Biology
New way to prevent unfavorable intestinal microbiota
Credit: Hokkaido University The trillions of microbes living in a mammal's intestine play an important role in the host's metabolism...
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...
Cleaning marine litter in the Mediterranean and the Baltic Sea
Credit: Michael Prevenios, HCMR Newly funded, EU Horizon 2020 project targets increasing pollution in marine areas by focusing on the...
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...
Novel histone modifications couple metabolism to gene activity
(Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health) Scientists of Helmholtz Zentrum München and Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich (LMU) have...
Identifying the mechanism for a new class of antiviral drugs could hasten their approval
Credit: Penn State New research shows that a new class of antiviral drugs works by causing the virus' replication machinery...
UBC researchers create definitive method to detect wildfire tainted wine grapes
Credit: Nathan Skolski, UBC Okanagan Wine producers and grape growers have a new, powerful tool at their disposal to help...
Taste, not appearance, drives corals to eat plastics
Credit: Alex Seymour, Duke University DURHAM, N.C. -- Scientists have long known that marine animals mistakenly eat plastic debris because...
New combination therapy of registered drugs shortens anti-Wolbachia therapy
Researchers from LSTM's Research Centre for Drugs and Diagnostics have found a way of significantly reducing the treatment required for...
Genetics may put a person at risk of high triglycerides, but adopting a healthy diet can help
URBANA, Ill. - Triglycerides, a type of fat in the blood, are important for good health. But having high triglycerides...
High-speed locomotion neurons found in the brainstem
A clearly defined subpopulation of neurons in the brainstem is essential to execute locomotion at high speeds. Interestingly, these high-speed...
Tarloxitinib puts tumor-seeking tail on anti-EGFR drug to precisely target lung cancer
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center EGFR is a common genetic target in lung cancer, but not all EGFR mutations...
$65.5 million from NIH to create brain atlas
Credit: David Stafford and Rebecca Chance, UC Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley is partnering with the Allen Institute for...
UT Health San Antonio researchers define mechanism that causes kidney cancer to recur
SAN ANTONIO (Oct. 24, 2017) - New research from The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT...
Paul Tesar receives 2017 New York Stem Cell Foundation — Robertson Stem Cell Prize
The New York Stem Cell Foundation (NYSCF) announced today that Paul Tesar, DPhil, is the 2017 recipient of the NYSCF...
The New York Stem Cell Foundation announces 2017 class of NYSCF – Robertson investigators
The New York Stem Cell Foundation (NYSCF) announced the 2017 class of NYSCF - Robertson Investigators, welcoming six of the...
Animal models in regenerative medicine in upcoming special issue of tissue engineering
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, Oct. 24, 2017 -- Novel approaches to tissue engineering and regenerative...
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...
How Neanderthals influenced human genetics at the crossroads of Asia and Europe
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- When the ancestors of modern humans migrated out of Africa, they passed through the Middle East and...
