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New toolkit reveals novel cancer genes
A new statistical model has enabled researchers to pinpoint 27 novel genes thought to prevent cancer from forming, in an...
Heritage and ancient grain project feeds a growing demand
Credit: June Russell, GrowNYC's Greenmarket Program ITHACA, N.Y. – After a century of markets dominated by a few types of...
Novel small antibody fragment: A valuable tool in crystallography
Credit: Osaka University Osaka – Antibodies are a powerful weapon system in defending our body against invaders such as bacteria...
NIH scientists adapt new brain disease test for Parkinson’s, dementia with Lewy bodies
Credit: NIAID National Institutes of Health scientists developing a rapid, practical test for the early diagnosis of prion diseases have...
Small gold mines in Senegal create high mercury contamination
Credit: Jacqueline Gerson, Duke University DURHAM, N.C. — A Duke University-led study has found dangerously high levels of mercury and...
Atlantic/Pacific ocean temperature difference fuels US wildfires
Credit: Chikamoto Y. et al. An international team of climate researchers from the US, South Korea and the UK has...
Researchers generate whole-genome map of fruit fly genetic recombination
Kansas City, MO. — As eggs and sperm, or gametes, are formed during meiosis, chromosomes carrying the genetic material from...
A super resolution view of chemical reactions
Credit: IPC PAS, Grzegorz Krzyzewski Researchers from the Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences have demonstrated,...
Are parents doing enough to prepare ‘substitute’ babysitters over the holidays?
Credit: C.S. Mott Children's Hospital National Poll on Children's Health at the University of Michigan ANN ARBOR, Mich. — As...
New anti-inflammatory agents can control inflammatory responses to…
IMAGE: These are Candid albicans hyphae cells in neutrophil extracellular trap. Credit: Constantin Urban The most frequent fungal threat to...
New treatment on the horizon for type 1 diabetes sufferers
Credit: Westmead Institute for Medical Research Patients suffering from type 1 diabetes may soon have access to improved approaches to...
Researchers to develop new allergy relief device using cold plasma technology
Credit: University of Liverpool Researchers at the University of Liverpool have been awarded funding to develop an innovative device that...
NIH scientists adapt new brain disease test for Parkinson’s, dementia with Lewy bodies
Credit: NIAID National Institutes of Health scientists developing a rapid, practical test for the early diagnosis of prion diseases have...
CD4 T cells, xenobiotic transporters, and metabolites in inflammatory bowel diseases
Credit: Osaka University Osaka – Our immune system protects our bodies from numerous pathogenic microbes and toxins in the environment....
Developing new molecular methods for synthetizing treatments for…
Credit: Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) Worcester, Mass. – Anita Mattson, associate professor of chemistry and biochemistry at Worcester Polytechnic Institute...
Funding to lead team-based investigation of gynecologic cancer therapies
Credit: Perelman School of Medicine, Univeristy of Pennsylvania PHILADELPHIA – E. John Wherry, PhD, a cancer and immunology researcher at...
CNIC scientists describe the mechanism of heart regeneration in the zebrafish
Credit: CNIC Some animals, including the zebrafish, have a high capacity to regenerate tissues, allowing them to recovery fully after...
Researchers to develop new allergy relief device using cold plasma technology
Credit: University of Liverpool Researchers at the University of Liverpool have been awarded funding to develop an innovative device that...
Retreating Yukon glacier caused a river to disappear
Credit: Jim Best/University of Illinois The massive Kaskawulsh Glacier in northern Canada has retreated about a mile up its valley...
Zebrafish brain repair following concussion
Credit: Maheras et al., eNeuro (2018) A simple and inexpensive zebrafish model of concussion, reported in eNeuro, reveals the genetic...
