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,...
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...
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...
Shrinking light: Nanoscale optical breakthrough
Imagine shrinking light down to the size of a tiny water molecule, unlocking a world of quantum possibilities. This has been a long-held dream in...
Ochsner participates in new study showing potential benefits of normothermic machine perfusion in liver transplantation
A groundbreaking clinical trial comparing conventional low temperature storage of transplant donor livers with storage at physiological body temperature has revealed promising results for the...
All about the Benjamins: Researchers decipher the secrets of Benjamin Franklin’s paper money
Benjamin Franklin may be best known as the creator of bifocals and the lightning rod, but a group of University of Notre Dame researchers suggest...
Formamide: a versatile small molecular building block for synthesizing heavily N-doped 1D & 2D carbon
Low-dimensional carbon materials (LDCs), including graphene and carbon nanotubes, have attracted considerable attention due to their unique morphologies and intriguing electrical properties. However, these materials...
