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Cancer detection with sugar molecules
Credit: (Picture: Workgroup Seibel, VCH-Wiley) Galectins are a family of proteins that have become a promising source of cancer research...
Brain injury in kids might lead to alcohol abuse
Researchers at Ohio State University have surveyed previous studies to investigate the relationship between traumatic brain injuries and alcohol abuse....
Biogerontology Research Foundation salutes staff on multi-year drug development agreement
Credit: Juvenescence AI Tuesday, Aug. 14th, 2017, London, UK: Biogerontology Research Foundation (BGRF) Chief Science Officer Alex Zhavoronkov and BGRF...
£5.5 million initiative bids to boost farm livestock health in Africa
(University of Edinburgh) Vet experts at the University of Edinburgh are delivering a £5.5 million initiative to improve the health...
Researchers describe neural mechanisms for gregariousness and monogamy in zebra finches
How do gregarious songbirds such as zebra finches, where both males and females live in close proximity and where females...
RNA: A vicious pathway to cancer ?
According to the current doctrine, cancer cells develop due to mutations in genomic DNA. But could it be also caused...
Now showing: Researchers create first 3-D movie of virus in action
A research collaboration led by the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee has for the first time created a three-dimensional movie showing a...
The best place to treat type 1 diabetes might be just under your skin
Credit: Sefton Lab. A group of U of T researchers have demonstrated that the space under our skin might be...
Researchers from TU Dresden and CiQUS obtain decacene, the largest acene synthesised ever
Credit: TU Dresden Acenes are molecules formed by the linear fusion of special carbon-based hexagons, widely known as 'benzene rings'....
Researchers discover new class of chemical reaction
Credit: Michael P. Burke/Columbia Engineering New York, NY--August 14, 2017--A new study led by Michael P. Burke, assistant professor of...
Probiotics help poplar trees clean up toxins in Superfund sites
Credit: Michael Blaylock/Edenspace Systems Corporation Trees have the ability to capture and remove pollutants from the soil and degrade them...
Vapor harvesting gets the edge
Credit: © 2017 KAUST Water harvesting is an age-old technique of collecting atmospheric water vapor. Researchers are looking to nature...
Meadow of dancing brittle stars shows evolution at work
Credit: Kenneth McNamara Researchers have described a new species of brittle star, which are closely related to starfish, and showed...
Robots offer key advantages in esophageal surgery
Based on what is believed to be the largest study of its kind, Allina Health researchers say robotic assisted transhiatal...
Many women diagnosed with cancer have sexual health concerns
A new review published in the European Journal of Cancer Care indicates that, in women diagnosed with cancer, concerns pertaining...
Improved analysis of kidney cancer
(Lund University) Researchers compare the gene expression in tumor cells from a kidney cancer patient with cells from healthy tissue...
Sneak peek into the ESMO 2017 press program
LUGANO-MADRID, 11 August 2017 - ESMO 2017 is once again the place to be for breaking news on cancer research....
NIH grant to biomedical scientist will advance research on inflammatory bowel disease
Credit: UC Riverside School of Medicine. RIVERSIDE, Calif. - A biomedical scientist at the University of California, Riverside has received...
Almonds may help boost cholesterol clean-up crew
Credit: Patrick Mansell Eating almonds on a regular basis may help boost levels of HDL cholesterol while simultaneously improving the...
Scientists reveal how goldfish make alcohol to survive without oxygen
Scientists at the Universities of Oslo and Liverpool have uncovered the secret behind a goldfish's remarkable ability to produce alcohol...
