Biology
Cellular regeneration therapy restores damaged liver tissue faster than ever
LA JOLLA—(April 26, 2022) Mammals can’t typically regenerate organs as efficiently as other vertebrates, such as fish and lizards. Now,...
Meat substitutes: Environment does not motivate consumption
Meat substitutes are on the rise: While they used to have a niche existence in health food stores or organic...
Scientists identify genetic variants linked to mobility changes in aging
Age-related changes in strength and mobility may depend on genetic variations in a critical mitochondrial enzyme, suggests a study published...
Machine learning model can steer traumatic brain injury patients to life-saving care
PITTSBURGH, April 26, 2022 – A prognostic model developed by University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine data scientists and UPMC...
Boys are more demanding than girls before they are born – according to scientists
Boys are more demanding than girls before they are even born – according to scientistsCredit: LittleDogKorat / Shutterstock. Boys are...
Neanderthals of the north
Were Neanderthals really as well adapted to a life in the cold as previously assumed, or did they prefer more...
Recognition for research on consciousness
Understanding the mechanisms for consciousness is arguably one of the most intriguing questions of modern neuroscience. Why are some visual...
SynGAP Research Fund (SRF) announces $128,000 grant for stem cell gene therapy translational research to Dr. Joe Anderson of the University of California, Davis
Could a bone marrow transplant, including modified stem cells, provide a one-time treatment for SYNGAP1?Credit: Syngap Research Fund Could a...
When it comes to preventing Alzheimer’s, women and men are not created equal
After increasing age, the most significant risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is sex – two-thirds of patients with AD...
Pathogens can hitch a ride on plastic to reach the sea
Microplastics are a pathway for pathogens on land to reach the ocean, with likely consequences for human and wildlife health,...
New evidence of how exercise can counter diabetes damage
AUGUSTA, Ga. (April 26, 2022) – One way exercise can counter the damage of diabetes is by enabling activation of a...
Could blocking or deleting a protein help prevent common oral cancers?
The most common head and neck cancer—oral squamous cell carcinoma—often starts off, as many other cancers do, quite innocently. Perhaps...
The first scientific expedition to Panama’s unexplored Cordillera de Coiba sets sail
Last year, Panama expanded the Cordillera de Coiba marine protected area from 17,223 to 67,908 square kilometers (6,650 to 26,219 square...
Viruses in the gut may warn of a deadly disease in preterm infants
Immediately after birth, human infants begin to develop a complex, interwoven fabric of microbes in their gut. Known collectively as...
Death in darkness: a new type of cell death discovered in fly guts
A research group led by Sa Kan Yoo at the RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research (BDR) has discovered a...
Researchers awarded $2.85 million NIH grant to study new technique assessing cerebrospinal fluid in babies with hydrocephalus
A five-year, $2.85 million grant to use novel technology to study babies with hydrocephalus has been awarded to a team...
Meat consumption must fall by at least 75 percent
Every EU citizen consumes around 80 kilograms of meat per year. But every juicy steak, every delicious sausage has a...
An easier way to teach robots new skills
With e-commerce orders pouring in, a warehouse robot picks mugs off a shelf and places them into boxes for shipping....
These male spiders catapult at impressive speeds to flee their mates before they get eaten
After males of the orb-weaving spider Philoponella prominens mate with a female, they quickly launch themselves away, researchers report on...
An international consortium, led by IRB Barcelona and the biotechnology company Merus, reports the discovery of MCLA-158, the first clinical candidate screened in organoids targeting cancer stem cells of solid tumors
Barcelona, 25 April 2022- Scientists from an international consortium led by Dr. Eduard Batlle, head of the Colorectal Cancer laboratory...
