Biology
Want to save the bees? Pay attention to pathogens and flowers
AMHERST, Mass. – New research published in the journal Ecology conclusively shows that certain physical traits of flowers affect the...
Aging | Downregulation of senescence-associated secretory phenotype by knockdown of secreted frizzled-related protein 4 contributes to the prevention of skin aging
“Overall, this research could potentially aid in the development of anti-aging treatments for skin by preventing age-related changes through the...
Salk scientists discover anti-inflammatory molecules that decline in the aging brain
LA JOLLA (October 31, 2022)—Aging involves complicated plot twists and a large cast of characters: inflammation, stress, metabolism changes, and...
Mapping the path from smell to perception
Our sense of smell has a powerful effect on our behavior and emotions. Aromas can evoke vivid memories of the past or...
A new protocol for light-sheet live imaging of C. elegans adults emerges from woods hole embryology course
WOODS HOLE, Mass. -- The beauty of live-imaging studies is the specimen is alive, allowing dynamics such as cell division...
How low-cost earbuds can make newborn hearing screening accessible
Newborns across the United States are screened to check for hearing loss. This test is important because it helps families...
New computational method builds detailed maps of human tissues
Weill Cornell Medicine researchers have developed a computational method to map the architecture of human tissues in unprecedented detail. Their...
Stealth-care system: Scientists test ‘smart’ red blood cells to deliver antibiotics that target specific bacteria
Physicists at McMaster University have identified a natural delivery system which can safely carry potent antibiotics throughout the body to...
AI helps researchers design microneedle patches that restore hair in balding mice
Hair loss is undesirable for many men — and women — because one’s hairstyle is often closely tied to their...
Cellular housekeeping process implicated in fatal neurological disorder
Huntington’s disease, a fatal, inherited neurodegenerative condition, is caused by a genetic error present at birth, though its symptoms often...
New tech aims to reduce racial disparities in blood measurements
A team led by a University of Texas at Arlington bioengineering professor and an Austin businessman has published key findings...
Identity theft the secret of the cat parasite’s success
The parasite Toxoplasma is carried by a large portion of the global human population. Now a study led by researchers...
The case of Latin America’s mysterious disappearing (and reappearing) white-lipped peccaries
A collaborative study published in PLOS ONE, documents the periodic disappearance (and reappearance) of white-lipped peccaries in nine countries in...
Sticky cell fingers help keep breast tumors contained
Researchers at Turku University and Åbo Akademi University, Finland, have identified that finger-like cellular extensions called filopodia contribute to building...
The secret life of spores
Facing starvation and stress conditions, some bacteria enter a dormant state in which life processes stop. Shutting down into a...
When tapas can cause harm: large listeriosis outbreak in Spain
Listeria bacteria are ubiquitous in the environment and consumption of food contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes is one of the main...
Hybrid songbirds found more often in human-altered environments
Hybrids of two common North American songbirds, the black-capped and mountain chickadee, are more likely to be found in places...
Anti-cancer drugs, olaparib and adavosertib, work best when given sequentially in patients with advanced tumours driven by DNA damage response mutations: results from Phase Ib STAR clinical trial
Barcelona, Spain: Patients with cancers that are driven by certain mutations occurring in response to DNA damage can be safely...
Building a 3D brain atlas
Texas Biomed will help map the developing brain with unprecedented detail for the National Institutes of Health’s BRAIN Initiative Cell Atlas...
Proof-of-concept study advances potential new way to deliver gene therapy
Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers say they have successfully used a cell’s natural process for making proteins to “slide” genetic instructions...
