Experimental medication to prevent heart disease may treat chemo-resistant ovarian cancer
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center Most ovarian cancer starts in fallopian tubes. Then it sloughs from its site of origin and floats around in...
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New therapeutic strategy against diabetes
Maintaining vitamin D receptor levels in insulin-producing cells could protect against diabetesCredit: CBATEG-UAB Maintaining vitamin D receptor (VDR) levels in pancreatic cells that synthesize and...
ACM launches industry-focused journal on digital threats
First issue looks at incident response and security teamsCredit: Association for Computing Machinery ACM, the Association for Computing Machinery, today announced the launch of Digital...
Birds exposed to PCBs as nestlings show behavior changes as adults
Males sing fewer syllables and are more aggressiveCredit: Terence Alexander/Macaulay Library Ithaca, NY--According to a new study, Zebra Finches exposed to low levels of environmental...
Perhaps we will not need all the ventilators after all
With a grant of just over DKK 5 million, Professor and DMSc Ulf Simonsen from Aarhus University is immediately beginning a research project with the...
Oncotarget Roscovitine enhances all-trans retinoic acid (ATRA)-induced nuclear enrichment
Oncotarget Volume 11, Issue 12 reported that using the HL-60 human non-APL AML model where ATRA causes nuclear enrichment of c-Raf that drives differentiation/G0-arrest, the...
Destroying DNA to save the genome — study offers new insights into sepsis and its treatment
Scientists uncover a new mechanism underlying the life-threatening condition and propose a novel treatment strategy centered around cell-free chromatinCredit: Dr Indraneel Mittra, Tata Memorial Centre...
Local community involvement crucial to restoring tropical peatlands
Local community involvement is vital in efforts to raise water levels to help restore Indonesia's tropical peatlands, a new study has foundCredit: Caroline Ward, University...
Artificial intelligence identifies optimal material formula
Material researchCredit: © Lars Banko Porous or dense, columns or fibres During the manufacture of thin films, numerous control variables determine the condition of the...
Discovering the diet of the fossil Theropithecus oswaldi found in Cueva Victoria in Spain
The long journey of the African baboonCredit: UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA A study published in Journal of Human Evolution reveals for the first time the diet...
Quantum phenomenon governs organic solar cells
Vibronic coherence contributes to photocurrent generation in organic semiconductor heterojunction diodesCredit: Thor Balkhed Researchers at Linköping University have discovered a quantum phenomenon that influences the...
International team discover new species of flying reptiles
Credit: Nizar Ibrahim, University of Detroit Mercy A community of flying reptiles that inhabited the Sahara 100 million years ago has been discovered by a...
New feathered dinosaur was one of the last surviving raptors
Credit: Sergey Krasovskiy A new feathered dinosaur that lived in New Mexico 67 million years ago is one of the last known surviving raptor species,...
Deleting a gene prevents Type 1 diabetes in mice by disguising insulin-producing cells
Credit: Courtesy of Hugo Lee MADISON, Wis. -- Removing a gene from the cells that produce insulin prevents mice from developing Type 1 diabetes by...
The genetic quest to understand COVID-19
Unlocking the genetic code of the novel coronavirus will help us prevent other diseasesCredit: University of Sydney How the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19 made...
