Plant smoke detectors evolve as hormone sensors
Wildfires are devastating, but they can also bring new life by clearing existing vegetation and allowing new plants to spring up. Many plants in fire-prone...
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Sleep apnea in pregnancy associated with increased post-delivery risk of metabolic syndrome, hypertension
Feb. 08, 2022─ In a new study published online in the American Thoracic Society’s American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, researchers examined whether...
Fear or revere: Virginia Tech researcher dives into the complex history of the American alligator
Mark Barrow had to sink his teeth into the misconceptions.Credit: Photo by Mac Stone, a National Geographic Explorer and a 2006 Virginia Tech graduate in Spanish...
Colonic gene mapping gives insights into intestinal diseases
Using a technique called spatial transcriptomics, researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have analysed the gene expression in the mouse colon and created a map...
Molecular mechanism of cerebral venous thrombosis discovered
Cerebral venous thrombosis is a rare form of cerebral circulatory disorder that, unlike classic stroke, more often affects younger people. For unknown reasons, blood clots...
New computer vision system designed to analyse cells in microscopy videos
Researchers at the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) have developed a system based on computer vision techniques that allows automatic analysis of biomedical videos...
Smartphone app can vibrate a single drop of blood to determine how well it clots
Blood clots form naturally as a way to stop bleeding when someone is injured. But blood clots in patients with medical issues, such as mechanical...
P53 protein plays a key role in tissue repair, study finds
New research led by the University of Bristol has found the protein p53 plays a key role in epithelial migration and tissue repair. The findings...
Immune cells that clear away Alzheimer’s disease protein are controlled by circadian rhythms
Researchers report that the immune cells responsible for clearing away a key protein that builds up in the brains of patients with Alzheimer's disease operate...
Mitochondria efficiently adapt to changing metabolic conditions
A recent study explains an essential component for proper mitochondrial function: The protein complexes MICOS and ATP synthase can communicate with each other. Dr. Heike...
Illuminating research sheds new light on the evolution of light-response systems
Tsukuba, Japan – Light is essential for most life on Earth, and single-celled or small multicellular organisms were most likely first to develop the ability...
Scientists reveal where schizophrenia may originate in the brain
In the process of solving a decades-long mystery about a particular protein, scientists have identified a specific location in the brain where schizophrenia may originate.Credit:...
Gene variants increase risk of kidney failure in Black veterans with COVID-19: study
Gene variants increased the risk of acute kidney injury and death in veterans of African ancestry who were hospitalized with COVID-19, according to a new...
How life came to Earth
Chains of amino acidsCredit: Jens Meyer/University of Jena Chains of amino acids All life as we know it consists of the same chemical building blocks....
Patrick Sung, DPhil, named director of Greehey Children’s Cancer Research Institute
SAN ANTONIO (Feb. 10, 2022) — Patrick Sung, DPhil, is the new director of the Greehey Children’s Cancer Research Institute at The University of Texas...
