Biology
Combined approach could boost breast cancer immunotherapy, study suggests
Credit: © 2020 Xu et al. Originally published in Journal of Experimental Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1084/jem.20200844 Activating an immune signaling pathway best...
Insilico partners with APRINOIA on AI-powered neurodegenerative drug discovery
Insilico enters into a collaboration with APRINOIA to apply novel generative AI-powered system to discover novel compounds for neurodegenerative diseasesCredit:...
Polysaccharides from red algae affect mice immune systems, say FEFU scientists
Credit: FEFU press office Carrageenans, biologically active polysaccharides isolated from red algae and widely used in the food industry as...
2020-2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans recommend grains at all life stages
Guidelines maintain existing serving size for whole and enriched grainsCredit: The Grain Chain The Grain Chain, a farm to fork...
The puzzle of nonhost resistance: why do pathogens harm some plants but not others?
Credit: Ralph Panstruga & Matthew Moscou People have puzzled for years why pathogen Phytophthora infestens causes the devastating late blight...
A single gene ‘invented’ haemoglobin several times
Credit: © Song et al. / BMC Evolutionary Biology Thanks to the marine worm Platynereis dumerilii, an animal whose genes...
Sugars influence cell-to-surface adhesion
Biotechnologists measure the forces with which algae cells adhere to surfaces and move on themCredit: Lara Hoepfner How can cells...
Large transporter protein linked to schizophrenia
Investigations of a cellular protein have uncovered a possible link with schizophreniaCredit: Mindy Takamiya/Kyoto University iCeMS Scientists have suspected mutations...
Surveys identify relationship between waves, coastal cliff erosion
Study shows waves, rainfall important parts of erosion process, providing new opportunity to improve forecastsCredit: Erik Jepsen/UC San Diego Scripps...
Groups of bacteria can work together to better protect crops and improve their growth
Credit: Noam Eckshtain-Levi, Susanna Leigh Harris, Reizo Quilat Roscios, and Elizabeth Anne Shank Certain bacteria, known as plant-growth-promoting bacteria (PGPB),...
Faster, greener way of producing carbon spheres
- advance could improve carbon capture technologyCredit: ESRI, Swansea University A fast, green and one-step method for producing porous carbon...
HKU chemists develop a new drug discovery strategy for “undruggable” drug targets
Credit: The University of Hong Kong A research team led by Dr Xiaoyu LI from the Research Division for Chemistry,...
Astrocytes eat connections to maintain plasticity in adult brains
Credit: KAIST Developing brains constantly sprout new neuronal connections called synapses as they learn and remember. Important connections -- the...
Human-made landscape promotes coexistence of two normally separated Andean warblers
Two Andean warbler species that typically occur at different elevations and hunt by tricking insects to escape can co-occur at...
Early mammal with remarkably precise bite
Researchers investigate teeth of a small carnivorous mammal that are almost 150 million years oldCredit: © Thomas Martin, Kai R....
Remarkable new species of snake found hidden in a biodiversity collection
Waray Dwarf Burrowing Snake occupies its own branch on snake tree of lifeCredit: University of Kansas LAWRENCE -- To be...
Ancient DNA retells story of Caribbean’s first people, with a few plot twists
Credit: Kristen Grace/Florida Museum GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- The history of the Caribbean's original islanders comes into sharper focus in a...
Scientists at Tel Aviv University develop new gene therapy for deafness
Breakthrough may help in the treatment of children with hearing lossCredit: Tel Aviv University A new study from Tel Aviv...
Wistar reports new class of antibiotics active against a wide range of bacteria
Dual-acting immuno-antibiotics block an essential pathway in bacteria and activate the adaptive immune responseCredit: The Wistar Institute PHILADELPHIA -- (Dec....
New research highlights the importance of the thymus in successful pregnancies
Credit: Ragnar Söderberg Foundation How the immune system adapts to pregnancies has puzzled scientists for decades. Now, findings from an...
