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Researchers discover that a ‘muscle’ cancer is not really a muscle cancer
Credit: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital St. Jude Children's Research Hospital oncologists have discovered the cell type that gives rise...
A simple and efficient 3-D fabrication technique for bio-inspired hierarchical structures
WASHINGTON — Nature is no doubt the world's best biological engineer, whose simple, exquisite but powerful designs have inspired scientists...
UTokyo concludes agreement to develop personalized cancer vaccine
Credit: 2018 BrightPath Biotherapeutics Co., Ltd. Tokyo – The University of Tokyo entered an agreement for developing a personalized cancer...
Experts: 1 in 3 cases of dementia preventable, nonmedical therapies…
Credit: Keck Medicine of USC LOS ANGELES – Managing lifestyle factors such as hearing loss, smoking, hypertension and depression could...
Researchers find that antiretroviral therapy reduces HIV in the female reproductive tract
Chapel Hill, NC – For the first time, investigators in the Division of Infectious Diseases at the University of North...
Snub-nosed monkeys: Conservation challenges in the face of environmental uncertainty
Snub-nosed moneys provide an excellent example of adaptive radiation and display uncommon ecological adaptations. They live along an elevation gradient...
Living on borrowed time
Unfortunately, loss of plant and animal habitat leads to local species extinctions and a loss of diversity from ecosystems. Fortunately,...
New study explores how anxiety can aggravate asthma
Anxiety sensitivity, in simple terms, is a fear of fear. But when people with anxiety sensitivity also have asthma, their...
Study finds no benefit, but possible harm, from drug used to prevent…
Credit: UT Southwestern Medical Center DALLAS – March 14, 2017 – A drug commonly prescribed to pregnant women with a...
‘Smart’ immune cells: Emerging cancer therapy research…
Credit: Collins lab, UC Davis Assistant Professor Sean Collins, Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics in the UC Davis College...
For the first time, brain surface stimulation provides ‘touch’ feedback to…
Credit: Mark Stone/University of Washington In the quest to restore movement to people with spinal cord injuries, researchers have focused...
$420,000 grant funds study on polio-like virus
Credit: TTUHSC El Paso EL PASO, Texas – Haoquan Wu, Ph.D., has received a two-year, $420,000 grant from the National...
What happens when your brain’s support cells aren’t so supportive?
Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA — (Jan. 10, 2018) Potentially explaining why even healthy brains don't function well with age,...
Plant metabolic protein tailored for nighttime growth
Stanford, CA–Everyone who took high school biology learned that photosynthesis is the process by which plants, algae and select bacteria...
Worm study may resolve discrepancies in research on aging
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — In matters of the fundamental molecular biology of aging, we mammals are not so different from tiny...
Standardized approach makes outpatient thyroid surgery safe for even…
IMAGE: This is Dr. David Terris Credit: Augusta University Senior Photographer Phil Jones AUGUSTA, Ga. – A standardized treatment approach...
Financial stress is associated with migraine, if you have specific…
People with a specific variation in the CLOCK gene have more migraines under financial stress. This work, the first time...
Habitat features and social behavior impact how baboons move as a…
Credit: Strandburg-Peshkin et al. When deciding what path to take during collective movement, individual baboons will likely follow the road...
Uptake mechanisms of cytostatics discovered
Scientists at the MaxDelbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association (MDC) and the Leibniz-Institut für Molekulare Pharmakologie (FMP)...
How variation in body size correlates with en-route migration…
IMAGE: This image shows the birds studied by Lam and colleagues. Credit: Kelsey Bell Every spring and fall, migratory songbirds...
