Taming random gene changes as our bodies start to form
Credit: Cincinnati Children's CINCINNATI - Scientists exploring how to tame random gene fluctuations as the embryos that become our bodies ...
Penn study finds that different diseases elicit distinct sets of exhausted T cells
Credit: John Wherry, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania; Immunity PHILADELPHIA - The battle between the human ...
Cleveland Clinic receives $2 million grant to study cancer genetics and radiation effectiveness
Tuesday, May 15, 2018, CLEVELAND: Can the genetic makeup of their cancers predict how patients with lung cancer will respond ...
Genetic fixer-uppers may help predict bladder cancer prognosis
HERSHEY, Pa. -- Mutations in genes that help repair damage to DNA may aid in predicting the prognosis of patients ...
Scientists’ discovery in Yellowstone ‘extremely relevant’ to origin of life
Credit: MSU Photo by Adrian Sanchez-Gonzalez BOZEMAN -- Montana State University scientists have found a new lineage of microbes living ...
Malaria detectable in olfactory cocktail
Credit: Graphic: ETH Zurich / CDC, James Gathany Malaria is still a deadly disease in tropical and subtropical regions. Every ...
Expert consensus finds that higher protein intake benefits adult bone health
A new expert consensus endorsed by the European Society for Clinical and Economical Aspects of Osteoporosis, Osteoarthritis, and Musculoskeletal Diseases ...
3D images of cancer cells in the body
Credit: Jan Laufer / MLU Making tumour cells glow: Medical physicists at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) have developed a ...
How the waterwheel plant snaps
Credit: Photo: Plant Biomechanics Group The midrib of the leaf (which has been transformed into a snap trap) bends slightly ...
Flowing cells in a wavy microchannel for effective size-based cell sorting
Credit: SUTD Nearly half a century ago scientists have noticed an interesting phenomenon that small particles flowing through a long ...
Leading blockchain groups partner to establish a new field of life data economics
Credit: Insilico Medicine, Inc. 15th of May, 7AM PST, San Francisco, CA - Today several leaders in blockchain and artificial ...
Omega-3, omega-6 in diet alters gene expression in obesity
Bethesda, Md. (May 15, 2018)--A new study reveals that essential fats in the diet may play a role in regulating ...
New agility tests can discriminate between soccer players at different performance levels
Agility -- the ability to rapidly and tactically change speed or direction -- is an important factor in soccer performance. ...
Scientists use Dorset, UK, as model to help find traces of life on Mars
Imperial College London scientists have found traces of fatty acids - key building blocks of biological cells - in Dorset's ...
Nightingale Health expands biomarker services to analyze urine, CSF and cord blood
Credit: NIGHTINGALE HEALTH LTD. Nightingale Health, the Finnish innovator of an internationally recognized blood biomarker testing technology, today announced further ...
Waterloo study says insurance industry dangerously unprepared for extreme weather
As historic flooding caused by climate change devastates communities in New Brunswick and British Columbia, new research from the University ...
Protective protein activated by vitamin K found, inactive, abundant in blacks on dialysis
Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University AUGUSTA, Ga. (May 15, 2018) - High levels of a protein activated by ...
Per-capita end-of-life spending is decreasing rapidly, according to new study
Credit: via JAMA IM Health economists have long considered end-of-life spending to be one of the major contributors to the ...
Gonorrhea surveillance study maps antibiotic resistance across Europe
The first European-wide genomic survey of gonorrhoea has mapped antibiotic resistance in this sexually transmitted disease throughout the continent. Researchers ...
MDMA opens door for PTSD sufferers
When lasting trauma is caused by callous acts of violence, the key to recovery can be making meaning out of ...
