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October 7, 2025

How a genetic mutation can interfere with the powerhouses of cells

Dr. Nora Vögtle, head of an Emmy Noether junior research group at the Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine of...

Dr. Neville Sanjana receives 2018 AAAS Martin and Rose Wachtel Cancer Research Award

Credit: New York Genome Center NEW YORK, NY (March 23, 2018) - The American Association for the Advancement of Science...

First proof a synthesized antibiotic is capable of treating superbugs

A "game changing" new antibiotic which is capable of killing superbugs has been successfully synthesised and used to treat an...

Metastatic cancer cells modify bone remodeling with small RNA secretion in bone metastasis

Credit: Department of Physiology and Cell Biology,TMDU Researchers at Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) find a secreted microRNA molecule...

Increases in obesity, severe obesity continue among adults in US

Bottom Line: Obesity and severe obesity continued to grow among adults in the United States between 2007-2008 and 2015-2016 but...

Gene boosts rice growth and yield in salty soil

Credit: Jianzhong Lin Around 20% of the world's irrigated land is considered to contain elevated concentrations of salt, and the...

Growing and surviving: How proteins regulate the cell cycle

Cell division is the basis of all life. Even the smallest errors in this complex process can lead to grave...

Scientists develop elastic metal rods to treat scoliosis

Credit: ©NUST MISIS NUST MISIS scientists jointly with their colleagues from the Ecole de Technologie Superiore (Montreal, Canada) have experienced...

Montana State University researchers publish study

BOZEMAN -- Researchers at Montana State University in Bozeman have published a study showing how access to high-quality fruits and...

Breakthrough antimalarial drug delivery system using mesoporous silica nanoparticles

Credit: Shinya Hayami Drug delivery systems (DDSs) control when and how much drugs are delivered to the body. Numerous DDS...

Paleontologists put the bite on an ancient reptile from New England

Credit: Yale University New Haven, Conn. - Scientists have identified a new species of reptile from prehistoric Connecticut and, boy,...

Research discovers how some cancers resist treatment

Credit: LSU Health New Orleans New Orleans, LA - An international team of researchers led by Lucio Miele, MD, PhD,...

Electric textile lights a lamp when stretched

Credit: Johan Bodell/Chalmers University of Technology Working up a sweat from carrying a heavy load? That is when the textile...

DFG to establish 14 new priority programs

The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) has approved the establishment of 14 new Priority Programmes (PP) for 2019. Priority...

Harvard scientists ask ‘what is the point?’ in challenge to acupuncture researchers

Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, March 22, 2018--The effectiveness of acupuncture compared to standard treatments has...

Rate of hip replacement revision surgery declines in all age groups — except middle age

March 22, 2018 - As more patients undergo total hip arthroplasty (THA) before age 65, the rate of repeat hip...

Attacking lymphoma at the source

Credit: E. Oricchio/EPFL Non-Hodgkin lymphomas are cancers that affect white blood cells of the immune system called B-lymphocytes or B...

Novel genomics tool enables more accurate identification of rare mutations in cancer cells

Credit: New York Genome Center NEW YORK, NY (March 22, 2018) -- A new computational method developed by researchers at...

Scientists explored the structure of the key region of ‘immortality and aging’ enzyme

Credit: Elena Rodina Scientists from Moscow State University (MSU) working in an international team of researchers identified the structure of...

Discovery offers hope for improving physical performance as we age