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September 21, 2021

A simple but revolutionary approach to early Alzheimer’s diagnosis is being pioneered by researchers through an initiative that could pave ...

New book on T-Cell Memory from Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

Cold Spring Harbor, NY. -- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press (CSHLP) announced the release of T-Cell Memory, available on its website ...

Coral reef biodiversity predicted to shuffle rather than collapse as climate changes

Coral reefs are among the most biologically diverse, complex and productive ecosystems on the planet. Most of coral reef biodiversity ...

E-NTPD8 prevents neutrophil-mediated colitis by hydrolyzing luminal ATP

No more aggravation: ATP-hydrolyzing ectoenzyme E-NTPD8 attenuates colitis

Osaka, Japan – The intestinal microbial ecosystem includes diverse species of bacteria. These bacteria can produce bioactive metabolites that directly ...

Species extinction is a threat for coral reefs

Loss of picky-eating fish threatens coral reef food webs

Coral reefs all over the world, already threatened by rising temperatures brought about by climate change, also face serious challenges ...

Uncovering your preferences via brain activity and mood

People can struggle to accurately assess how they feel about something, especially something they feel social pressure to enjoy, like ...

WVU researchers hope to build the bridge to a greener future with clean hydrogen

Researchers at West Virginia University are vying to overcome the final hurdle in connecting renewable energy to the power grid by “greenifying” ...

Grant backs effort to build useful bacterial colonies

HOUSTON – (Sept. 20, 2021) – Rice synthetic biologist Matthew Bennett and his colleagues have won a four-year, $1.2 million National Institutes of Health ...

Immunofluorescent images of lungs treated with radiation (left) or no radiation (right). Club cells secrete more anti-immunosuppressive factors when treated with radiation, as seen by the increase in the secretory marker CC10 (yellow).

Scientists find a new way to reverse immune suppression in tumors

Malignant tumors can enhance their ability to survive and spread by suppressing antitumor immune cells in their vicinity, but a ...

Studies of menopausal hormone therapy reviewed

Treatment with estrogen in menopause is both good and bad for women’s health. The picture is complex and the scientific ...

Tyrosine kinase inhibitor prolongs progression-free survival in rare neuroendocrine tumour

Lugano, Switzerland, 20 September 2021 - The first randomised study in malignant pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma (MPP) has found that sunitinib prolongs progression-free survival (PFS) by more ...

Contented panda - too much of a good thing?

Conservation study: Fostering wanderlust benefits pandas

In the ongoing quest to understand what makes a good wildlife habitat, surprising new research shows there may be too ...

Common blood test may provide insight into which patients with schizophrenia also at high risk for cardiovascular disease

AUGUSTA, Ga. (Sept. 20, 2021) – Physician-scientists want to find a signal that a person with schizophrenia is also headed toward ...

Infants exposed to domestic violence have poorer cognitive development

COLUMBIA, Mo. – While assessing a pregnant woman with premature labor in 1983, Linda Bullock noticed bruises on the woman. ...

New nano particles suppress resistance to cancer immunotherapy

A specially designed lipid nanoparticle could deliver immune-signaling molecules into liver macrophage cells to overcome resistance to anti-tumor immunotherapy.Credit: Takashi ...

A new deal for pollinators to be discussed at the EU Pollinator Week 2021

The EU Pollinator Week is an event that focuses on the importance of pollinators for healthy ecosystems, wellbeing, and culture. ...

A graph showing the distribution of 27 subjects based on four age-linked metabolites as an index.

How we age, as told by spit

Researchers in Japan have conducted a comprehensive analysis of the metabolites that make up human saliva using samples given voluntarily ...

UMAP of white blood cells found in the outer layer of the meninges of mice

B cells of the immune system discovered in the meninges

The brain holds numerous unsolved medical mysteries. Only a few years ago it was discovered that the outer layer of ...

Coral reef cover, biodiversity, fish catches have declined by half since the 1950s

Coral reefs around the world are under threat because of climate change, overfishing, pollution, and more. Now, researchers reporting in ...

Coral reefs are 50% less able to provide food, jobs, and climate protection than in 1950s, putting millions at risk