Biology
CRI scientists discover vitamin C regulates stem cell function, curbs leukemia development
Credit: UT Southwestern DALLAS - August 21, 2017 - Not much is known about stem cell metabolism, but a new...
‘Electronic skin’ takes wearable health monitors to the next level
Credit: DGIST A new, electronic skin microsystem tracks heart rate, respiration, muscle movement and other health data, and wirelessly transmits...
Plants under heat stress must act surprisingly quickly to survive
Credit: UMass Amherst AMHERST, Mass. - In new results reported in The Plant Cell, molecular biologist Elizabeth Vierling at the...
Repairing damaged hearts with self-healing heart cells
Credit: A*STAR's Genome Institute of Singapore Singapore - New research has discovered a potential means to trigger damaged heart cells...
Biofuels from bacteria
Credit: Photo by Jules Bernstein LIVERMORE, Calif.--You might not cook with this sugar, but from a biofuels standpoint, it's pretty...
Searching for the ‘signature’ causes of BRCAness in breast cancer
Breast cancer cells with defects in the DNA damage repair-genes BRCA1 and BRCA2 have a mutational signature (a pattern of...
Gut microbes may talk to the brain through cortisol
Credit: Stephanie Henry URBANA, Ill. - Gut microbes have been in the news a lot lately. Recent studies show they...
Collaborative effort aims to replace rabbit test for personal lubricant products
Washington, D.C. -- August 21, 2017 -- A first-of-its kind collaborative project is underway to find a non-animal test method...
Penn biologists show how plants turn off genes they don’t need
Credit: University of Pennsylvania A plant has one genome, a specific sequence of millions of basepairs of nucleotides. Yet how...
New report proposes framework to identify vulnerabilities posed by synthetic biology
WASHINGTON - Given the possible security vulnerabilities related to developments in synthetic biology - a field that uses technologies to...
Using machine learning to improve patient care
Doctors are often deluged by signals from charts, test results, and other metrics to keep track of. It can be...
Mechanism that impairs production of bovine embryos is revealed
Credit: elipe Perecin, University of São Paulo's Animal Science & Food Engineering School A longstanding obstacle to the market for...
Postnatal identification of Zika virus peptides from saliva
Alexandria, Va., USA - For the first time, researchers are using proteomics to examine proteins and peptides in saliva in...
Warmer waters from climate change will leave fish shrinking, gasping for air
Credit: Lindsay Lafreniere Fish are expected to shrink in size by 20 to 30 per cent if ocean temperatures continue...
Johns Hopkins materials scientists probe a protein’s role in speeding Ebola’s spread
Two Johns Hopkins materials science graduate students and their professors played a key role in a multi-institution research project that...
TX Biomed part of team on 5-year, $4.4 million NIH grant for novel TB vaccine testing
Credit: Courtesy of UTHealth Houson San Antonio, Texas (Aug. 21, 2017) - Tuberculosis (TB) is the leading cause of death...
Can ‘reading’ leaves lead to more drought-tolerant crops?
UVALDE - Looking at leaves to peer into the future might seem the stuff of superstition, but is actually the...
Why tiger snakes are on a winner
Credit: Stewart Macdonald Australian tiger snakes have "hit the jackpot" because prey cannot evolve resistance to their venom. While that...
Sugars in human mother’s milk are new class of antibacterial agents
Credit: Barbara Cramer/Zack Eagles, Vanderbilt University Mother's milk, which consists of a complex and continually changing blend of proteins, fats...
Wood frogs research clarifies risks posed to animals by warming climate
Credit: Staci Amburgey, Penn State As conditions warm, fish and wildlife living at the southern edge of their species' ranges...
