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Liquid biopsies may help predict response to immune checkpoint inhibitors
Bottom Line: The number of alterations detected in the DNA collected from blood samples (liquid biopsies) of cancer patients treated...
DNA mutations shed in blood predicts response to immunotherapy in patients with cancer
In a first-of-its-kind study, University of California San Diego School of Medicine researchers report that a blood sample, or liquid...
Our muscles measure the time of day
Biological clocks are ticking everywhere throughout our body. They trigger the release of the hormone melatonin during sleep, favour the...
International competition benchmarks metagenomics software
Credit: John T. Consoli, University of Maryland Communities of bacteria live everywhere: inside our bodies, on our bodies and all...
New insights into leading cause of miscarriage, birth defects discovered
Credit: Northwestern University EVANSTON, Ill. --- Two recent Northwestern University studies shed new light on the mystery of the leading...
GM soybean oil causes less obesity and insulin resistance but is harmful to liver function
Credit: I. Pittalwala, UC Riverside. RIVERSIDE, Calif. - Researchers at the University of California, Riverside have tested a genetically-modified (GM)...
Animals that play with objects learn how to use them as tools
Credit: Megan Lambert, University of York Researchers have discovered that New Caledonian crows and kea parrots can learn about the...
Evolutionary crop research: Ego-plants give lower yield
Credit: Copenhagen University Survival of the fittest is a fundamental concept in Darwin's theory of natural selection which drives evolution....
Scientists have found another reason for children to eat their green leafy vegetables
Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University AUGUSTA, Ga. (Oct. 2, 2017) - Scientists have found another reason for children...
DNA: The next hot material in photonics?
Credit: Kyunghwan Oh, Yonsei University WASHINGTON -- Using DNA from salmon, researchers in South Korea hope to make better biomedical...
Rockefeller University biologist Michael W. Young honored with Nobel Prize
Credit: Mario Morgado/The Rockefeller University Rockefeller University biologist Michael W. Young, who discovered the molecular mechanism of circadian rhythm, which...
Irish scientists can now produce electricity from tears
Credit: Photo by Sean Curtin, True Media. A team of Irish scientists has discovered that applying pressure to a protein...
Tracking live brain activity with the new NeuBtracker open-source microscope
(Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health) A team of scientists from the Helmholtz Zentrum München and...
New Central Park fly species gets CCNY professor’s moniker
Credit: City College of New York/David Lohman Introducing Themira lohmanus, a fly like no other, and the most recently discovered...
New insights into how sleep helps the brain to reorganize itself
A study has given new insights into how sleep contributes to brain plasticity - the ability for our brain to...
RUDN University scientists described the distribution of soil microorganisms
Credit: Yakov Kuzyakov Scientists from RUDN University have classified the distribution of soil microorganisms at different latitudes from tropical to...
USDA’s NIFA needs stakeholder input on food, agriculture priorities
WASHINGTON, D.C. September 15, 2017 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) is...
Llama-derived nanobodies as a new tool in solving crystal structure
Credit: Kasper Røjkjær Andersen Aarhus University scientists have developed miniature antibodies (nanobodies) that can be labelled on certain amino acids....
Low consumption of vitamin K by adolescents associated with unhealthy enlargement of the heart’s major pumping chamber
Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University AUGUSTA, Ga. (Oct. 2, 2017) - Scientists have found another reason for children...
Kinesins ignore weak forces as they carry heavy loads
Credit: Center for Theoretical Biological Physics/Rice University If you're the motor protein up front, be prepared to do the heavy...
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