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Research confirms nerve cells made from skin cells are a valid lab model for studying disease
Salk and Stanford team shows that induced neuronal cells derived from fibroblasts are similar to neurons in the brain, on...
Complication rates and costs of invasive lung cancer diagnostic tests may be higher than anticipated
Study underscores importance of sharing risks with patients considering lung cancer screeningCredit: MD Anderson Cancer Center HOUSTON - Complication rates...
Scientists have identified a bone marrow backup system
Credit: Courtesy of Mark Miller, Stowers Institute for Medical Research KANSAS CITY, MO -- New research from the Stowers Institute...
Fraction of US outpatient treatment centers offer medication for opioid addiction
Study finds that most substance use disorder treatment facilities still do not offer medication treatment for opioid use disorder Despite...
TGF-beta pathway protects against uterine cancer
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine Two new mouse models of uterine cancer shed light on how this disease - the...
Study examines black mangroves impact on the salt marsh food web
Credit: Aaron Macy Warmer temperatures are causing more tropical species to move northward. Among these are black mangroves, whose abundance...
Light up logic: Engineers from UTokyo and RIKEN perform computational logic with light
Credit: (c)2019 Aida Group For the first time, researchers performed logic operations -- the basis of computation -- with a...
Advances in the study of drugs to combat cognitive impairment in schizophrenia
The UPV/EHU-University of the Basque Country is proposing improvements with respect to the pharmacological study of cognitive function enhancers in...
Anticancer drug candidate inhibits lethal aggregation of mutant tumor suppressor protein
Brazilian researchers are the first to demonstrate the action of PRIMA-1 against amyloid aggregates of mutant p53 protein, structure found...
UM professor co-authors report on the use of biotechnology in forests
University of Montana Professor Diana Six is one of 12 authors of a new report that addresses the potential for...
Personality type could shape attitudes toward body weight of others, researchers say
Credit: FSU Photography Services TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Studies show there is a major link between personality traits and personal body...
More accurate leukemia diagnosis expected as researchers refine leukemia classification
Research led by St. Jude Children's Research Hospital means more than 90 percent of the most common cases of childhood...
Summit highlights caribbean disaster preparedness and collaboration to strengthen resilience
Caribbean Strong: Building Resilience with Equity "Caribbean Strong: Building Resilience with Equity" will take place on February 27-March 1, 2019,...
Genes reveal clues about people's potential life expectancy
Scientists say they can predict whether a person can expect to live longer or die sooner than average, by looking...
Partnership to supercharge vaccine production
Credit: The University of Queensland Vaccines to stop the world's next epidemic could be developed in record time under a...
Antihypertension drug losartan may improve treatment of ovarian cancer
Mass. General study also identifies potential biomarker for chemotherapy response, resistance A new study from a Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH)...
VTT develops a new sustainable way to turn forestry waste into transport fuels and chemicals
Credit: Photo by: VTT Press release, 15 January 2019 VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd has developed a new...
How Candida albicans exploits lack of oxygen to cause disease
Credit: The image was acquired at the Umeå Core Facility for Electron Microscopy (UCEM) journal MBio, a publication of the...
Mathematical model can improve our knowledge on cancer
Credit: Ola Joensen It remains unknown how cells "know" which structures to form in order to repair tissue damage: Multicellular...
Researchers discovered new immune response regulators
The discovery was published in the new iScience journal for interdisciplinary research by Cell Press. The newly discovered regulatory proteins...
