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Researchers develop new strategy to target KRAS mutant cancer
Although KRAS is one of the major oncogenes associated with aggressive cancers, drugs designed to block KRAS function have not...
DoD grant to advance possible metastatic breast cancer treatment in record time
A team of Houston Methodist researchers and clinicians received two grants totaling over $15.7 million from the Department of Defense...
Tiny fighters in sediments determine success of invasive marine plants
Credit: Image: Paul Gribben/UNSW Armies of microbes that are invisible to the naked eye battle it out to determine whether...
Biologist reaches into electric eel tank, comes out with equation to measure shocks
Credit: Ken Catania/Vanderbilt University The shock from a young electric eel feels like accidentally touching a horse fence. A big...
Toward ending an environmental nightmare
Credit: Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment Stephen Luby's epiphany came to him 30,000 feet up in the air. The...
Old fish few and far between under fishing pressure
Credit: Victoria O'Connell Like old-growth trees in a forest, old fish in the ocean play important roles in the diversity...
Threatened Alabama snail renamed after a case of mistaken identity
Credit: Thomas Tarpley Alabama has some of the highest diversity of freshwater snails in the world, but many snails are...
IUPUI cell biologist tackles age-related hearing loss
Credit: School of Science at IUPUI INDIANAPOLIS -- Cell biologist Benjamin J. Perrin of the School of Science at Indiana...
Millions from the ERC for research into the possible harmful effects of acrylamide
Each year the ERC gives funding to researchers from all over Europe. The so-called ERC Starting Grants of EUR 1.5...
Cost of not adapting to climate change would be at least five times higher
Credit: Agência FAPESP Coastal cities deal with the constant fear that sea levels should continue to rise in the years...
Light at the end of the tunnel: Restored forest now shelters dozens of endangered species
Credit: Peter Neuenschwander During the last twenty years, scientists worked hard to protect and restore the scattered patches of a...
‘Mysterious’ ancient creature was definitely an animal, research confirms
'Mysterious' ancient creature was definitely an animal, research confirms It lived well over 550 million years ago, is known only...
Synaptic receptor mobility: Discovery of a new mechanism for controlling memory
Researchers in Bordeaux recently discovered a new mechanism for storing information in synapses and a means of controlling the storage...
How does a cell maintain its identity during replication?
Credit: The lab of Ken Zaret, PhD, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania PHILADELPHIA - Prior to cell division,...
Google Glass app helps autistic children with social interactions
A prototype software application, to be used with the optical head-mounted display Google Glass, has been designed as a social-skills...
Chimera viruses can help the fight against lymphomas
Credit: Pedro Simas Lab, iMM Lisboa Researchers from Instituto de Medicina Molecular (iMM) Lisboa have created a chimera virus that...
Prellis Biologics receives funding to create human organs with 3-D printing
Credit: Prellis Biologics San Francisco, CA--September 14, 2017--Wait lists for human organ transplants could be entirely eliminated through patent-pending technologies...
Study offers scientific explanation for why spurned males abandon courtship attempts
Credit: Adams lab, UC Riverside. RIVERSIDE, Calif. - Unsuccessful courtship attempts by males create aversive memories that can reduce their...
NASA’s one-year mission investigates how space affects astronauts’ functional performance
Credit: NASA Adapting to the microgravity environment of space changes the way your brain interprets sensory signals, decreases muscle strength...
Could interstellar ice provide the answer to birth of DNA?
Researchers at the University of York have shown that molecules brought to earth in meteorite strikes could potentially be converted...
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