‘Lonely’ bacteria are more likely to become antibiotic-resistant
Scientists from the University of Manchester have discovered that microbes in smaller groups are more likely to mutate, resulting in higher rates of antibiotic resistance....
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Bioinformatics Approach Helps Researchers Find New Use for Old Drug
Developing and testing a new anti-cancer drug can cost billions of dollars and take many years of research. Finding an effective anti-cancer medication from the...
Transfused Blood Rejuvenates Old Mice
Something — or some things — in the blood of young mice has the ability to restore mental capabilities in old mice, a new study...
30-year puzzle in breast cancer solved
In a new study published today in Cell Reports, scientists at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center demonstrate that mice lacking one copy of a...
Functional Muscle Tissue in Humans from Pigs
Damaged leg muscles grew stronger and showed signs of regeneration in three out of five men whose old injuries were surgically implanted with extracellular matrix...
Fertility: Stem Cells Turned Into Germ Cells
Stem cells made from the skin of adult, infertile men yield primordial germ cells — cells that normally become sperm — when transplanted into the...
Electronic nose sniffs out prostate cancer using urine samples
We may soon be able to make easy and early diagnoses of prostate cancer by smell. Investigators in Finland have established that a novel noninvasive...