Biology

February 14, 2026

Combo T cell and targeted therapy strategy for resistant melanoma with BRAF mutation

BRAF inhibitors sensitize melanoma cells to the tumor-killing action of T cells. PHILADELPHIA and TAMPA, Fla. -- (Feb. 14, 2019)...

To tool or not to tool?

Orangutans make complex economic decisions about tool use depending on the current 'market' situationCredit: © Alice Auersperg Flexible tool use...

What happens to magnetic nanoparticles once in cells?

Although magnetic nanoparticles are being used more and more in cell imaging and tissue bioengineering, what happens to them within...

Tracking pollen with quantum dots

A pollination biologist from Stellenbosch University in South Africa is using quantum dots to track the fate of individual pollen...

Research forms complex picture of mercury pollution in a period of global change

Toxic metal's fate in marine food webs uncertain due to anthropogenic impacts HANOVER, N.H. - February 14, 2019 - Climate...

Immunological scarring from coeliac disease

Coeliac disease can cause irreversible changes to immune cells Immune cells in the bowel of people who suffer with coeliac...

Biocolonizer species are putting the conservation of the granite at Machu Picchu at risk

A study by the UPV/EHU-University of the Basque Country has evaluated the role of micro-organisms colonizing the Sacred Rock at...

Human cells can change job to fight diabetes

For the first time, researchers have shown that ordinary human cells can change their original function. This may give new...

How proteins become embedded in a cell membrane

Nearly a third of all proteins in living beings are firmly embedded in a biomembrane - either in a cell's...

Breaks in the blood-brain barrier can cause brains to get old before their time

CIFAR Fellow Daniela Kaufer to discuss new findings at AAAS meeting on Feb. 15Credit: © CIFAR As our brains age,...

Anti-obesity Drug Discovery and Development – Volume 4

This book is Edited by: Atta-ur-Rahman, M. Iqbal Choudhary, Published on: December 14th, 2019. Obesity is a complex health problem,...

New NASA research consortium to tackle life's origins

NASA is uniting experts across multiple disciplines to investigate life's beginnings on our planet -- and to explore if and...

UTSA study: Stress in crops points to surprising benefits

Credit: Courtesy of UTSA Stress is known as the "killer disease" and in humans it can lead to an increased...

C-sections by trained health officers a safe alternative

Task sharing in Sierra Leone -- teaching emergency surgery to health officers -- can help improve healthcare in a country...

Sea Grant & ASLO bring helping hands to Puerto Rico

Annual scientific meeting features community service projects SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- Scientists from 52 countries will be providing hands-on...

Virus promoting love and kindness created for Valentine's day

Credit: University City Science Center PHILADELPHIA--What if love and kindness could spread like a virus? As part of the University...

Lopez named to UT System Academy of Distinguished Teachers

Teaching excellence at UTACredit: UTArlington Ramon Lopez, a professor of physics at The University of Texas at Arlington, has been...

Half-Earth preservation with Natura 2000

In recent years, calls to preserve greater swaths of the Earth's land- and seascapes have grown. In particular, numerous conservationists...

Machine learning detects importance of land stewardship in conservation policy

Credit: Pushpendra Rana, University of Illinois URBANA, Ill. - At the southern tip of the Himalayas, farmers in the Kangra...

Scientists discover how neuroactive steroids dampen inflammatory signaling in cells