Health
SLU researchers receive $416,000 to further work toward hepatitis B…
Credit: Saint Louis University With a $416,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), SLU scientists will continue work...
Joslin researcher will work in MoTrPAC to map molecular changes from…
Credit: John Soares Laurie J. Goodyear Ph.D., Senior Investigator and co-Head of the Section on Integrative Physiology and Metabolism at...
Signaling pathway may be key to why autism is more common in boys
Credit: Susan McClellen, University of Iowa Health Care Marketing and Communication Researchers aiming to understand why autism spectrum disorders (ASD)...
Cells programmed like computers to fight disease
Credit: Professor Jaramillo/University of Warwick Cells can be programmed like a computer to fight cancer, influenza and other serious health...
Oral bacteria linked to risk of stroke
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – In a study of patients entering the hospital for acute stroke, researchers have increased their understanding of...
Gaining weight between pregnancies boosts diabetes risk
Credit: Anne Sidsel Herdlevar, University of Bergen. The study performed at the University of Bergen shows that increasing Body Mass...
UCLA receives $5 million grant for sharing research on AIDS and substance abuse
Credit: Enrique Rivero/UCLA The National Institute on Drug Abuse has awarded $5 million to researchers at UCLA to develop a...
Genetic study uncovers fungal sex secrets, which shed light on candidiasis
Credit: Ewa Ksiezopolska & Toni Gabaldon, CRG. Working together with researchers in the Université Paris-Sud in France and University Medical...
Penn-led research elucidates genetics behind Salmonella’s host…
It's called bird flu for a reason. Particular characteristics about the influenza virus known as H5N1 allow it to primarily...
Steering an enzyme’s ‘scissors’ shows potential for…
Credit: UBC Faculty of Medicine The old real estate adage about "location, location, location" might also apply to the biochemical...
Your brain on exercise
Credit: Courtesy Photo It's universally accepted that the benefits of exercise go well beyond fitness, from reducing the risk of...
$11.5 million program project aims to combat malaria drug resistance
Credit: courtesy of Texas Biomed San Antonio, Texas (Sept. 20, 2017) – Texas Biomedical Research Institute researchers, Dr. Tim Anderson...
Cebit 2017: Computational biologists predict antibiotic resistances…
Credit: Curetis The researchers will be presenting their rapid test procedures, and their outlook for the future, at Stand E28...
ASTRO issues guideline for use of stereotactic radiation in…
Credit: American Society for Radiation Oncology/Adam Donohue ARLINGTON, Va., June 12, 2017 — The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO)...
IU biologists report method to calculate lifetime energy requirements of cells, genes
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — In a recently published paper, Indiana University biologists have calculated the lifetime energy requirements of multiple types...
In defense of pathogenic proteins
IMAGE: Scientists found in yeast cells protein aggregates (light green spots). As cells age and divide, these aggregates become more...
Zika virus challenges for neuropsychiatry recently published by Dove…
A new study, published in the Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment journal, examines this by critically reviewing the literature. The Zika...
Researchers develop technology enabling standard cameras to produce hyperspectral images
Credit: Ben-Gurion U. BEER-SHEVA, ISRAEL…September 13, 2017 – Researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) have developed miniaturized hyperspectral...
Dulling cancer therapy’s double-edged sword
Credit: Journal of Experimental Medicine/Sulciner et al. Researchers have discovered that killing cancer cells can actually have the unintended effect...
Protein transport channel offers new target for thwarting pathogen
Luiz Bermudez, a professor in OSU’s College of Veterinary Medicine Credit: Karl Maasdam CORVALLIS, Ore. – A bacterium that attacks...
