Osaka, Japan – The intestinal microbial ecosystem includes diverse species of bacteria. These bacteria can produce bioactive metabolites that directly affect the host’s immune system....
Coral reefs all over the world, already threatened by rising temperatures brought about by climate change, also face serious challenges from the possibility of fish...
People can struggle to accurately assess how they feel about something, especially something they feel social pressure to enjoy, like waking up early for a...
Researchers at West Virginia University are vying to overcome the final hurdle in connecting renewable energy to the power grid by “greenifying” the production of hydrogen.Credit: WVU...
HOUSTON – (Sept. 20, 2021) – Rice synthetic biologist Matthew Bennett and his colleagues have won a four-year, $1.2 million National Institutes of Health grant to advance the art and...
Malignant tumors can enhance their ability to survive and spread by suppressing antitumor immune cells in their vicinity, but a study led by researchers at...
Treatment with estrogen in menopause is both good and bad for women’s health. The picture is complex and the scientific evidence sometimes scanty or only...
Lugano, Switzerland, 20 September 2021 - The first randomised study in malignant pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma (MPP) has found that sunitinib prolongs progression-free survival (PFS) by more than five months. The late breaking...
In the ongoing quest to understand what makes a good wildlife habitat, surprising new research shows there may be too much of a good thing...
AUGUSTA, Ga. (Sept. 20, 2021) – Physician-scientists want to find a signal that a person with schizophrenia is also headed toward metabolic syndrome, which increases their...
COLUMBIA, Mo. – While assessing a pregnant woman with premature labor in 1983, Linda Bullock noticed bruises on the woman. When she asked what happened,...
A specially designed lipid nanoparticle could deliver immune-signaling molecules into liver macrophage cells to overcome resistance to anti-tumor immunotherapy.Credit: Takashi Nakamura, et al. Journal for...
The EU Pollinator Week is an event that focuses on the importance of pollinators for healthy ecosystems, wellbeing, and culture. Due to the ongoing COVID-19...
Researchers in Japan have conducted a comprehensive analysis of the metabolites that make up human saliva using samples given voluntarily from a group of 27-to-33-year-old...
The brain holds numerous unsolved medical mysteries. Only a few years ago it was discovered that the outer layer of the meninges is interlaced with...
