Health
Clock protein controls daily cycle of gene expression by regulating chromosome loops
Credit: Yong Kim and Mitch Lazar, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania PHILADELPHIA – It's well known that the...
Microscopic chariots deliver molecules within our cells
Credit: Danielle Grotjohn, Lander Lab LA JOLLA, CA – Feb. 9, 2018 – On the cellular highway, motor proteins called...
How mice babies ensure mother’s protection
Credit: Image: Luis Hernandez-Miranda, MDC The calls of new-born mice draw the attention of their mother. A group of neuronal...
TCGA findings provide molecular background for second most common kidney cancer
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (Nov. 5, 2015)–Scientists with The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA), a National Institutes of Health-funded project, have molecularly...
ERC advanced grant for Carl-Philipp Heisenberg
Credit: IST Austria With two newly awarded Advanced Grants, the total number of ERC-funded projects at the Institute of Science...
Folding of the cerebral cortex — identification of important…
Credit: Kanazawa University The human brain is highly developed with higher functions compared to other animals, thanks to which humans...
Study: Many parents of children with disabilities don’t make care plans
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Fewer than half of parents of children with intellectual and developmental...
New images reveal how the ear’s sensory hairs take shape
Credit: Laboratory of Sensory Neuroscience at The Rockefeller University Our ears are exquisite detection instruments, capable of discerning a whisper...
Discharge strategies to prevent asthma readmissions
Credit: Children's National Health System Readmission rates at three months for kids hospitalized for acute asthma dropped when families received...
Microscopic chariots deliver molecules within our cells
Credit: Danielle Grotjohn, Lander Lab LA JOLLA, CA – Feb. 9, 2018 – On the cellular highway, motor proteins called...
New hope for stopping an understudied heart disease in its tracks
Credit: UW-Madison photo by Stephanie Precourt. MADISON — The diminutive size of our aortic valve — just shy of a...
A common virus may help inform treatment planning for stem cell…
Credit: VCU Massey Cancer Center Most healthy people barely notice infection with the human cytomegalovirus (hCMV), a form of the...
Study shows liver cells with whole genome duplications protect against cancer
Credit: UT Southwestern Medical Center DALLAS – Feb. 9, 2018 – Researchers at the Children's Medical Center Research Institute (CRI)...
Study: Many parents of children with disabilities don’t make care plans
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Fewer than half of parents of children with intellectual and developmental...
TSRI scientists show deep brain stimulation blocks heroin relapse in rats
Credit: The Scripps Research Institute LA JOLLA, CA — Feb. 1, 2017 — Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)...
Sanofi and the Institut Pasteur reward five researchers in the service of human health
Credit: Jeffrey Gordon: (c) James Byard – Washington University Antonio Lanzavecchia: (c) Alessandro Crinari Michel Nussenzweig: (c) Mario Morgado –...
Sleep-inducing herb: The key component identified
Credit: University of Tsukuba Can't sleep? Your sleep problems may be improved if you try an Indian herb, Ashwagandha. Researchers...
Researchers discuss challenges, successes of HIV cure research in science
Chapel Hill, NC – A better understanding of HIV latency is the key to eradicating the virus researchers at the...
New handheld spectral analyzer uses power of smartphone to detect disease
Credit: Department of Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have developed technology...
Ben-Gurion U. researchers pinpoint child-pedestrian behaviors that lead to auto accidents
BEER-SHEVA, Israel…December 21, 2015 – "Look both ways before you cross the street" may be sage advice, but it is...
