New test may predict COVID-19 immunity
CAMBRIDGE, MA -- Most people in the United States have some degree of immune protection against Covid-19, either from vaccination, infection, or a combination of...
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Oncotarget | A novel mechanism of regulation of the oncogenic transcription factor GLI3 by toll-like receptor signaling
“These results increase our understanding of the signaling molecules that can regulate GLI3 in a HH-independent manner.”Credit: Matissek et al. “These results increase our understanding...
Potential long-term treatment for asthma found
09 August 2022 | Birmingham, UKCredit: Aston University 09 August 2022 | Birmingham, UK New approach tackles one of the causes of asthma, not just...
Mental health challenges contributed to weight gain for people with obesity during COVID-19
Over the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, almost 30% of patients with obesity gained more than 5% of their body weight, and 1 in...
Scripps, UCLA chemists achieve “molecular editing” feat
LA JOLLA, CA—Chemists from Scripps Research and the University of California, Los Angeles, have developed methods for the precise, flexible modification of a broad class...
New model can predict best drug combinations for osteoporosis
The model, described today in eLife, may help improve outcomes for patients with postmenopausal osteoporosis and reduce the risks of side effects by helping physicians...
Ultrasound could save racehorses from bucked shins
WASHINGTON, August 9, 2022 – When racehorses enter training at about 2 years old, they can develop tiny stress fractures and new bone formations in...
Human-machine interfaces work underwater, generate their own power
WASHINGTON, August 9, 2022 – Wearable human-machine interface devices, HMIs, can be used to control machines, computers, music players, and other systems. A challenge for...
Study finds genetic method for identifying hundreds of disease agents ‘promising’
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASECredit: Graphic created by M.E. Newman, Johns Hopkins Medicine, using public domain images. Salmonella image courtesy of the National Institute for Allergy and...
UNH awarded $2.8 million to develop robots to care for people with Alzheimer’s and dementia
DURHAM, N.H.—Researchers at the University of New Hampshire will receive a five-year grant totaling $2.8 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to develop...
New online resource can help users ‘bee’ friendly when it comes to planting for pollinators
An online database developed at the University of Sussex which documents pollinator-plant interactions, could help the public understand how to plant for pollinators and support biodiversity. Credit:...
New drug screening tool to fight the next pandemic
Following two years of severe restrictions, everyone is eager to be done with the coronavirus pandemic. It’s tempting to think that COVID-19 is history, but...
The speed at which spinosaurid dinosaur teeth were replaced accounts for their overabundance in Cretaceous sites
This has been confirmed in the article 'New contributions to the skull anatomy of spinosaurid theropods: Baryonychinae maxilla from the Early Cretaceous of Igea (La...
A mutated eye offers a glimpse of a key protein for preventing cancer
Around 15 years ago, a group of researchers discovered mutant zebrafish. The eyes of these zebrafish did not develop correctly, resulting in them being significantly...
Japan-Africa Science Innovation Week on the occasion of the TICAD VIII
The Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) will host two online side events for the research cooperation between Japan and Africa during Japan-Africa Science Innovation...
