Promising new treatment for a common hereditary nerve disease
Researchers from Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) develop a genome-editing technique that reduces disease-causing proteins and related issues in cells from a patient with...
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Snowflakes swirling in turbulent air as they fall through a laser light sheet. Credit: Singh et al.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 19, 2023 – A winter wonderland calls to mind piles of fluffy, glistening snow. But to reach the ground, snowflakes are swept into...
Moderation surpasses excess
Kyoto, Japan -- Down syndrome, a congenital disorder stemming from abnormal cell division and differentiation, is most common in newborns fated to neurodevelopmental delays and...
Linking genes and brain circuitry in anxiety disorders
Kyoto, Japan – December 2023Credit: credit: Kalyani B. Karunakaran/WPI-ASHBi Kyoto, Japan – December 2023 Anxiety disorders (ADs) affect more than 280 million people worldwide,...
Ali Khademhosseini named as 2023 National Academy of Inventors Fellow
(LOS ANGELES) – December 18, 2023 - The National Academy of Inventors (NAI) has named Ali Khademhosseini, Ph.D., Director and CEO of the Terasaki Institute...
AI in medical research: promise and challenges
In an editorial, Monica M. Bertagnolli assesses the promise of artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) to study and improve health. The editorial was written...
A blueprint for equitable, ethical AI research
Artificial intelligence (AI) has huge potential to advance the field of health and medicine, but the nation must be prepared to responsibly harness the power...
Chilean researchers pledge for transformative change to tackle climate action
Addressing climate change has become a central issue in Chile’s public policy. As part of that debate, Dr. Maisa Rojas, researcher in Atmospheric Physics, who...
New strategy reveals ‘full chemical complexity’ of quantum decoherence
In quantum mechanics, particles can exist in multiple states at the same time, defying the logic of everyday experiences. This property, known as quantum superposition,...
Team led by UMASS Amherst discovers how to sabotage antibiotic-resistant ‘superbugs’
Antibiotic-resistant “superbugs” that can defeat efforts to kill them are an urgent public health crisis, and according to the Centers for Disease Control, more than...
First observation of how water molecules move near a metal electrode
A collaborative team of experimental and computational physical chemists from South Korea and the United States have made an important discovery in the field of...
Scientists might be using a flawed strategy to predict how species will fare under climate change
EMBARGO LIFTS DEC. 18, 2023, AT 3:00 PM U.S. EASTERN TIMECredit: Daniel Perret EMBARGO LIFTS DEC. 18, 2023, AT 3:00 PM U.S. EASTERN TIME As...
Melatonin and carcinogenesis in mice: The 50th anniversary of relationships
“ murine models proved to be valuable and, in some cases, indispensable for advancing melatonin applications in oncology .”Credit: 2023 Anisimov and Golubev “ murine...
Nidhi Sahni receives TAMEST Mary Beth Maddox Award for research in molecular pathways of cancer progression
HOUSTON ― Nidhi Sahni, Ph.D., associate professor of Epigenetics and Molecular Carcinogenesis at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, has been awarded the 2024 Mary Beth...
For this emergent class of materials, ‘solutions are the problem’
HOUSTON – (Dec. 18, 2023) – Rice University materials scientists developed a fast, low-cost, scalable method to make covalent organic frameworks (COFs), a class of...