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New vaccine production could improve flu shot accuracy
Credit: Rebekah Dumm, Duke University DURHAM, N.C. -- A new way of producing the seasonal flu vaccine could speed up...
$1.8 million NIH grant to Wayne State to aid in developing improved cholera treatments
DETROIT - The human pathogen Vibrio cholerae - or V. cholerae - causes cholera, an infectious and often fatal disease...
FSU researcher to help lead $4 million deep-sea exploration study
Credit: Florida State University TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- A Florida State University researcher is part of a multidisciplinary team of scientists...
How can plant science solve the global challenges of the 21st century?
The New Phytologist Trust, in partnership with John Wiley & Sons, is announcing the launch of a new crossdisciplinary Open...
Could ‘cocktail geoengineering’ save the climate?
Credit: Illustration courtesy of Ken Caldeira. Earth image courtesy of NASA. Geoengineering is a catch-all term that refers to various...
UNC to test therapeutic vaccine in people living with HIV
Credit: David Kinton, UNC School of Medicine Chapel Hill, NC - A multidisciplinary research team at the University of North...
TPU scientists equip chemical sensors with ‘traps’ to detect toxic substances
Credit: Tomsk Polytechnic University Scientists from Tomsk Polytechnic University and the University of Chemistry and Technology (Prague, Czech Republic) have...
Molecular archaeology
Credit: Photo: Patrick Cabrol Copyrights: Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS) Using the largest and most informative molecular phylogenetic...
Working around spinal injuries
A new study in rats shows that changes in the brain after spinal cord injury are necessary to restore at...
Campaigning on climate science consensus may backfire, warn scholars
Climate change campaigns that focus on correcting public beliefs about scientific consensus are likely to backfire and undermine policy efforts,...
Shaping up against pathogens
Credit: © Chris Smart, NYSAES, Geneva NY A missing link in the complex molecular pathway by which plants resist pathogens...
Offer of $100 boosts rates of colon cancer screenings
PHILADELPHIA - Offering $100 to patients eligible for a preventive colonoscopy screening more than doubled the rate of screening when...
COX-2 inhibitors may reverse IDO1-mediated immunosuppression in some cancers
Bottom Line: In preclinical studies, tumors that consitutively expressed the protein indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO1) responded to the cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) inhibitor...
UMass Amherst molecular biologist wins grant to outwit plant fungal diseases
Credit: UMass Amherst AMHERST, Mass. - Pathogenic fungi, the kind that cause wilt diseases in more than 100 plants species,...
Good fighters are bad runners
For mice and men, a strength in one area of Darwinian fitness may mean a deficiency in another. A look...
On the path to vitamin A in rice
Credit: Photo: Peter Beyer The lack of vitamin A in food is a major cause of health problems worldwide and...
Optimization for self-production may explain mysterious features of the ribosome
At a glance: New study explains previously mysterious characteristics of ribosomes, the protein production factories of the cell. Researchers mathematically...
The way of change is important!
As we all know, developing the field of Green Building (GB) is one of the most effective measures to save...
High-fat diet in pregnancy can cause mental health problems in offspring
A high-fat diet not only creates health problems for expectant mothers, but new research in an animal model suggests it...
Sparkling springs aid quest for underground heat energy sources
Analysis of natural sparkling mineral water has given scientists valuable clues on how to locate hot water springs - potential...
