NEW ORLEANS, La. – Global death rates from aortic diseases have steadily increased over the past two decades. Studies show up to 8% of individuals...
“In breast cancer, MTAP downregulation activates ornithine decarboxylase (ODC) which in turn leads to formation of putrescine which promotes tumor migration, invasion and angiogenesis .” Credit:...
A global maternal immunization program for group B Streptococcus - strep B - would save millions in healthcare costs by reducing death and disability, but...
The universe is peppered with galaxies, which, on large scales, exhibit a filamentary pattern, referred to as the cosmic web. This heterogeneous distribution of cosmic...
Shinsuke Suzuki at The University of Melbourne, Australia reports distinct patterns of reward-seeking behavior between obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) and problem gambling, in a study...
WASHINGTON, March 14, 2023 – In a world experiencing growing inequality and intolerance, tools borrowed from science and mathematics could be the key to understanding...
WASHINGTON, March 14, 2023 – Burn wounds are notoriously prone to bacterial infection and typically lead to a larger amount of scar tissue than laceration...
SMART researchers develop the world's first microneedle-based drug delivery technique for plantsCredit: Photo Credit: Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART) SMART researchers develop the...
The Chinese sturgeon (Acipenser sinensis) is the largest anadromous fish in the Yangtze River and is considered a critically endangered species with only one spawning...
What is a peptide, and how is it different than a protein? Just like a protein, a peptide also has a chain of natural amino...
A recent study in the Journal of Biological Chemistry has revealed the secret behind an evolutionary marvel: a bacteriophage with an extremely long tail. This extraordinary tail...
With the aid of some sea slugs, University of Nebraska–Lincoln chemists have discovered that one of the smallest conceivable tweaks to a biomolecule can elicit...
UVA Health researchers have identified a potential treatment to prevent severe COVID-19 in patients at great risk.Credit: Photo by Erin Edgerton, University Communications UVA Health...
Peru’s first great empire, the Wari, stretched for more than a thousand miles over the Andes Mountains and along the coast from 600-1000 CE. The...
National Institutes of Health researchers compared a new genetic animal model of Down syndrome to the standard model and found the updated version to be...
