Study: New customizable, strontium-filled scaffold could improve dental implant healing
BUFFALO, N.Y. – A team of University at Buffalo researchers has developed a new strontium-loaded scaffold that can be personalized to fit any size dental...
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BioRescue produces primordial germ cells from northern white rhino stem cells – a world’s first for large mammals
In its race to advance assisted reproduction and stem cell associated technologies to save the northern white rhinoceros from extinction, the BioRescue consortium announces a...
A big step toward producing rhino gametes
To save the northern white rhinoceros from extinction, the BioRescue team is racing to create lab-grown egg and sperm cells of the critically endangered subspecies....
Structural studies offer “how-to” guide for designing cancer drugs
LA JOLLA, CA— To design drugs that stall the growth of aggressive cancers, it helps to know the structures of the proteins that are revving...
Researchers shed (laser) light on emerging water treatment technique
KINGSTON, R.I. – Dec. 8, 2022 – Assuring that a growing global population has access to clean water will require new water treatment methods. One of...
Global marine experts urge COP15 policy-makers to support research to find, catalogue, protect disappearing deep-sea species
More than 90% of marine species are undescribed and many may go extinct due to human activity before they’re discovered — the loss of unique,...
Researchers identify a critical inhibitory site in an energy-producing enzyme, which can lead to rational design of antibiotics
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a global health problem. Handful species of drug-resistant pathogens, including Neisseria gonorrhoeae, could become untreatable due to a high degree of...
New study highlights urgent need to safeguard deep reefs – one of the largest and least protected ecosystems
As world leaders, government negotiators, scientists and conservationists gather at the UN Biodiversity Conference, COP15, to agree to halt and reverse nature loss, an international...
New collaborative research centre for integral structures
With effect from January 2023, the German Research Foundation (DFG) will fund the new Collaborative Research Centre/Transregio ‘Integral Structures in Geometry and Representation Theory’ (CRC/TRR 358) for...
Expanding the arsenal of drugs against COVID-19
Researchers from Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) have developed novel compounds with potential as drug treatments for COVID-19 by modifying a previous “hit” compound...
Weight-loss surgery produces durable improvements in urinary incontinence
Urinary incontinence is a common complaint among adults with severe obesity. The majority of adults with urinary incontinence who undergo Roux-en-Y gastric bypass or sleeve...
FRET-based biosensor SMART visualizes execution of necroptosis in vivo
Necroptosis is a form of regulated cell death (RCD) similar to apoptosis, the most commonly studied type of RCD. In contrast to apoptosis, plasma membrane...
The genes of the sixth sense
To perform coordinated movements, we rely on special sensory neurons in our muscles and joints. Without them, the brain wouldn’t know what the rest of...
Bat diversity and abundance are highest in old deciduous forest stands on the river banks in Eastern Ukraine
European forest-dwelling bats require complex woodland structures at both the micro-habitat and the landscape level for successful breeding in summer. Particularly, the results from Kharkiv...
Atopic dermatitis in dogs linked to certain parts of the genome
Using new gene mapping methods, researchers have found connections between atopic dermatitis (eczema) in dogs and several regions of the genome. Some of the genes...
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