New model may help science overcome the brain’s fortress-like barrier
Credit: Samah Jassam New model may help science overcome the brain's fortress-like barrier Scientists have helped provide a way to...
Fast-cooking dry beans provide more protein, iron than ‘slower’ varieties
Credit: American Chemical Society Beans are a versatile, inexpensive staple that can boost essential nutrients in a diet, especially for...
Targeted therapy for sleep disorders helps patients with muscular…
Credit: Newcastle Regional Sleep Service Amsterdam, NL, January 13, 2017 – Myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) is the most common...
Finger prick test allows patients taking autoimmune drug to avoid blood draws
Credit: K Bloem A new study shows that patients with rheumatoid arthritis and other autoimmune conditions who take the drug...
New butterfly species discovered in Israel for the first time in 109…
Credit: Dr Vladimir Lukhtanov Vladimir Lukhtanov, entomologist and evolutionary biologist at the Zoological Institute in St. Petersburg, Russia, made a...
Researchers identify 6,500 genes that are expressed differently in men…
Credit: Weizmann Institute of Science Men and women differ in obvious and less obvious ways — for example, in the...
Mouse arrest
Credit: Jessica Crowell The results of a new study reveal that a professional pest management intervention was no better in...
Fetal mice with Zika infection get microcephaly
Credit: Li, Xu, Ye, and Hong et al./Cell Stem Cell 2016 Mouse fetuses injected with the Asian Zika virus strain...
Can sexual risk and behaviors among women help explain HIV disparities…
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, July 13, 2017 — Researchers examined the sexual behaviors of a...
Engineers design ‘living materials’
An artist's rendering of a bacterial cell engineered to produce amyloid nanofibers that incorporate particles such as quantum dots (red...
First atlas of B-cell clones in body forms new foundation for infectious disease research
Credit: Alexander H. Farley PHILADELPHIA — A new “anatomic atlas” of how B cells – the immune system’s producer of...
The fight against tooth decay gets help with a new smart material from U of T researchers
Credit: Yodit Tedla/Faculty of Dentistry. When patients go to the dentist to fill a cavity, they're trying to solve a...
HIIT alters brain glucose metabolism in insulin resistant people
Credit: University of Turku Researchers at the University of Turku, Finland, studied how high-intensity interval training (HIIT) alters the brain's...
Vascular risk factors and Alzheimer’s disease: A new therapeutic…
Credit: Neurological Clinic of the University Hospital Ospedali Riuniti di Ancona and Marche Polytechnic University, Ancona, Italy Ancona, Italy, August...
Studies link healthy brain aging to omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids in…
Credit: Graphic by Julie McMahon CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Two new studies link patterns of polyunsaturated fatty acids in the blood...
Virginia Tech researchers trace the potato’s origins, learn about its untapped potential
Credit: Virginia Tech The comfort food we know and love today as the potato was domesticated between 8,000 and 10,000...
New computational method reveals chemoresistance drug targets
Credit: Osaka University Osaka – In cancer, one of the most important features is the methylation of deoxycytosine to form...
New book on The Biology of the TGF-β Family from Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press
Credit: Cover art created by Masato Morikawa, The University of Tokyo. Cold Spring Harbor, NY — Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory...
Arts and humanities in medical school promote empathy and inoculate against burnout
Credit: Tulane Health System (PHILADELPHIA and NEW ORLEANS) – Medical students who spend more time engaging in the arts may...
NUS researchers develop wireless light switch for targeted cancer therapy
Credit: National University of Singapore A team of scientists from the National University of Singapore (NUS) has developed a way...