BIOENGINEERING
Researchers identify a new chromatin regulatory mechanism linked to SirT6
Credit: IDIBELL Researchers from the Epigenetics and Cancer Biology Program of the Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), led by Dr....
New Clinical Trial Accepting Patients, Hopes to Ease Type 1 Diabetes Management
Credit: Michigan Medicine ANN ARBOR, Mich. – Three million. That's the number of Americans who have type 1 diabetes, with...
Nova Southeastern University announces new NSU Cell Therapy Institute
FORT LAUDERDALE-DAVIE, Fla. – Nova Southeastern University (NSU) is now at the forefront of conducting pioneering cell-based biomedical research with...
Tel Aviv University’s Professor Illana Gozes receives top RARE…
Credit: American Friends of Tel Aviv University (AFTAU) Tel Aviv University's Prof. Illana Gozes was awarded the 2016 RARE Champion...
How do birds get their colors?
Credit: Ismael Galvan Birds' feathers, or plumage, are some of the most strikingly variable animal characteristics that can be observed...
0.6 percent soy isoflavone in the diet decrease muscle atrophy
Credit: European Journal of Nutrition Scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) have discovered a means of reducing muscle...
Breathing molecule discovered: Vital to treating respiratory conditions
Credit: University of Warwick Vital molecule which regulates breathing discovered by University of Warwick researchers Connexin26 detects CO2 levels in...
Investigating the mechanisms of metastasis
Credit: Children's Hospital Los Angeles Cancer metastasis – the spread of disease from the original site to a distant organ...
Aging gracefully in the rainforest
Credit: Paul Hooper The Tsimane of Bolivian Amazonia aren't so different from the people living around you. Most adults live...
New femto-camera with quadrillion fractions of a second resolution
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NIH begins testing investigational Zika vaccine in humans
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, has launched a clinical...
Cellular mechanism for severe viral hepatitis identified
Credit: KAIST KAIST medical scientists identified a cellular mechanism causing inflammatory changes in regulatory T cells that can lead to...
Blasting dental plaque with microbubbles
Credit: Hitoshi Soyama Whether through an accident or a disease, teeth loss can cause many inconveniences. Dental implants such as...
Warming Arctic climate constrains life in cold-adapted mammals
Credit: Joel Berger/ Colorado State University Despite the growth in knowledge about the effects of a warming Arctic on its...
A centuries-old math equation used to solve a modern-day genetics challenge
Credit: Huntsman Cancer Institute SALT LAKE CITY – Researchers developed a new mathematical tool to validate and improve methods used...
Bioengineered soft microfibers improve T-cell production
Credit: Lance Kam/Columbia Engineering New York, NY–January 18, 2018–T cells play a key role in the body's immune response against...
Dr. Chiaravalloti of Kessler Foundation to study effect of cognitive intervention in aging
Credit: Kessler Foundation East Hanover, NJ – January 17, 2018 – Nancy Chiaravalloti, PhD, director of Traumatic Brain Injury Research...
New blood thinner better at preventing recurrent blood clots than aspirin
Credit: The Ottawa Hospital An international research team with prominent Canadian leadership has found that the blood thinner rivaroxaban is...
AGS honors expert & emerging geriatrics leaders at 2017 Annual Scientific Meeting
Credit: (C) 2017, American Geriatrics Society Celebrating its seventy-fifth anniversary in 2017, the American Geriatrics Society (AGS) announced that it...
New biosensor stimulates sweat even when patient is resting and cool
Credit: Dottie Stover/UC Creative Services One downside to medical sensors that test human sweat: you have to sweat. Sweating from...
