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NIH BRAIN Initiative launches cell census
The National Institutes of Health has launched a major effort to discover and catalog the brain's "parts list." The NIH's...
Single nanoparticle mapping paves the way for better nanotechnology
Credit: Svetlana Alekseeva Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology and the Technical University of Denmark have developed a method that...
Swortwood to investigate prevalence of synthetic opioids in saliva
Credit: Harriet McHale HUNTSVILLE, TX (10/24/17) -- A research team at Sam Houston State University received a $311,000 National Institute...
New clinical care guidelines issued for patients with mitochondrial disease
Credit: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Physicians who see patients with mitochondrial disease now have a practical new tool--a set of...
Antibiotics from a ‘molecular pencil sharpener’
Credit: Dmitry Ghilarov/Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology and David Lawson/John Innes Centre Picture a brand-new, unsharpened pencil. The graphite...
‘Wing prints’ may identify individual bats as effectively as fingerprints identify people
Credit: The image was used as Figure 1 in their study, 'Bat wing biometrics: using collagen-elastin bundles in bat wings...
Fireworks in space
NASA's Twins Study preliminary results have revealed that space travel causes an increase in methylation, the process of turning genes...
Self-esteem mapped in the human brain
A team of UCL researchers has devised a mathematical equation that can explain how our self-esteem is shaped by what...
Pollutant emitted by forest fire causes DNA damage and lung cell death
When exposed in a laboratory to pollution levels comparable to those found in the atmosphere of the Amazon region during...
Organic material matters
Nanotechnology plays an important role in removing toxic chemicals found in the soil. Currently more than 70 Environmental Protection Agency...
New self-regulating nanoparticles could treat cancer
Scientists from the University of Surrey have developed 'intelligent' nanoparticles which heat up to a temperature high enough to kill...
Mysterious DNA modification seen in stress response
With advances in genomics, scientists are discovering additional components of the DNA alphabet in animals. Do these unusual chemical modifications...
Morgridge, UW scientists explore national security implications of gene editing
Credit: UW-Madison MADISON -- A trio of scientists from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the Morgridge Institute for Research participated...
Insilico to present on the practical applications of the pharmaceutical AI for metabesity
Credit: Insilico Medicine,Inc. Tuesday, 10.24.2017, Baltimore, MD, Insilico Medicine, a leader in the field of artificial intelligence, is pleased to...
Does stem cell therapy offer the best hope for neurodegenerative diseases?
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, Oct. 24, 2017 -- As the brain has limited capability for...
NEHI urges prompt action to enable value-based contracts for innovative, high cost cancer therapies
Credit: NEHI Oct. 24, 2017, WASHINGTON, D -- NEHI (the Network for Excellence in Health Innovation) called today for a...
Study provides more clarity on the genetic causes of children’s food allergies
What role do genes play in egg, milk, and nut allergies? A study published in Nature Communications, led by the...
Auxin tells the stem cells to stop growing and the gynoecium to start forming in flowers
Credit: Toshiro Ito (Nara, Japan) Many human and animal foodstuffs, such as grains and fruits, derive from flowering plants. Flowers...
Exposure to glyphosate, chemical found in weed killers, increased over 23 years
Analyzing samples from a prospective study, University of California San Diego School of Medicine researchers found that human exposure to...
Two studies explore gender, language, and treatment setting as barriers in screening and patient care in lung cancer
TORONTO (October 23, 2017) -More people die of lung cancer than any other type of cancer, and two new studies...
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