Freeze-frames of enzymes in action have implications for a new cancer treatment concept
Credit: Joshua-Tor lab, CSHL Cold Spring Harbor, NY - Over millions of years of evolution, cells have developed myriad ways...
First large-scale genomic analysis of key acute leukemia will likely yield new therapies
Credit: Seth Dixon / St. Jude Children's Research Hospital A consortium including St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and the Children's...
Colored glasses may provide light sensitivity relief post-concussion
CINCINNATI--Following a concussion or mild traumatic brain injury (TBI), patients may suffer from light sensitivity or photophobia, making it challenging...
MNI to create world’s first ALS Phase 1 clinical trial unit
Credit: Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital A generous donation by The Tenaquip Foundation will improve the quality of care available...
Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation announces new physician-scientist training awards
New York, NY (June 30, 2017) - Physician-scientists are crucial to moving scientific discoveries from the lab to patients, but...
Muscles can ‘ask’ for the energy they need
Credit: Texas A&M Health Science Center Muscles require energy to perform all of the movements that we do in a...
Beech trees native to Scotland after all, scientists discover
Credit: University of Stirling Beech trees should be considered native to Scotland - despite a long-running debate over their national...
Owls’ wings could hold the key to beating wind turbine noise
Owls' wings could hold the key to beating wind turbine noise A new study has revealed how inspiration from owls'...
Cases of recurrent Clostridium difficile infection are soaring
Credit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA--Intestinal infection with the bacterium Clostridium difficile is the most frequent healthcare-linked infection in the United States....
Blood of SIDS infants contains high levels of serotonin
WHAT: Blood samples from infants who died of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) had high levels of serotonin, a chemical...
Dinosaurs’ loss was frogs’ gain: The upside of a mass extinction
Credit: Image courtesy of Peng Zhang, Sun Yat-Sen University. Most of the frogs alive today owe a big thank you...
Seeing the colored light: Bee brains open way for better cameras
Credit: Adrian Dyer, RMIT New research into the way that honeybees see colour could pave the way for more accurate...
Greater understanding of plant hormone results in stem cells that grow shoots
HANOVER, N.H. - July 3, 2017 - Researchers at Dartmouth College have identified how a well-known plant hormone targets genes...
Extinction event that wiped out dinosaurs cleared way for frogs
Credit: Brian Freiermuth GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- The mass extinction that obliterated three-fourths of life on Earth, including non-avian dinosaurs, set...
Temple researchers identify novel mechanism underlying efficacy of common heart failure drug
Credit: Temple Health (Philadelphia, PA) - Beta-blocker drugs serve a key role in the treatment of heart failure, preventing bombardment...
Tilted microscopy technique better reveals protein structures
Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA -- (July 3, 2017) The conventional way of placing protein samples under an electron microscope...
Flipping the switch on height variation
If you're taller than average and worried about what that means for your risk of arthritis later in life, Terence...
CF patients and physicians use shared decision-making tool to determine regimens
CINCINNATI--Physician-researchers at the University of Cincinnati have developed a computerized decision-making model to promote shared decision-making with cystic fibrosis patients....
UTA’s Kyle O’Connell receives prestigious NSF doctoral dissertation grant
Credit: UTA Kyle O'Connell, a fifth-year Ph.D. student in biology, was selected to receive funds from the National Science Foundation's...
School’s in for asthma medication adherence
Credit: Children's National Health System Doctors and researchers have long known that the level of stress patients experience is inversely...
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