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Copycat fungus deceives immune system and deactivates body’s response to infection
Fungal infection is life-threatening to people with weakened immune systems, such as those with blood cancers, HIV infection or following...
Harnessing T-cell ‘stemness’ could enhance cancer immunotherapy
A new study led by scientists in the Center for Cancer Research (CCR) at the National Cancer Institute (NCI) sheds...
Scientists discover potential sustainable energy technology for the household refrigerator
Advance could reduce both annual energy consumption and cost. WASHINGTON, D.C. March 28, 2019 -- While many advancements have been...
Fungus has decimated the populations of 501 amphibian species worldwide
Survey by researchers in 16 countries is published in Science. Authors say chytrid fungus is responsible for heaviest biodiversity loss...
Columbia awarded grant for opioid education and naloxone training on college campuses
March 28, 2019 -- Rachel Shelton, ScD, MPH, Columbia Mailman School of Public Health assistant professor of Sociomedical Sciences, and...
Illinois study identifies a key to soybean cyst nematode growth
Credit: Nathan Schroeder, University of Illinois URBANA, Ill. - The soybean cyst nematode, one of the crop's most destructive pests,...
Changes in onset of spring linked to more allergies across the US
UMD public health researchers say climate change is impacting disease burden in our backyards Human-induced climate change is disrupting nature's...
Caffeine on the mind? Just seeing reminders of coffee can stimulate our brain
Even looking at things that remind of coffee can arouse our minds, reveals new University of Toronto studyCredit: Yana Kaz...
Decision makers need contextual interactive guidance
As decision makers balance economic, environmental and social aspects of living, planners and others need decision-making tools that support the...
Scientists reveal largest Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton
Credit: Amanda Kelley Paleontologists have discovered and characterized the largest Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton ever found, making it the biggest terrestrial...
UAB aging and longevity researchers win international prize
Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - University of Alabama at Birmingham aging expert -- and once-upon-a-time lion trainer -- Steven Austad,...
First ever living donor HIV-to-HIV kidney transplant
Credit: Johns Hopkins Medicine For the first time, a person living with HIV has donated a kidney to a transplant...
2019 HFSP Research Grants
Enabling discoveries at the frontier: The 2019 HFSP Research Grants The International Human Frontier Science Program Organization (HFSPO) announced today...
What’s in this plant? The best automated system for finding potential drugs
Credit: Public domain Researchers at the RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science (CSRS) in Japan have developed a new computational...
Five new frog species from Madagascar
Scientists at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) in Munich and the Bavarian State Collection of Zoology have named five new species of frogs...
Changing the relationship between disability and technology
A major new research project is harnessing a diverse range of disciplines to examine how technologists can learn from people...
2019 HFSP Career Development Awards
HFSP to accelerate frontier research in 15 new laboratories The International Human Frontier Science Program Organization (HFSPO) announced today 15...
American Association for Cancer Research honors Cancer Control and Survivorship Program
The 13th AACR Team Science Award recognizes St. Jude interdisciplinary team for its significant contributions made to pediatric cancer epidemiology...
Novel insights into soil biodiversity, Earth’s global engine
Credit: Virginia Tech A Virginia Tech professor was part of an international team of researchers that discovered new advances about...
Novel study links fetal exposure to nicotine and sudden infant death syndrome
In utero exposure to nicotine has postnatal effects on development of the heart and its response to adrenalin and may...
