UCLA researchers develop novel microscopic picoshell particles
Production of high-energy fats by microalgae may provide a sustainable, renewable energy source that can help tackle climate change. However, microalgae engineered to produce lipids...
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MUSC Hollings Cancer Center receives NCI grant to fund research to personalize GVHD treatment after bone marrow transplantation
MUSC Hollings Cancer Center researcher Sophie Paczesny, M.D., Ph.D., received a $628,188 grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) to use machine learning algorithms to improve graft-versus-host...
Bd innovation profiled in cover story of science demonstrates landmark advancement in flow cytometry technology
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WVCTSI one of 15 hub sites to lead national study of long-term effects of COVID-19 in adults
To better understand the long-term effects of COVID-19— symptoms that may continue or even begin after the initial virus infection—researchers at the West Virginia Clinical and...
Injuries to primary visual cortex cause long-term dysfunction of neural circuits
Even mild head injuries can mean serious consequences for brain function at its most basic level. Research published in Communications Biology shows that neuroplasticity, too,...
The cellular response that protects pigs from COVID-19
AMES, Iowa – Iowa State University scientists may have uncovered an important clue that sheds light on why pigs don’t get sick when exposed to...
New findings for the function of tau in neurodegenerative disease
Utilizing cutting-edge proteomics, researchers at the Buck Institute and elsewhere have mapped the “tau interactome” uncovering new findings about the role of tau in neurodegenerative...
Old neurons can block neurogenesis in mice
Destroying senescent cells in the aging stem cell niche enhances hippocampal neurogenesis and cognitive function in mice, researchers report January 20 in the journal Stem...
Research in mice identifies neurons that control locomotion
For more than a century, scientists have known that while the commands that initiate movement come from the brain, the neurons that control locomotion once...
Supplement appears to boost muscle, mitochondria health
An oral supplement intended to stimulate a natural body process appears to promote muscle endurance and mitochondrial health in humans. New research suggests that the...
TTUHSC scientist seeking solution to antibiotic resistance
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that more than 2.8 million Americans experience antibiotic-resistant infections each year; more than 35,000 die from those...
The 10-gene pig and other medical science advances enabled UAB’s transplant of a pig kidney into a brain-dead human recipient
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Many medical science advances underlie a unique surgery done at the University of Alabama at Birmingham last fall and just published in...
UAB announces first clinical-grade transplant of gene-edited pig kidneys into brain-dead human
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (Jan. 20, 2022) – The University of Alabama at Birmingham Marnix E. Heersink School of Medicine announces today the first peer-reviewed research outlining...
Nano-sized vesicles with ACE2 receptor could prevent, treat infection from current and future strains of SARS-CoV-2
HOUSTON and CHICAGO ― Scientists at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and Northwestern Medicine have identified natural extracellular vesicles containing the ACE2 protein...
Scientists trace the path of radioactive cesium in the ecosystem of Fukushima
In the aftermath of the Fukushima nuclear accident, the Japanese government performed intensive decontamination in the human-occupied parts of the affected area by removing soil...
