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Scientists map genes controlling immune system ‘brakes’
The findings help point toward drug targets for new immune therapies to treat cancer and autoimmune diseaseCredit: Gladstone Institutes SAN...
Why drugs sometimes cause receptor potentiation rather than inhibition
Credit: RUB, Marquard Professor Andreas Reiner and Stefan Pollok from the junior research group Cellular Neurobiology at Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB)...
Stand Up To Cancer’s Sharp Tank Award goes to multiple myeloma research
Catherine Marinac was awarded $100,000 from SU2C to study health disparities in multiple myeloma as part of a "Shark Tank"-style...
High risk of deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism in patients with COVID-19
Systematic review of the worldwide published data on "Venous thromboembolism (VTE) in COVID-19 patients".Credit: MedUni Vienna/Matern (Vienna, 01 October 2020)...
Researchers advance COVID-19 antibody knowledge with paper in journal
Credit: UTHSC Memphis, Tenn. (September 30, 2020) - Researchers at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center working with colleagues...
Planaria flatworms can be alternative screening tool to avoid rabbit skin testing
Credit: University of Reading, 2020 Tests for skin treatments could be screened using flatworms rather than other animals such as...
Timing the life of antimatter particles may lead to better cancer treatment
Japanese team aims to detect oxygen concentration in tumors using upgraded medical imaging scanCredit: Taiga Yamaya, CC-BY Experts in Japan...
Alien species to increase by 36% worldwide by 2050
Credit: Professor Tim Blackburn, UCL The number of alien (non-native) species, particularly insects, arthropods and birds, is expected to increase...
ESO telescope spots galaxies trapped in the web of a supermassive black hole
Credit: ESO/L. Calçada With the help of ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT), astronomers have found six galaxies lying around a...
The development of climate security discourse in Japan
Why are there no discourse in Japan on climate security? Is Japan failing to notice significant risks of climate change?Credit:...
The most sensitive optical receivers yet for space communications
Credit: Yen Strandqvist/Chalmers University of Technology Communications in space demand the most sensitive receivers possible for maximum reach, while also...
Ecological power storage battery made of vanillin
Credit: © Lunghammer - TU Graz Researchers at TU Graz have found a way to convert the aromatic substance vanillin...
Cardiac arrest, poor survival rates common in sickest patients with COVID-19
Credit: Stephanie King/ Michigan Medicine Even when a sudden cardiac arrest happens inside a top hospital, where a code blue...
Can organic plant protection products damage crops?
Researchers at Göttingen University discover new disease affecting maizeCredit: A Pfordt, University of Göttingen Protecting crops against pests and diseases...
Hand pollination, not agrochemicals, increases cocoa yield and farmer income
Agroecologists from Göttingen University compare pesticides, fertilizers, manual pollination and farming costs in IndonesiaCredit: M Toledo, University of Göttingen Cocoa...
Award supports study of collagen regulation in breast cancer health disparities
$3 million grant to Hollings Cancer Center researcher focuses on defining changes in collagen structure that are linked to disparities...
URI researcher: Housing prices decline within mile of solar energy arrays
'We need to be smarter in siting solar installations'Credit: University of Rhode Island KINGSTON, R.I. - September 30, 2020 -...
UC Davis engineers lead $36m effort to improve recovery from spinal cord injuries
Credit: Karen Moxon/UC Davis Engineers at the University of California, Davis, will lead a consortium of universities, biomedical startups and...
Poor cognitive performance predicts impairment in activities of daily living years later
In study of older Latino caregivers, poorer performance in single cognitive testing was associated with impairments in daily activities seven...
WVU researcher to tackle the mysteries of dark energy and the universe beyond
Credit: Andre Recnik/CHIME Though it makes up roughly 70 percent of the universe, dark energy is one of the greatest...
