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Peering deep into the cell to reveal essential components in cell division
Tsukuba, Japan - The cell is the basic biological unit of all known living organisms, and the core of the...
Isolation and characterization of key enzyme for ephedrine production
CALGARY, Canada, July 10, 2018 -Epimeron, Inc., a world-class provider of gene discovery and biosynthetic pathway optimization, today announced the...
A chaperonin protein, GroEL, has a more complex mechanism than was thought before
Credit: Kanazawa University Kanazawa - Proteins must fold in a specific way to function. This is often assisted by molecular...
Study shows how HIV is shielded from immune attack
Credit: UNSW Scientists from UNSW Sydney and the UK have discovered that the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) hijacks a small...
What does the koala genome tell us about the taste of eucalyptus?
Credit: Kyoto University / Takashi Hayakawa Koalas have long captured people's hearts and minds thanks to their cuddly features and...
American Association of Feline Practitioners releases new feline anesthesia guidelines
The American Association of Feline Practitioners (AAFP) today released the first feline-specific anesthesia guidelines to the veterinary community, which are...
Immune discovery should help develop improved vaccines for infants and newborns
Scientists have just identified a class of 'danger signals' that are highly efficient at triggering an immune response in infants...
What separates the strong from weak among connections in the brain
Credit: Littleton lab / MIT Picower Institute To work at all, the nervous system needs its cells, or neurons, to...
Research update: Cellular ‘garbage disposal’ has another job
Johns Hopkins researchers have found that the cellular "garbage disposal," known to scientists as proteasomes, may not only be responsible...
Rising carbon dioxide levels pose a previously unrecognized threat to monarch butterflies
Credit: Austin Thomason/Michigan Photography ANN ARBOR--A new study conducted at the University of Michigan reveals a previously unrecognized threat to...
Stop antibiotics before resistance ‘tipping point’
Treatments using antibiotics should stop as soon as possible to prevent patients passing the "tipping point" of becoming resistant to...
New ‘scaly’ snails species group following striking discoveries from Malaysian Borneo
Credit: Siti Khadijah Reduan Six new species of unique land snails whose shells are covered with what look like scales...
Finding a weak link in the frightful parasite Schistosoma
Credit: Bo Wang, Stanford University The parasitic disease schistosomiasis is one of the developing world's worst public health scourges, affecting...
Ban plastic to save the heritage of world’s oldest and largest inhabited river island
Credit: Queen's University Belfast A Queen's University Belfast researcher is working with an Indian community to transform the world's largest...
UMN Medical School discovery could mean improved immunity against reinfections
MINNEAPOLIS, MN- July 10, 2018- For years, researchers have had an established viewpoint of the function of a unique protein...
Apps portray mental health issues as commonplace and easy to manage
A new analysis finds that mental health apps convey two dominant messages: that virtually everyone has some type of mental...
Carbon is the new black
Credit: Joseph Fuqua II/UC Creative Services Engineers with the University of Cincinnati are leveraging a partnership with Wright-Patterson Air Force...
Diagnosis is a collaborative process
According to family physician Norbert Donner-Banzhoff, building an effective relationship with a patient and making a diagnosis are not separate...
Aspirin desensitization improves alcohol-induced allergies in patients with underlying respiratory disease
PHILADELPHIA - Patients who suffer from Aspirin Exacerbated Respiratory Disease (AERD) often experience an additional allergic reaction when drinking alcohol,...
Researchers prevent, reverse renal injury by inhibiting immune-regulating molecule
Special cells called podocytes aid the kidneys as they clean the blood and balance the body's fluid levels. Podocytes filter...
