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Llama-derived nanobodies as a new tool in solving crystal structure
Credit: Kasper Røjkjær Andersen Aarhus University scientists have developed miniature antibodies (nanobodies) that can be labelled on certain amino acids....
Promising Down syndrome research expands to second site in Brazil
CLEVELAND--A Case Western Reserve University-led study of a promising medication for people with Down syndrome is going global. Brazilian authorities'...
What a rare blood disease can teach us about blood clotting
Credit: Irene Martinez-Martinez When a person is injured, blood clotting is essential. However, once the danger has passed, it is...
A new method for removing cells infected with the AIDS virus
Credit: Associate Professor Mikako Fujita With the successful suppression of the AIDS virus (HIV) through medication, the focus turns toward...
International competition benchmarks metagenomics software
Credit: John T. Consoli, University of Maryland Communities of bacteria live everywhere: inside our bodies, on our bodies and all...
Earth’s biodiversity is changing as the planet warms. But how?
Credit: Credit: Adam Wilson and Walter Jetz, PLOS Biology, 2016 BUFFALO, N.Y. -- As the Earth's climate changes, shifting weather...
Study published in Nature reveals molecular pathway of weight-controlling hormone
Credit: NGM Bio SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, CA - Oct. 2, 2017 - Scientists at NGM Bio have revealed deep insights...
Animals that play with objects learn how to use them as tools
Credit: Megan Lambert, University of York Researchers have discovered that New Caledonian crows and kea parrots can learn about the...
CU Researchers win prestigious $2 million NIH grant for brain study
AURORA, Colo. (Oct. 2, 2017) - Researchers from the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus and the University of Colorado...
US Department of Energy awards Danforth Center $16M to enhance sorghum for bioenergy
Credit: NA ST. LOUIS, MO, Oct. 2, 2017 - The Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, one of the world's largest...
US Department of Energy awards Danforth Center $16 million to enhance sorghum for bioenergy
Credit: NA ST. LOUIS, MO, Oct. 2, 2017 - The Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, one of the world's largest...
DNA: The next hot material in photonics?
Credit: Kyunghwan Oh, Yonsei University WASHINGTON -- Using DNA from salmon, researchers in South Korea hope to make better biomedical...
New insights into leading cause of miscarriage, birth defects discovered
Credit: Northwestern University EVANSTON, Ill. --- Two recent Northwestern University studies shed new light on the mystery of the leading...
UTSA receives $200,000 grant for cancer drug research
Doug Frantz, the Max and Minnie Tomerlin Voelcker Distinguished Professor in Chemistry at The University of Texas at San Antonio...
Children without allergies can still be afflicted with asthma-like coughing and wheezing
EMBARGOED UNTIL 9:00 a.m., ET, Monday, October 2, 2017, Cleveland: Doctors have long wondered why children without allergies can still...
Tracking live brain activity with the new NeuBtracker open-source microscope
(Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health) A team of scientists from the Helmholtz Zentrum München and...
Evolutionary crop research: Ego-plants give lower yield
Credit: Copenhagen University Survival of the fittest is a fundamental concept in Darwin's theory of natural selection which drives evolution....
RUDN University scientists described the distribution of soil microorganisms
Credit: Yakov Kuzyakov Scientists from RUDN University have classified the distribution of soil microorganisms at different latitudes from tropical to...
Rockefeller University biologist Michael W. Young honored with Nobel Prize
Credit: Mario Morgado/The Rockefeller University Rockefeller University biologist Michael W. Young, who discovered the molecular mechanism of circadian rhythm, which...
Low consumption of vitamin K by adolescents associated with unhealthy enlargement of the heart’s major pumping chamber
Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University AUGUSTA, Ga. (Oct. 2, 2017) - Scientists have found another reason for children...
