Publisher - Bioengineering

Audio bites availableCredit: Photo by Tom Owens. By acting as gatekeepers, microbes can affect geological processes that move carbon from the earth's surface into its deep interior, according to a study published in Nature and coauthored…
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Credit: Images by Daniel Ocampo R., Vencejo Films, & Javier Luque, Yale University / animation and 3D reconstruction by Alex Duque. A new fossil from the dinosaur era challenges the understanding of evolution. In a paper…
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The taxonomic and trophic composition of freshwater fishes in the Ohio River Basin has changed significantly in recent decades, possibly due to environmental modifications related to land use and hydrology, according to a study published…
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Clinical study treating BPDCN with tagraxofusp led to first FDA approval for the diseaseCredit: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute A multi-institutional clinical trial has given good results for a targeted therapy to treat a rare, aggressive…
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Project is the first major effort in the UC system to assess the needs of students in recovery The UC Riverside School of Medicine will address the marginalization of students in recovery from substance-use disorders with a $250,000 award…
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Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center An open-label, multi-cohort Phase II trial, led by investigators at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, reports that treatment with the drug tagraxofusp resulted in high response rates…
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Credit: American Chemical Society Chunshan Song, distinguished professor of fuel science in the John and Willie Leone Family Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering and director of the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences'…
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How genome doubling influences key crop plantsCredit: Joel Sharbrough/Colorado State University When humans are born, we inherit one set of genes from our mother, and one from our father - a state biologists call "diploidy," or housing…
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A UA team shows that evolution is driven by dependency on other species within ecological communities - testing a long-held idea of the UA's late, great George Gaylord Simpson.Credit: Alex Badyaev/tenbestphotos.com A University…
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Credit: UTSW DALLAS - April 24, 2019 - UT Southwestern researchers have determined how circulating "bad cholesterol" enters artery walls to cause the plaque that narrows the blood vessels and leads to heart attacks and strokes.…
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Patients who receive more physical therapy are less likely to be readmitted to a hospital within a month, yet the amount of care made available to Medicare patients varies widely PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Medicare-covered stroke patients…
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Rice, Texas A&M, UTHealth scientists discover coal-derived 'dots' are effective antioxidantCredit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University Graphene quantum dots drawn from common coal may be the basis for an effective antioxidant…
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Study shows evidence of topological superconductivity in planar structuresCredit: Microsoft Station Q Purdue photo WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Researchers have been trying for many years to build a quantum computer that industry…
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Researchers report 17 percent reduction in strokes and heart attacks with low dose blood thinnerCredit: UC San Diego Health Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine found that using blood thinners in…
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