Stem cells provide a model to understand sensorineural hearing loss
Disabling hearing loss affects one in every ten people and up to 25% of people over 60, according to the World Health Organization, and can...
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Aging | Clearance of p16Ink4a+ cells: limited effects on β-cell mass and proliferation in mice
“ we set out to explore the effects of removing p16Ink4a+ senescent cells on the proliferative capacity and mass of β-cells .”Credit: 2023 Bahour et...
UH scientist Eric Bittner elected as AAAS Fellow
University of Houston chemist and physicist Eric Bittner has been elected as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, joining a...
Scientists document two separate reservoirs of latent HIV in patients
CHAPEL HILL, NC – When people living with HIV take antiviral therapy (ART), their viral loads are driven so low that a standard blood test...
Call for abstracts and registration are open for ISSCR 2023 annual meeting 14-17 June 2023
Abstracts and registration are open for the ISSCR 2023 Annual Meeting, the most comprehensive gathering of scientists in stem cell research and regenerative medicine in...
Self-help metacognitive therapy – which aims to reduce rumination – significantly reduces anxiety and depression symptoms in recovering heart disease patients, according to new randomized controlled trial
Self-help metacognitive therapy – which aims to reduce rumination – significantly reduces anxiety and depression symptoms in recovering heart disease patients, according to new randomized...
Β-blocker use associated with lower rates of violence
Reductions in violence are seen in individuals using Beta adrenergic-blocking agents (β-blockers) compared with periods that they are not taking the medication, in a study...
Global survey of attacks by large carnivores reveals distinct patterns in low- and high-income countries
Reports of large carnivore attacks on humans have increased since 1970, but the frequency and context of these attacks depends on socioeconomic and environmental factors,...
When bugs swipe left
It’s almost Valentine’s Day, and love is in the air. Or in the waxy coating on your skin, if you are a vinegar fly. That’s...
Researcher helps build center for avian-influenza pandemic preparedness with NSF award
LAWRENCE — As humanity tries to find its footing after the COVID-19 pandemic, the University of Kansas is taking steps to help ready the United...
The social code—deciphering the genetic basis of hymenopteran social behavior
Beginning with Darwin, biologists have long been fascinated by the evolution of sociality. In its most extreme form, eusocial species exhibit a division of labor...
New live bacterial product for stubborn superbug improves quality of life
Kevin Garey, professor of pharmacy practice and translational research at the University of Houston College of Pharmacy is reporting the first well-controlled study to demonstrate...
Scientists release newly accurate map of all the matter in the universe
Sometimes to know what the matter is, you have to find it first.Credit: Photo by Andreas Papadopoulos Sometimes to know what the matter is, you...
Spanish-Argentinian filmmaker Alvaro Alvarez Ricciardelli announced as Docuthon judge
Today, clinical-stage end-to-end artificial intelligence (AI)-powered drug discovery company Insilico Medicine announced that Alvaro Alvarez Ricciardelli will join the judge committee of Docuthon, a documentary...
Scientific image analysis for everyone
The software JIPipe was developed by scientists at the Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology (Leibniz-HKI) and significantly simplifies the analysis of...
