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Credit: John Thompson Coevolution, which occurs when species interact and adapt to each other, is often studied in the context...

Maintaining fish biomass the key to conserving reef fish biodiversity

Credit: T. McClanahan/WCS NEW YORK (October 18, 2017) -- A new study appearing in the journal Marine Ecology Progress Series...

Even small amounts of oil made birds near Deepwater Horizon sick, researchers say

Credit: Nicole Newman Photos from the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill on April 20, 2010 show heartbreaking images of deceased or...

Inflamed support cells appear to contribute to some kinds of autism

Modeling the interplay between neurons and astrocytes derived from children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), researchers at University of California...

Individual receptors caught at work

Credit: Video: Team Calebiro G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are among the "hottest" targets for the therapy of diseases such as...

Screening for disease or toxins in a drop of blood

Credit: Newomics The promise of being able to quickly and accurately screen for diseases or chemical contaminants in a tiny...

WPI researchers developing autonomous snake-like robots to support search-and-rescue teams

Credit: Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester, Mass. - A team of researchers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) has received a three-year,...

Penn study shows how female immune cells keep their second x chromosome shut off

Credit: University of Pennsylvania Autoimmune diseases tend to strike women more than men and having multiple X chromosomes could be...

Declining baby songbirds need forests to survive drought

Credit: Photo by Steve Maslowski, US Fish and Wildlife Service (Public domain). Before cutting down forest, land managers in drought...

A mosquito’s secret weapon: a light touch and strong wings

Credit: UC Berkeley and Wageninen University, The Netherlands Scientists have found the key to mosquitoes' stealth takeoffs: They barely push...

Researchers show the potential of precision medicine for treating rare cancers

For the first time, researchers have been able to identify effective treatments for patients with rare cancers by analyzing genes...

TGen develops processing procedures for ‘single-cell’ sequencing

PHOENIX, Ariz. -- Oct. 16, 2017 -- The Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) today announced grant support from the Chan...

Therapeutic form of arsenic is a potential treatment for deadly type of brain cancer

PHOENIX, Ariz. -- Oct. 17, 2017 -- From Sherlock Holmes to Agatha Christie, arsenic is often the poison of choice...

New bowel cancer drug target discovered

Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute have discovered a new drug target for bowel cancer that is specific to tumour...

Three of the most deadly cancers get critical funding for research

Credit: Fred Hutch News Services Immunotherapy for leukemia patients has been nothing short of a miracle. Now scientists hope to...

Researchers release the brakes on the immune system

Credit: (c) Photo: Volker Lannert/Uni Bonn Many tumors possess mechanisms to avoid destruction by the immune system. For instance, they...

Breast cancer treatments today — and tomorrow (video)

Credit: The American Chemical Society AMES, Iowa - The concept of "collective intelligence" is simple - it asserts that if...

A new compound targets energy generation, thereby killing metastatic cells

Cancer can most often be successfully treated when confined to one organ. But a greater challenge lies in treating cancer...

UB spinoff company For-Robin moves one step closer to human clinical trials

Credit: Credit: Loukia Karacosta/For-Robin Inc. BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Scientists from For-Robin Inc., a University at Buffalo biotechnology spinoff, have published...

Biopsy specimen found to be reliable for evaluating DLL3 expression in small cell lung cancer