E gets little press compared to its better-known cousins A, B and C, but Stellenbosch University virologists say we...
Seeing in the dark: Minus sunlight, a general theory reveals universal patterns in ecology
There's a 50-hectare forested plot in Panama where researchers with the Smithsonian have gathered highly detailed information about the species,...
‘Dark ecology project’ will use past weather radar data to trace bird migrations
(University of Massachusetts at Amherst) Every spring and fall, billions of birds migrate across the United States, largely unseen under...
DREAMers at greater risk for mental health distress
Immigrants who came to the United States illegally as small children and who meet the requirements of the Development Relief...
Effects of a major drug target regulated through molecular ‘codes’
(Van Andel Research Institute) The findings, published today in Cell, reveal for the first time components of a G protein-coupled...
Could insufficient sleep be adding centimeters to your waistline?
Adults in the UK who have poor sleep patterns are more likely to be overweight and obese and have poorer...
New imaging technique overturns longstanding textbook model of DNA folding
How can six and half feet of DNA be folded into the tiny nucleus of a cell? Researchers funded by...
Biochemists link synthetic compound to hunger-hormone production
New research suggests that a man-made cousin of a small molecule found in olive oil can disrupt the hunger-signaling pathway....
New 3-D imaging reveals how human cell nucleus organizes DNA and chromatin of it’s genome
Credit: Horng D. Ou, Salk Institute. Sixty-four years ago, James Watson and Francis Crick described the now-iconic double helix structure...
Researchers crack the smile, describing 3 types by muscle movement
Credit: Courtesy of Paula Niedenthal MADISON, Wis. -- The smile may be the most common and flexible expression, used to...
UT Southwestern finds link between backup immune defense, mutation seen in Crohn’s disease
Credit: UT Southwestern DALLAS - July 27, 2017 - Genes that regulate a cellular recycling system called autophagy are commonly...
DNA links male, female butterfly thought to be distinct species
Credit: Florida Museum of Natural History photo by Shinichi Nakahara GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Researchers recently discovered what was thought to...
BTI receives DARPA ‘Insect Allies’ Award
Credit: Emilyn Matsumura Researchers at the Boyce Thompson Institute (BTI), the University of Minnesota, the University of California, Davis, and...
New 3-D imaging reveals how human cell nucleus organizes DNA and chromatin of its genome
Credit: Horng D. Ou, Salk Institute. Sixty-four years ago, James Watson and Francis Crick described the now-iconic double helix structure...
Interactive protein posttranslational modifications regulate stress responses
Credit: IGDB Methylation and nitric oxide (NO)-based S-nitrosylation are highly conserved protein posttranslational modifications that regulate diverse biological processes, including...
