Improving gene therapy with tiny bubbles
CLEVELAND—Beyond vaccines, mRNA offers immense potential to fight disease, but targeting the genetic material to specific diseased cells is challenging—requiring a new method. Credit: Case Western...
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Merons and antimerons
Sliding and twisting of van der Waals layers can produce fascinating physical phenomena. In a recent publication in Nature Communications, Daniel Bennett, Eric Bousquet and...
New airway cell type holds promise for respiratory diseases
During specialization, the individual cells form different airway cell types, a process that can include a period of uncertainty, although they are seemingly coded to...
Mutant strains of Salmonella make infection more aggressive in commercial poultry, study shows
In Brazil, a group of researchers supported by FAPESP created mutant forms of Salmonella to understand the mechanisms that favor colonization of the intestinal tract of chickens...
New findings that map the universe’s cosmic growth support Einstein’s theory of gravity
For millennia, humans have been fascinated by the mysteries of the cosmos.Credit: ACT Collaboration For millennia, humans have been fascinated by the mysteries of the...
Over 60 percent of Saudi Arabian respondents never took a colorectal cancer test | BGI Insight
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the most diagnosed cancer among males and third among females in Saudi Arabia, with up to two-thirds diagnosed at an advanced...
Male yellow crazy ants are real-life chimeras
The yellow crazy ant, or Anoplolepis gracilipes, has the infamous distinction of being among the worst invasive species in the world. However, this is not...
Trees in areas prone to hurricanes have strong ability to survive even after severe damage
As their plane flew low on its approach to land at the airport on the island of Dominica, researchers from Clemson and Harvard universities looked...
Mint flavor makes vape juice more toxic, damaging to lungs
PITTSBURGH, April 10, 2023 – Adding mint flavor to e-cigarette liquids produces more vapor particles and is associated with worse lung function in those who...
A new primary care model proves effective for patients with severe mental illness
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – Over the past few years, the Department of Family Medicine and the Department of Psychiatry in UNC’s School of Medicine have...
Vaccine hesitancy has become a nationwide issue: What can science do about it?
South Carolina residents were more hesitant than Americans as a whole to receive the COVID-19 vaccine during the fall of 2020, report researchers in the...
Roundtable on community engagement in data decision-making
A Roundtable Discussion was recently held to discuss the importance of community voice in developing 21st century public health systems. Expert panelists emphasized the need...
Crosstalk between triple negative breast cancer and microenvironment
“ the study of immunotherapy for treating triple negative breast cancer might still be at its early stages of development but is full of future...
Internet2 Community Exchange 2023 convenes research and education technology leaders in Atlanta
Emerging and established leaders from the U.S. and global research and education (R&E) technology community will convene in Atlanta for the 2023 Internet2 Community Exchange,...
Better understanding the physics of our universe part of collaborative research effort
For the last six years, Indiana University researchers and collaborators from around the world have sought to answer important questions about the most basic laws...
