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Microorganisms, plants, and animals accomplish great feats every day. For example, by decomposing material, producing plant biomass, or pollinating flowers, they keep nature ‘up and...

Georgia Cancer Center researcher receives grant for $1,761,375 to study why aggressive form of breast cancer can resist treatment

Understanding the role a certain molecule plays in both cancer cells, as well as the cells tasked to kill foreign invaders in the body could...

60-Year-Old Woman With Chronic Hepatitis B

Ultrasound assessment of size, number changes for incidental gallbladder polyps

Leesburg, VA, September 23, 2021—According to ARRS’ American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR), recent European multisociety guidelines proposing routine surveillance of essentially all gallbladder polyps, especially...

Salk neuroscientist Kay Tye selected as Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator

LA JOLLA—(September 23, 2021) Salk Professor Kay Tye has been selected as a Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) investigator, joining a prestigious group of more...

Phosphatidylglycerol-DNA complex shown as a stable structure

An interaction of DNA with lipids is of great interest because of their functions. As fatty acids and lipids can specifically bind to nucleic acids...

Gabriel Zada, MD, is a brain and tumor neurosurgeon with Keck Medicine of USC and senior author of the study.

New study shows that different types of cancers are likely to spread to specific areas of the brain

LOS ANGELES — Brain metastasis occurs when cancer in one part of the body spreads to the brain. The lifetime incidence of such metastatic brain...

Could a novel light therapy help people with Alzheimers?

Alzheimer’s disease is a mind-robbing brain disorder that affects nearly 6.2 million older Americans. Despite decades of research on high-tech drugs, diets, and crossword puzzles,...

Micro-robots propelled by air bubbles and ultrasound

Inspired by bacteria and sperm, scientists make micro-robot swimmers

ITHACA, N.Y. -- Scientists at Cornell University have created cell-size robots that can be powered and steered by ultrasound waves. Despite their tiny size, these micro-robotic...

Sex and the symbiont: Can algae hookups help corals survive?

HOUSTON – (Sept. 22, 2021) – A little more sexy time for symbionts could help coral reefs survive the trials of climate change. And that,...

Scientists show how mucus protein contributes to worsening COPD, asthma, lung conditions

CHAPEL HILL, NC – Mucus is an essential protective layer of gel-like liquid composed largely of proteins called mucins throughout our airways. One of them,...

Early Homo sapiens groups in Europe faced subarctic climates

The process how our species dispersed into new environments at that time represents an important evolutionary turning point that ultimately led to Homo sapiens populating...

Desert teamwork explains global pattern of co-operation in birds

A new study from the Kalahari Desert finds that teamwork allows birds to cope with brutally unpredictable environments.Credit: Andrew Young A new study from the...

Physiological stressors triggering disease in the heart

UTICA, NY — It’s not uncommon for people to live normal, healthy lives without knowledge of any underlying genetic conditions. However, all it takes is...

Mario Ignacio Romero-Ortega, Cullen Endowed Professor of biomolecular engineering at University of Houston

Improving control for users of robotic prosthetics

A University of Houston biomedical engineer has been awarded $2.8 million by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke to improve the control of robotic...

Theory of bubbles lifts cell biology into a new, more quantitative era