A new biomarker for the aging brain
Credit: RIKEN Researchers at the RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research (BDR) in Japan have identified changes in the aging brain related to blood circulation....
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Killing ‘sleeper cells’ may enhance breast cancer therapy
Credit: Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, Australia The anti-cancer medicine venetoclax could improve the current therapy for estrogen receptor-positive (ER+) breast cancer - the most...
New technique delivers complete DNA sequences of chromosomes inherited from mother and father
Credit: Supplied by the University of Adelaide An international team of scientists led by the University of Adelaide's Davies Research Centre has shown that it...
Entos and Precision NanoSystems partner to enable GMP manufacturing of DNA COVID-19 vaccine
Entos Pharmaceuticals partners with Precision Nanosystems to enable highly scalable GMP manufacturing of Fusogenix DNA COVID-19 vaccine and other genetic nanomedicinesCredit: Precision NanoSystems Inc. EDMONTON,...
ASU professor recognized nationally with Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award
Credit: Mary Zhu Gary Moore, assistant professor in ASU's School of Molecular Sciences and the Biodesign Institute's Center for Applied Structural Discovery has just been...
Portable, reusable test for COVID-19
University of Utah engineer is developing a fast, reusable test for COVID-19 that works with cellphonesCredit: Dan Hixson/University of Utah College of Engineering May 7,...
Study shows stem cells constitute alternative approach for treating corneal scarring
Credit: AlphaMed Press Durham, NC - Infection, inflammation, trauma, disease, contact lenses - all of these and more can lead to corneal scarring, which according...
Rutgers’ Greg Moore elected to National Academy of Sciences
Renowned physicist joins prestigious institution established in 1863Credit: Dan Komoda/Institute for Advanced Study Rutgers Professor Gregory W. Moore, a renowned physicist who seeks a unified...
Artificial intelligence is energy-hungry — new hardware could curb its appetite
Quantum material could offset energy demand of artificial intelligenceCredit: Purdue University image/Qi Wang WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- To just solve a puzzle or play a...
Researchers have found accumulation of gene mutations in chronic Graft-versus-host disease
Credit: Daehong Kim Mutations in white blood cells can contribute to abnormal immune profile after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Graft-versus-host disease (GvHD) is a potentially...
Leading European computing society releases statement on COVID contact tracing
Group calls for transparency, interoperability, privacy, and scrutinyCredit: Association for Computing Machinery Today, the ACM Europe Technology Policy Committee (Europe TPC) of the world's largest...
Canadian team first in world to treat COVID-19 with specialized dialysis
Extracorporeal treatment reprograms white blood cells to fight inflammationCredit: Lawson Health Research Institute LONDON, ONTARIO - As part of a randomized controlled trial, a team...
New review of studies shows no link between prenatal antidepressant exposure and autism
Bias likely to skew some study results, researcher saysCredit: University of Texas at Austin AUSTIN, Texas - A mother's use of antidepressants during pregnancy does...
Modeling gas diffusion in aggregated soils
Credit: Courtesy of Timothy Clough Agricultural soils contribute to 16% of total Greenhouse gas emissions, particularly nitrous oxide (N2O). Migration of gases in agricultural subsurface...
Graphene sets sail in microgravity
Credit: Dr. Santiago Jose Cartamil-Bueno Overseas exploration and trade during the Age of Discovery (15th-17th centuries) were possible by sail technology, and deep-space exploration will...
