Biology
Einstein researchers awarded 3 NIH grants totaling $12 million to fight virulent viruses
Credit: Albert Einstein College of Medicine August 11, 2017--BRONX, NY--The NIH has awarded Einstein researchers three grants totaling more than...
NIH grant to biomedical scientist will advance research on inflammatory bowel disease
Credit: UC Riverside School of Medicine. RIVERSIDE, Calif. - A biomedical scientist at the University of California, Riverside has received...
Almonds may help boost cholesterol clean-up crew
Credit: Patrick Mansell Eating almonds on a regular basis may help boost levels of HDL cholesterol while simultaneously improving the...
New type of blood cells work as indicators of autoimmunity
Credit: Luís Graça Lab The team from Instituto de Medicina Molecular Lisboa, led by Luis Graça, analyzed blood samples from...
Plastic films incorporating N-halamines could sanitize food production facilities
Washington, DC - August 11, 2017 - Specially designed plastic films can prevent bacterial contamination in the food and biomedical...
Sweet! Sugar-coated probe yields better acid test
Credit: Haiying Liu/Michigan Tech The human body is engaged in a constant tightrope walk to maintain the right pH, because...
Scientists reveal how goldfish make alcohol to survive without oxygen
Scientists at the Universities of Oslo and Liverpool have uncovered the secret behind a goldfish's remarkable ability to produce alcohol...
Scientists map sex chromosome evolution in pathogenic fungi
Credit: Kara Manke DURHAM, NC -- Biologically speaking, nearly every species on Earth has two opposite sexes, male and female....
Chemical profile of ants adapts rapidly
Credit: photo/©: Florian Menzel, JGU The bodies of ants and other insects are covered with a thin, wax-like layer that...
USC Stem Cell scientists obtain ‘how to’ guide for producing hair follicles
Credit: Images by Mingxing Lei/Cheng-Ming Chuong Lab How does the skin develop follicles and eventually sprout hair? A USC-led study,...
Sanford Burnham Prebys and Mayo Clinic collaborators awarded multi-year NIH grant
Credit: SBP Orlando, FL, Aug. 10, 2017 - A team of researchers at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute (SBP)...
MPFI’s Ryohei Yasuda awarded 2017 Nakaakira Tsukahara Memorial Prize
Credit: Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience Ryohei Yasuda, Ph.D., Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience's (MPFI) Scientific Director, was...
Circular RNA linked to brain function
Credit: Credit: The circular RNA biology Training Network (circRTrain), MDC. While hundreds of circular RNAs (circRNAs) are abundant in mammalian...
HSE researchers use neural networks for odor recognition
Researchers from the HSE Laboratory of Space Research, Technologies, Systems and Processes have applied fast-learning artificial intelligence to odour recognition...
Gene-editing-induced changes in ant social communication
Credit: Image credit: Brigitte Baella PHILADELPHIA - Ants have proven themselves to be the newest (and brightest) animal model on...
Nemours, UD technology pushes cancer research forward
Credit: Cindy Brodoway Wilmington, DE - The field of cancer research is moving rapidly toward three-dimensional (3D) laboratory cultures because...
Yoda bat gets happy: New species officially recognized
An unusual breed of fruit bat -- previously nicknamed 'Yoda' due to its resemblance to the Star Wars Jedi Master...
Lung cancer clinical trial elig criteria & requirements increased in number and complexity
DENVER -Eligibility criteria continue to increase in number and complexity for lung cancer clinical trials. Cancer clinical trials have complex...
How dietary fiber helps the intestines maintain health
(SACRAMENTO, Calif.) -- UC Davis Health researchers have discovered how by-products of the digestion of dietary fiber by gut microbes...
Blocking pathogens in rice
Credit: Wolf B. Frommer What is known as "rice blight" is a dreaded plant disease that endan-gers rice harvests throughout...
