UAB researchers are part of a $3 million award to learn how to better treat lupus in Black patients
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Nine out of 10 patients with systemic lupus erythematosus — the autoimmune disease also known as SLE — are females. Black women...
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Oncotarget: The protective role of prolyl oligopeptidase inhibition in acute lung injury
Oncotarget published "The protective role of prolyl oligopeptidase (POP) inhibition in acute lung injury induced by intestinal ischemia-reperfusion" which reported that intestinal ischemia-reperfusion develops when the...
Power walk
Oct. 11, 2021 — Stan Schaar, who lost his left leg in an accident while helping a neighbor, never thought he would again feel the...
Antibody delivery technology empowers immunotherapy against glioblastoma and suppresses side effects
Summary: •An antibody delivery technology was developed based on multiple glucosylated polymers conjugated onto antibodies via linkers cleaving in tumor microenvironment. •The delivery technology enhanced...
Man’s best friend could be a jaguar’s next meal: A case study from the Mexican Caribbean
Mahahual is a small fishing village in the Mexican Caribbean that receives a large number of tourists every year. Over the past 15 years, its...
The unknown consequences of plastic’s legacy, found in seabirds around the world
Seabirds from Gough Island in the south Atlantic, Marion Island near Antarctica and the coasts of both Hawaii and Western Australia have a dangerous habit:...
Patients with kidney transplants more vulnerable to common, usually harmless bacterium
AUGUSTA, Ga. (Oct. 11, 2021) – It’s a pervasive bacterium found in soil and water that rarely causes disease, but a new national review of nocardia...
Studies find mixed results from sage grouse hunting restrictions
A thorough review of the history of sage grouse hunting and populations across the Intermountain West shows that declines in the bird’s numbers have prompted...
Charting hidden territory of the human brain
Neuroscientists at Technische Universität Dresden discovered a novel, non-invasive imaging-based method to investigate the visual sensory thalamus, an important structure of the human brain and...
TTUHSC researcher investigates ways to enhance neurolysin activity in the brain
Ischemic stroke, the second leading cause of death worldwide, occurs when a vessel to the brain is blocked, reducing blood flow to the brain and...
A novel neural network to understand symmetry, speed materials research
Understanding structure-property relations is a key goal of materials research, according to Joshua Agar, a faculty member in Lehigh University’s Department of Materials Science and...
Team discovers invasive-native crayfish hybrids in Missouri
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — In a study of crayfish in the Current River in southeastern Missouri, researchers discovered – almost by chance – that the virile...
Individual donor strains do not show link between fecal microbe transplantation and successful melanoma immunotherapy
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The mix of microbes in the gut can shape a person’s immune response. In immunotherapy for melanoma, for example, the composition of...
Keeping it clean and cool
The summer of 2021 in Western Canada was one of the hottest on record. In BC alone, 59 weather stations registered their hottest temperatures ever...
How mussels make a powerful underwater glue
Blue mussels (Mytilus edulis) spend their days being buffeted by crashing waves. They manage to stay tethered to the rocks or their fellow mussels thanks...
