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Consuming walnuts may help keep the gut healthy, says new animal research
Credit: California Walnut Commission FOLSOM, Calif., July 25, 2017 - Conclusions from a new animal study suggest that walnut consumption...
Princeton researchers report new system to study chronic hepatitis B
Credit: Image courtesy of Benjamin Winer and Alexander Ploss, Princeton University Department of Molecular Biology Scientists from Princeton University's Department...
Clinical trial for type 1 diabetes reaches halfway point
Credit: Sanford Health SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - The Sanford Project: T-Rex Study, a Phase 2 clinical trial conducted collaboratively by...
CCNY physicists master unexplored electron property
Credit: Image courtesy: Zheng Sun While the charge and spin properties of electrons are widely utilized in modern day technologies...
New triggerable, tough hydrogels could make drug-releasing systems safer
Boston, Mass. -- Drug-releasing devices that reside in the stomach for extended periods of time make it easier for patients...
Novel class of antibiotics shows promise against plague, drug-resistant bacteria
Washington, DC - July 25, 2017 - Pathogenic bacteria are rapidly developing resistance to the arsenal of microbial therapies --...
Molecular microscopy illuminates molecular motor motion
Credit: Keith Mickolajczyk / Penn State A toddler running sometimes loses footing because both feet come off the ground at...
Thousands of genes exchanged within microbial communities living on cheese
Researchers at the University of California San Diego have found that microbial species living on cheese have transferred thousands of...
‘Safe Genes’ award to Mass. General team aims to improve gene-editing technologies
A Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH)-based research team is one of seven nationwide receiving contracts under the DARPA Safe Genes program,...
Timing matters: How to use tillage more effectively for weed management
Credit: Matthew R. Ryan With herbicide resistance on the rise, there is a renewed emphasis on soil tillage as a...
Coral gardening is benefiting Caribbean reefs, study finds
Credit: Stephanie Schopmeyer, UM Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science MIAMI--A new study found that Caribbean staghorn corals (Acropora...
How gene silencing works in plants
Credit: University of Seville The group of Doctor Myriam Calonje Macaya from the Institute of Plant Biochemistry and Photosynthesis (IBVF),...
Gene therapy: Microdystrophin restores muscle strength in Duchenne muscular dystrophy
Researchers from Genethon, the AFM-Telethon laboratory, Inserm (UMR 1089, Nantes) and the University of London (Royal Holloway) demonstrated the efficacy...
Catch of the day: A net full of trees
Credit: Earlham Institute SPECTRE, a new open-source software package, simplifies the complex business of creating phylogenetic networks and trees. It...
We have a quorum
Credit: Henry Shum PITTSBURGH (July 25, 2017) ... From the smallest cell to humans, most organisms can sense their local...
Knee joint signals bones to grow
Scientists from the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, US, have revealed a communication system between the knee joint and developing...
Elevated cholesterol’s link with canine cancer includes a better prognosis
CORVALLIS, Ore. - Usually thought of as a health detriment, elevated cholesterol may play a role in longer survival times...
Researchers offer new and novel paradigm for advancing research on beneficial microbes
St. Paul, Minn. (July 2017)--While beneficial microbes are becoming a more common tool in agriculture, their effectiveness in the field...
Symbiosis: Butter for my honey
Textbooks tell us that, in arbuscular mycorrhizal symbioses, the host plant supplies its fungal symbionts solely with sugars, in return...
Lutein may counter cognitive aging, study finds
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Spinach and kale are favorites of those looking to stay physically...
