Researchers find potential key to preventing heart attacks, strokes in older adults
COLUMBIA, Mo. (June 15, 2016) — As men and women grow older, their chances for coronary heart disease also increase....
African subterranean animal exhibits ‘extraordinary’ cancer resistance
Naked mole-rats (NMR) are the longest-living rodent species and exhibit ‘extraordinary’ resistance to cancer. Mole-rats live up to 30 years,...
Super-resolution microscopy reveals unprecedented detail of immune cells’ surface
Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA–When the body is fighting an invading pathogen, white blood cells–including T cells–must respond. Now, Salk...
Penn-led study resolves long-disputed theory about stem cell populations
Adult stem cells represent a sort of blank clay from which a myriad of different cell and tissue types are...
Gene required for sperm production in blood flukes identified
Scientists can interfere with sperm production in the parasitic blood fluke Schistosoma mansoni by blocking expression of the Nuclear Factor...
Nanoprobe enables measurement of protein dynamics in living cells
A team of researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and the Rowland Institute at Harvard University have used a specialized...
Engineers develop a new biosensor chip for detecting DNA mutations
Credit: Jacobs School of Engineering, UC San Diego Bioengineers at the University of California, San Diego have developed an electrical...
Electronic bacteria sensor is potential future tool for medicine and food safety
Credit: (Purdue University photo by John Underwood) WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – A new type of electronic sensor that might be...
Researchers uncover how environmental pollutant dioxin alters brain development in mice
Tsukuba, Japan – Dioxins are environmental pollutants that stay in the body for long periods of time because they can...
Starving cancer cells by blocking their metabolism
Scientists at EPFL have found a way to starve liver cancer cells by blocking a protein that is required for...
Topical application of antiretroviral drug combination prevents transmission of (S)HIV
Findings published last week in the… view more Credit: Photos by Dr. Marc M. Baum Monrovia, CA (June 12, 2016)...
Reclaiming the immune system’s assault on tumors
One of the major obstacles with treating cancer is that tumors can conscript the body’s immune cells and make them...
Pretargeted radioimmunotherapy may eliminate colorectal cancer
Credit: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center San Diego, Calif. – An emerging cancer therapy has colorectal tumors surrounded. Presenters at...
Roadmap for advanced cell manufacturing shows path to cell-based therapeutics
Credit: Georgia Tech Photo: Gary Meek An industry-driven consortium has developed a national roadmap designed to chart the path to...
Predicting disease outbreaks using environmental changes
A model that predicts outbreaks of zoonotic diseases — those originating in livestock or wildlife such as Ebola and Zika...
Blood test predicts success of neuroendocrine cancer therapy
San Diego, Calif. – Malignant neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) are relatively rare, notoriously difficult to treat, and associated with poor long-term...
Boosting immunity in older adults: UA unmasks new infection-fighting T cells
Credit: (University of Arizona Health Sciences) TUCSON, Ariz. – Sixty-five is the age when many people retire, kick back and...
Discovery of molecular protection linked to a degenerative neuromuscular disease
Knowledge of the minute details of the proteins that are linked to diseases is crucial if we are to discover...
FDA approves vaccine for cholera
In a milestone years in the making, a vaccine to prevent cholera, invented and developed by researchers at the University...
Southern Europe risks Zika outbreaks this summer
Established Aedes-mosquito population could spread the Zika virus in Europe this summer if infected travelers introduce the virus. An analysis...
