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Scientists demonstrate severe muscle atrophy in postnatal mice lacking two critical myosins
Muscles are made up of proteins. Myosin, a fibrous protein, serves as a molecular motor and converts the chemical energy...
Increasing forest cover in the Eifel region 11,000 years ago resulted in the local loss of megafauna
Herds of megafauna, such as mammoth and bison, have roamed the prehistoric plains in what is today's Central Europe for...
Inhibiting imitation of others can increase understanding of others
Training individuals to inhibit imitation of others increases empathy and allows them to recognize facial expressions in others regardless of...
New APHA Press book highlights the inside story of the race to save lives and end a pandemic
SARS-COV-2, or COVID-19 as we now know it, was first officially reported in December 2019. It would soon go on...
Princeton Chemistry creates quantum dots at room temp using lab-designed protein
Nature uses 20 canonical amino acids as building blocks to make proteins, combining their sequences to create complex molecules that...
Ultrasound device for pain gets ‘nod’ from Shark Tank and NIH funding
Researchers from Florida Atlantic University’s Schmidt College of Medicine, in collaboration with Albany Medical College (AMC) in New York, are...
When combined, a novel LSD1 inhibitor and an existing therapy enhance each other’s anti-cancer effects
A Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) research team has developed novel compounds that show early promise at fighting the...
Research into impacts of human occupation on the Brazilian Atlantic rainforest receives funding
An international team of researchers is preparing to explore how human occupation and land use over hundreds of years has...
Shedding light on photosynthesis at sea
Plants that live on land, such as spinach, grow by using sunlight to perform photosynthesis. How, then, do algae photosynthesize...
Exercise is medicine for cancer and every dose counts – even in late stages in the disease
It is well-known exercise has many benefits, but new Edith Cowan University (ECU) research has revealed just how critically important...
Oncotarget | Combined epigenetic and immunotherapy for blastic and classical mantle cell lymphoma
“Here, we describe results using cladribine based combination epigenetic and immunotherapy in MCL .”Credit: 2022 LeBlanc et al. “Here, we...
Global Brain Health Leader Awards to advance dementia-related projects
Today, the Alzheimer’s Association, Global Brain Health Institute (GBHI), and the UK-based Alzheimer’s Society announced the latest recipients of the...
Researchers using $2.1 million grant to identify differences in preschoolers’ math skills
University of Missouri researchers were awarded a four-year, $2.1 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to establish...
Particles of light may create fluid flow, data-theory comparison suggests
UPTON, NY—A new computational analysis by theorists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory and Wayne State University...
Mapping E. coli to overcome antibiotic resistance
Antibiotic resistance, when infection-causing bacteria evolve so they are no longer affected by typical antibiotics, is a global concern. New...
Racism takes its toll on brain and body
Philadelphia, December 13, 2022 – Structural racism has not only psychosocial but also biological consequences. Discrimination has been shown to...
Working the puzzle: Role of sulfides in aerobic/anaerobic switching in bacteria
The bacteria in our intestinal tract play many essential roles in maintaining our health and metabolism. Keeping these organisms happy...
New study sheds light on boric acid transport and excretion in marine fish
Marine fishes live in highly saline environments with ionic concentrations that are vastly different from their blood plasma. Seawater contains...
JDS Communications is now indexed in PubMed
Philadelphia, December 13, 2022 – JDS Communications is now being indexed by the national database PubMed. Editor-in-Chief Matt Lucy, PhD,...
Scientists identify multiple cell types that may contribute to treatment resistance in prostate cancer
Researchers have characterised prostate cancer cell dynamics at a single-cell resolution across the timespan of the disease – from its...
