Science News

October 9, 2025

Big data, 3-D printing and robots: Marine Corps Commandant touts ONR S&T

ARLINGTON, Va.–Commandant of the Marine Corps (CMC) Gen. Robert B. Neller recently visited the Office of Naval Research (ONR) to...

Penn bioengineers show why lab-made stem cells might fail: Errors in DNA folding

Induced pluripotent stem cells hold promise for regenerative medicine because they can, in theory, turn into any type of tissue...

Aggregated protein in nerve cells can cause ALS

Persons with the serious disorder ALS, can have a genetic mutation that causes the protein SOD1 to aggregate in motor...

Clue for development of diagnosis, treatment Alzheimer’s disease

Kichitaro Nakajima, a graduate student at the Graduate School of Engineering Science, Hirotsugu Ogi, Associate Professor at the Graduate School...

Research discovers mechanism that causes cancer cells to escape from the immune system

Under normal circumstances, the immune system recognizes and successfully fights cancer cells, eliminating them as they develop. However, sometimes the...

Further clues in the fight against Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

New findings regarding the pathology of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) are bringing Griffith University researchers closer to identifying the cause...

Intraocular therapy prevents or reverses diabetic retinopathy in mice

Philadelphia, PA, May 10, 2016 – Pathologic changes of the retina caused by diabetes is the leading cause of blindness...

Modeling and simulation help optimize chemotherapy to combat brain tumor

St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital scientists have used sophisticated pharmacologic modeling and simulation to translate preclinical findings into a successful...

Gamma-retroviruses preferentially integrate near cancer-associated genes

Identifying the sites where gamma-retroviruses commonly insert into the genome may help to identify genes associated with specific cancer types,...

Scripps Florida scientists pioneer a breakthrough approach to breast cancer treatment

JUPITER, FL – May 9, 2016 – In a development that could lead to a new generation of drugs to...

Placental RNA may help protect embryo from viruses, Penn study finds

The human placenta is an organ unlike any other. During the course of nine months it is formed by the...

Experimental therapy halts treatment-resistant brain tumors

CINCINNATI – Researchers report in the journal Cancer Cell an experimental therapy that in laboratory tests on human cells and...

Small brain area plays key role in making everyday decisions

Choosing what shirt to buy, what to order for lunch or whether to go with the hearty red wine or...

A better way to diagnose and manage neuroendocrine tumors

Reston, Va. – A recent study reported in the May issue of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine demonstrates that Ga-68...

Novel role for spleen B cells in inflammatory response to bacterial toxins

Credit: University of Tsukuba Tsukuba, Japan – The inability to adequately respond to infection can cause a whole-body state of...

Cancer may drive health problems as people age

A new study indicates that cancer may have negative impacts on both the physical and mental health of individuals as...

Antibody therapy opens door to potential new treatment for HIV

The development of antiretroviral therapy, a combination of drugs that slows the replication of HIV in the body, has transformed...

Evidence that Zika causes neural stem cells to self-destruct

A new addition in the growing number of studies using brain organoids to understand how the Zika virus leads to...

Zika virus may cause microcephaly by hijacking human immune molecule

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently concluded that Zika virus infection in pregnant women can stunt neonatal...

Study suggests testosterone therapy does not raise risk of aggressive prostate cancer