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Research shows investigational drug fosters nerve repair after injury
Scientists from the University of Birmingham have shown that a brain-penetrating candidate drug currently in development as a cancer therapy...
Illinois research team accelerates imaging techniques for capturing small molecules’ structures
URBANA, Ill. — A University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign research effort led by Pinshane Huang is accelerating imaging techniques to visualize structures of...
10,000 Aussie workers set to develop lung cancer from silica dust: Study
As many as 10,000 Australians are predicted to develop lung cancer in their lifetime from being exposed to silica dust,...
A machine learning model to predict immunotherapy response in cancer patients
Immunotherapy is a new cancer treatment that activates the body’s immune system to fight against cancer cells without using chemotherapy...
Rady Children’s Institute for Genomic Medicine to participate in World Orphan Drug Congress panel on genomic newborn screening
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – July 11, 2022 – Rady Children's Institute for Genomic Medicine® (RCIGM) today announced that Wendy Benson,...
Entombed together: Rare fossil flower and parasitic wasp make for amber artwork
CORVALLIS, Ore. – Oregon State University fossil research has revealed an exquisite merger of art and science: a long-stemmed flower...
UTSW researchers show effectiveness of migraine drug in weight loss
Triptans, a commonly prescribed class of migraine drugs, may also be useful in treating obesity, a new study by scientists...
The best offense is a great defense for some carnivorous plants
LA JOLLA–– (July 11, 2022) Insect-eating plants have fascinated biologists for more than a century, but how plants evolved the...
Plankton will store more carbon as Earth’s climate warms – but storage beyond the end of the century is uncertain
The amount of carbon stored by microscopic plankton will increase in the coming century, predict researchers at the University of...
The ultimate fate of a star shredded by a black hole
In 2019, astronomers observed the nearest example to date of a star that was shredded, or “spaghettified,” after approaching too...
Sperm are masters of Tetris packing
If you are moaning once again about your suitcase being far too small as your vacation approaches, you should take...
Blacks found twice as likely to have atherosclerosis as Hispanics in young adult populations in underserved communities
A unique Mount Sinai study focused on a multi-ethnic, underserved community in New York City shows that young Black adults...
NIH launches clinical trial of mRNA Nipah virus vaccine
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, has launched an early-stage...
How preschoolers’ brains develop self-control
As their brain regions linked to self-control mature, preschoolers improve in their ability to stop themselves from doing something, according...
Proof that Mendel discovered the laws of inheritance decades ahead of his time
Gregor Mendel, the Moravian monk, was indeed “decades ahead of his time and truly deserves the title of ‘founder of...
Hopping space dust makes asteroids look rougher
Like corn kernels popping in a frying pan, tiny grains of dust may hop around on the surface of asteroids,...
Kessler Foundation scientist explores biomarker to improve dual diagnosis of traumatic spinal cord and brain injury
East Hanover, NJ – July 11, 2022 – Silvana Costa, PhD, of Kessler Foundation received a two-year $199,800 grant from...
Influential barriers
It’s important to be well organized. And this is especially true for the genome – the entirety of an organism’s...
Preterm birth more likely with exposure to phthalates
Pregnant women who were exposed to multiple phthalates during pregnancy had an increased risk of preterm birth, according to new...
Study provides novel evolutionary insights into unisexual reproductive success
Unisexual reproduction lacks meiotic recombination, resulting in the accumulation of deleterious mutations and hindering the creation of genetic diversity. Thus,...
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