CRISPR’s growing pains
In the six years since its inception, CRISPR gene editing has experienced ups and downs, from giddy excitement over the ...
Tiny fern holds big environmental promise
ITHACA, N.Y. - A tiny fern - with each leaf the size of a gnat - may provide global impact ...
New approach to treating infectious diseases as an alternative to antibiotics
Credit: Osaka University Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) is known as a major cause of diarrhea in travelers and people living ...
Rainy weather predicts bird distribution — but climate change could disrupt it
Credit: M. MacPherson Understanding what environmental cues birds use to time their annual migrations and decide where to settle is ...
If you build it, the birds will come — if it meets their criteria
Credit: A. Fisher A study published in The Condor: Ornithological Applications presents a case study on how bird surveys can ...
Eating bone marrow played a key role in the evolution of the human hand
Credit: Erin Marie Williams-Hatala The strength required to access the high calorie content of bone marrow may have played a ...
Treelines and beyond
Across the boreal zone the altitudinal treeline ecotone shares many plant and animal species. It can be one of the ...
Leading sustainability experts call for more efficient approach to deliver UN goals
Dozens of global sustainability experts and stakeholders have called for urgent action to exploit the connections between goals designed to ...
The highly complex sugarcane genome has finally been sequenced
Credit: R. Carayol CIRAD and its partners* had to use cunning to establish the first sugarcane reference sequence. The plant's ...
Gastrointestinal flora — the culprit for severe lung damage after blood transfusion
Credit: Tove Smeds Knowledge that the gastrointestinal flora affects both healthy physiological processes and various disease mechanisms has increased in ...
A study points to new therapeutic targets for tumors associated with chronic inflammation
Credit: Author: Catrin Youssif, IRB Barcelona. Scientists headed by ICREA researcher Angel R. Nebreda at the Institute for Research in ...
Enzyme discovery could help in fight against TB
Credit: University of Warwick Research by a team led by Dr Elizabeth Fullam, has revealed new findings about an enzyme ...
Success of conservation efforts for important Caribbean Reef fish hinges on climate change
Credit: Photo by Alfredo Barroso. For more than 20 years, conservationists have been working to protect one of the most ...
Footwear habits influence child and adolescent motor skill development
New research finds that children and adolescents who spend most of their time barefoot develop motor skills differently from those ...
Researchers design delivery system to treat premature infants with NEC
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Most of the time, we think biofilms are bad news. And when pathogenic microbes form biofilms, they ...
Study raises concern about flame-retardant metabolites in bald eagles
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Scientists have raised concerns for decades about toxic chemicals in the environment that accumulate in the tissues ...
Organ regeneration is no longer a distant dream
Credit: Osaka University Many organs arise from simple sheets and tubes of cells. During development, these sheets bend and deform ...
Practice imperfect: repeated cognitive testing can obscure early signs of dementia
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive, neurodegenerative condition that often begins with mild cognitive impairment or MCI, making early and ...
Allergic reactions to foods are milder in infants
Credit: Lurie Children's Symptoms of food-induced anaphylaxis in infants are much less severe than in toddlers and older children, according ...
NEJM publishes final results from phase two study showing vaccines can reduce rate of sustained TB infections
ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND (JULY 11, 2018) --Aeras, a nonprofit organization dedicated to developing vaccines against tuberculosis (TB), today announced the publication ...
