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Biomimetic chemistry: Carbohydrate capture
LMU chemist Professor Ivan Huc, who heads a research group devoted to the study of Biomimetic Supramolecular Chemistry, has designed...
Researchers develop cryopreservation method of ladybird beetle ovaries
Credit: NIBB A new study has found an effective way to cryopreserve - preservation by cooling to very low temperature...
Polymer antibodies efficiently target and eliminate cancer cells
Credit: F. Canfarotto et al./Nano Letters A joint research team from Russia and the U.K. has demonstrated the possibility of...
New research proposes using local data in resolving malnutrition
(August 23, 2018) Kwashiorkor, one of the most extreme forms of malnutrition, is estimated to affect more than a hundred...
Kelp forests function differently in warming ocean
Kelp forests in the UK and the wider North-East Atlantic will experience a marked change in ecosystem functioning in response...
How healthy is the American diet? The Healthy Eating Index helps determine the answer
Credit: Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Philadelphia, August 23, 2018 - Dietary risk factors are among the...
Bird feared extinct rediscovered in the Bahamas
Credit: Matthew Gardner, University of East Anglia One of the rarest birds in the western hemisphere, the Bahama Nuthatch, has...
Fish lice could be early indicators of metal pollution in freshwater
Credit: Prof Annemariè Avenant-Oldewage, Department of Zoology, University of Johannesburg. Everyone needs safe and clean water to drink. Yet industry,...
Caution needed when prescribing antibiotics to hypertension patients, study finds
Rockville, Md. (August 23, 2018)--Individual variations in genetic makeup and gut bacteria may explain the different effects of antibiotics on...
Tracking Sargassum’s ocean path could help predict coastal inundation events
Credit: University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science/Victoria Coles CAMBRIDGE, MD (August 23, 2018)--The word Sargassum conjures up images of...
Natural sugar defends against metabolic syndrome, in mice
Credit: Brian DeBosch New research, in mice, indicates that a natural sugar called trehalose blocks glucose from the liver and...
Increased phosphate intake elevates blood pressure in healthy adults
If more phosphate is consumed with food, blood pressure and pulse rate increase in healthy young adults. These findings were...
Improving cell replacement therapy for Parkinson’s disease
Credit: Fathi et al. Parkinson's disease is a neurodegenerative disease that affects dopamine signaling neurons in patients' brains. Cell-replacement therapy...
Prospect of a new treatment for rheumatoid arthritis
An international research group led by Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin has completed testing a new drug to treat rheumatoid arthritis....
Fresh and raw diets for dogs may have health benefits, study says
URBANA, Ill. - Many dog owners think of their furry companions as part of the family, and now products are...
Garlic ingredient from the lab bench
Fresh garlic extracts contain a variety of healthy organosulfur compounds, among which ajoene forms a major oil-extractable ingredient. Now, chemists...
Mucosal environment of older pigs helps newborn piglets with intestinal injury recover
Credit: Amanda Ziegler, NC State University Researchers from North Carolina State University have found that the intestinal mucosal environment of...
Scientists close in on mystery surrounding dangerous blood syndromes
Credit: Cincinnati Children's CINCINNATI - Scientists may be on the road to solving the mystery of a group of mostly...
Modifying the major model of a modern major mouse model
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center If a new anti-cancer drug shows promise in a Petri dish, often the next...
New research uncovers ‘one of the tobacco industry’s greatest scams’
Two new studies from the Tobacco Control Research Group at the University of Bath, published in the BMJ journal, Tobacco...
