70+ leaders in aging and longevity to present at the 9th ARDD Conference
July 18, 2022: From Aug. 29-Sept. 2, 2022, the 9th annual Aging Research and Drug Discovery (ARDD) conference will be held at the University of...
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Disease control, safe medications critical to pregnancies for women with rheumatic disease
Pregnant women with active rheumatic disease carry a higher risk of adverse outcomes than the general population including hypertension, preeclampsia, higher cesarean section rate, small...
Highlights from the journal CHEST®, July 2022
Glenview, Illinois – Published monthly, the journal CHEST® features peer-reviewed, cutting-edge original research in chest medicine: Pulmonary, critical care and sleep medicine and related disciplines. Journal topics include...
Elsevier partners with the Society for Mucosal Immunology to publish Mucosal Immunology
Amsterdam, July 18, 2022 – The Society for Mucosal Immunology (SMI), the preeminent international community of researchers working together to advance the field of mucosal...
Wistar scientists reveal new function of enzyme ADAR1 linking it to age-related diseases via a role independent of RNA-editing during aging
PHILADELPHIA — (July 18, 2022) — Aging and age-related disorders pose a complex challenge to the biomedical research community. To better understand how senescence is...
The retron switch
Since first discovered in the 1980s, retrons have puzzled researchers who simply wanted to know what these bacterial DNA sequences actually did. Now, EMBL scientists...
Insects harbor over a thousand genes from microbes, which help them survive
Hundreds of millions of years ago, microbes and plants might have given insects an evolutionary advantage by passing genes to them through horizontal gene transfer....
Researchers validate a new cardiovascular risk score for Latin America and the Caribbean
Researchers from the Latin American and Caribbean Cohort Consortium (CC-LAC) developed a risk algorithm specific to the Latin American and Caribbean region. These equations include...
Does space trash ever naturally break down? (video)
WASHINGTON, July 18, 2022 — Remember when Elon Musk launched a car into space? That car’s not just peacefully drifting through a vacuum — it’s...
IVI kicks off first ‘Introductory Course for Biologics Development and Manufacturing’ to train 117 people from 25 LMICs on July 18
July 18, 2022, SEOUL, Republic of Korea – The International Vaccine Institute (IVI) kicked off a global training course to educate biomanufacturing workforce including more...
Research in fictitious xtc store in Utrecht
Imagine this: the Dutch government regulates xtc. What would sales then look like? Should you be able to buy pills everywhere, or only on prescription?...
A quantum wave in two crystals
Particles can move as waves along different paths at the same time – this is one of the most important findings of quantum physics. A...
Synthetic tools conduct messages from station to station in DNA
HOUSTON – (July 18, 2022) – Rice University researchers have demonstrated that CRISPR-Cas9, increasingly famous as a gene-editing tool, can be employed in powerful additional ways...
Alzheimer’s breakthrough: Genetic link to gut disorders confirmed
People with gut disorders may be at greater risk of developing Alzheimer’s Disease (AD).Credit: Edith Cowan University People with gut disorders may be at greater...
How nemo fits in his anemone: Study reveals how clown anemonefish adjust their growth to their environments
Research has shown how clown anemonefish control their growth to match the size of their anemone host.Credit: Dr Theresa Rueger Research has shown how clown...
