Biology

Credit: Department of Systems BioMedicine, TMDU A team at Tokyo Medical and Dental University(TMDU) has revealed the molecule to cancer development, showing that the absence of the lead to dysregulation of the cell cycle, albeit with…
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New technology can clean water twice as fast as commercially available ultrafiltration membranesCredit: Environmental Science & Technology More than one in 10 people in the world lack basic drinking water access, and by 2025, half of…
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Credit: EPFL One day we may be able to ingest tiny robots that deliver drugs directly to diseased tissue, thanks to research being carried out at EPFL and ETH Zurich. The group of scientists - led by Selman Sakar at EPFL and Bradley…
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Technique could yield insights into complex proteins involved in Alzheimer's and other diseases MIT researchers have developed a way to dramatically enhance the sensitivity of nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (NMR), a technique used…
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Credit: University of Otago University of Otago research to better understand how bacteria and their viruses interact and evolve will enable future studies to exploit the use of bacteria and their viruses for potential biotechnology and…
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Cambridge researchers have discovered the placenta regulates how much oxygen and nutrients it transports to babies during challenging pregnancies. Cambridge researchers have discovered the placenta regulates how much oxygen and nutrients…
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January 2019 issue of fully gold open-access journal showcases advances in drug delivery and biomaterials inspired by the honorees Hoboken, N.J--January 18, 2019--Bioengineering & Translational Medicine (BioTM), published by Wiley on…
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Credit: Peter Grønkjær Animals need to eat enough food to provide energy to sustain their bodies, hunt, grow and reproduce. In a changing world, changes to the metabolic cost of life can influence where animals can live. To date,…
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Of the 21 drugs designed for delivery directly to the female genital tract, only four have a cost-effective, generic equivalent BUFFALO, N.Y. ¬- University at Buffalo researchers received an $880,000 grant to help quicken the development…
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More than €10 million in funding awarded to Charité Researchers from Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin have successfully convinced the EU Commission of the quality of their research proposals. As a result, the EU's Horizon 2020 research…
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Credit: S. El Aidy, University of Groningen Patients with Parkinson's disease are treated with levodopa, which is converted into dopamine, a neurotransmitter in the brain. In a study published on 18 January in the journal Nature…
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Scientists call on governments to move away from short-term politically driven plans destroying mangrove habitatsCredit: Jofel Coching, ZSL, CMRP Governments must provide stronger protection for crucial small mangrove patches, is the call…
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Credit: Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience Researchers at the Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience have developed a new combination of technologies that allows them to identify the functional properties of individual…
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Climate change will strongly affect many European freshwater fish species. This is particularly the case for species in the Mediterranean region, according to the latest findings of an international team of researchers from institutions…
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