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SUTD researchers solve mystery behind red blood cell maturation
Credit: (Photo Courtesy: Singapore University of Technology & Design) Red blood cells are formed in the bone marrow from haematopoietic...
Love is blind… to food waste
For many, there's nothing like sitting down for a family meal at a table filled with hot, ready-to-serve food. Many...
Computerized biology, or how to control a population of cells with a computer
Credit: © Gregory Batt, Jakob Ruess, Chetan Aditya (Inria / Institut Pasteur) Researchers from the Pasteur Institute and Inria, with...
New strategy to fight mosquitoes in a more efficient and sustainable way
Credit: © E. van Herk Mosquitoes continue to build resistance to existing pesticides. Research has now shown that the chemical...
New dental material resists plaque and kills microbes, Penn dental team finds
Credit: University of Pennsylvania Dentists rely on composite materials to perform restorative procedures, such as filling cavities. Yet these materials,...
Simplifying information aids fight against childhood obesity, study…
Credit: UVA Health System Providing simplified health information designed for parents with low health literacy helps all families in childhood...
Why bearcats smell like buttered popcorn
Credit: Photo courtesy of Carolina Tiger Rescue DURHAM, N.C. — The bearcat. The binturong. Whatever you call this shy, shaggy-haired...
New method of calculating protein interaction to speed up drug development
Credit: Image courtesy of MIPT Press Office Biologists and mathematicians from MIPT, Stony Brook University and other scientific research centres...
Studies examine long-term outcomes in childhood, young adult cancer…
JAMA Oncology published two studies and a related editorial focused on long-term outcomes in survivors of childhood or young adult...
Low risk of international Zika virus spread due to 2016 Olympics
1. Low risk of international Zika virus spread due to Brazil Olympics Free content: http://www.annals.org/article.aspx?doi=10.7326/M16-1628 URL goes live when the...
New evidence for California Condors’ genetic bottleneck
Credit: J. D'Elia The existing genetic diversity of California Condors, all of which are descended from just 14 individuals, is...
New tool, RODEO, promises to capture the breadth of microbial…
Credit: Source: DOI:10.1038/nchembio.2319 In an age of booming biotechnology, it might be easy to forget how much we still rely...
JNeurosci: Highlights from the Oct. 5 issue
Credit: Kramer et al. Check out these newsworthy studies from the October 5, 2016, issue of JNeurosci. Media interested in...
Duration of lactation associated with bone density
Maternal bone density decreases after childbirth, but only among women who lactate for at least four months. The lactation period...
Palliative care may mean fewer difficult transitions for older adults…
Credit: (C) 2016, The Health in Aging Foundation Palliative care is treatment–such as medication, nutritional support, or massage–that helps you...
NIH launches HIV prevention trial of long-acting injectable medication in women
Credit: ViiV Healthcare The first large-scale clinical trial of a long-acting injectable medication for HIV prevention in sexually active women...
MSU tackles mystery of protein folding
EAST LANSING, Mich. – Proteins are the workhorses of life, mediating almost all biological events in every life form. Scientists...
Dairy farmers should rethink a cow’s curfew, says UBC researchers
Credit: UBC Dairy cows housed indoors want to break curfew and roam free, suggests new research from the University of...
Tumor cells get stiff before becoming invasive
Credit: Sandra Tavares, IGC. A study published now on Nature Communications* shows that breast cancer cells undergo a stiffening state...
Virus hijacks cell’s transportation system
Credit: Hirano M. et al., Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Aug. 28,...
