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Osaka, Japan – When brain cells, or neurons, are putting out processes to connect with other neurons, how do they tell the difference between their...

Allen Institute for Immunology partners with Lilly to better understand autoimmune disease

SEATTLE — July 18, 2023 — In a significant milestone for the Allen Institute for Immunology, a division of the Allen Institute, researchers and staff...

It’s sewage, not fertilizer fueling nitrogen surge in Florida’s Indian River Lagoon

From recurring harmful algal blooms – including brown tides – to catastrophic seagrass losses, fish kills and unusual marine mammal deaths – including the threatened...

NIH grant backs Rice U. lab’s sickle cell disease research

HOUSTON – (July 18, 2023) – Rice University bioengineer Gang Bao and his team have won a 4-year, $2.6 million grant from the National Institutes of...

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IOP Publishing’s latest Environmental Research series journals now open for submissions

Credit: IOP Publishing IOP Publishing’s (IOPP) new environmental research journals are now open for submissions. Announced earlier this year, the two new open access (OA)...

Bioluminescent bacteria coordinate signaling to colonize squid’s light organ

Bioluminescent bacteria and the Hawaiian bobtail squid have formed a longstanding mutually beneficial relationship. How the bacteria coordinate their behavior to colonize the squid—through cellular...

A new way to browse interlinked biodiversity data: The Biodiversity Knowledge Hub is now online!

The Horizon 2020 BiCIKL Project is proud to announce that the Biodiversity Knowledge Hub (BKH) is now online.Credit: BiCIKL Project The Horizon 2020 BiCIKL Project is proud to announce that the Biodiversity...

The double face of RNase as a treatment for systemic autoimmune diseases

Osaka, Japan – Systemic autoimmune diseases are characterized by inflammation of multiple organs and can have devastating consequences for patients. There is a dire need...

Study finds tracking brain waves could reduce post-op complications

CAMBRIDGE, MA -- When patients undergo general anesthesia, their brain activity often slows down as they sink into unconsciousness. Higher doses of anesthetic drugs can...

Rural mortality rose during year two of pandemic, despite vaccines, new study finds

There was one striking difference between 2020, year one of the COVID-19 pandemic, and 2021, year two: in the second year, vaccines became readily available.Credit:...

First robotic liver transplant in U.S. performed by Washington University surgeons

A surgical team from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis recently performed the first robotic liver transplant in the U.S. The successful transplant,...

Maximum-likelihood phylogeny of 320 whole-genome sequences of Streptococcus pyogenes

Bacteria discreetly dwelling in throat revealed to be primary source of Strep A transmission

Breakthrough research has found that Group A Streptococcus (GAS) infections are more likely transmitted from asymptomatic throat carriage than skin-to-skin contact in communities with high...

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Researchers develop AI model to better predict which drugs may cause birth defects

New York, NY (July 17, 2023)—Data scientists at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York and colleagues have created an artificial...

First study to directly compare gene mutation type in individuals with CHAMP1 disorder indicates key differences

New research led by the Seaver Autism Center for Research and Treatment at Mount Sinai has illuminated genetic differences among children with a rare neurodevelopmental...

Light is extremely confined in a nanoslit in a coupled-nanowire-pair.

Shrinking light: Nanoscale optical breakthrough