Kawasaki disease is not a homogenous disease nor are its triggers
Credit: Erik Jepsen, UCPA Researchers at University of California San Diego report that while Kawasaki disease (KD) occurs in clusters, the traits, and thus the...
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Scientists studied nanoparticles embedded in silver-ion-exchanged glasses
Researchers have registered the formation of silver nanoparticles in an ion-exchanged glass as a result of infrared laser irradiation.Credit: Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University...
UVA launching project to determine long-term brain effects of military blast exposures
UVA researchers developing model to predict impact of repeated exposuresCredit: UVA Health University of Virginia School of Medicine researchers are partnering with the U.S. Navy...
Why disordered light-harvesting systems produce ordered outcomes
Credit: Ilias Patmanidis and Misha Pchenitchnikov Scientists typically prefer to work with ordered systems. However, a diverse team of physicists and biophysicists from the University...
A cancer shredder
Substance with new mechanism of action foundCredit: Dr. Sandy Pernitzsch The villain in this drama has a pretty name: Aurora - Latin for dawn. In...
Identified the cellular process by which Cisplatin chemotherapy causes neuronal damage
Credit: Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL) Despite the great advances in cancer research in recent years, treatments that can cause very severe adverse effects are...
In a field where smaller is better, researchers discover the world’s tiniest antibodies
Researchers at the University of Bath in the UK and biopharma company UCB have found a way to produce miniaturised antibodies, opening the way for a potential...
Discovery of cells that heal cardiac damage after infarction
Cima and the Clinica Universidad de Navarra lead an international research showing the molecular mechanisms involved in the activation of these cardiac fibroblast in the...
Scientists present a comprehensive physics basis for a new fusion reactor design
Special Issue 'Status of the SPARC Physics Basis', from the 'Journal of Plasma Physics'Credit: CFS/MIT-PSFC - CAD Rendering by T. Henderson As part of the...
Second alignment plane of solar system discovered
Credit: NAOJ A study of comet motions indicates that the Solar System has a second alignment plane. Analytical investigation of the orbits of long-period comets...
Inflammatory gene provides clue to obesity risk
Credit: Pexels A gene that helps to control inflammation increases the risk of obesity and could be turned off in mice to stop weight gain,...
Evolution of pine needles helps trees cope with rainfall impact
Exploring the effect of rainfall on pine needles may lead to future fibers that are extremely water-repellent.Credit: Lebanoff and Dickerson, UCF WASHINGTON, September 29, 2020...
Prostate cancer: immunotherapy offers hope
An antibody for treating advanced prostate cancer improves progression-free survival in patients with metastasised, castration-resistant prostate cancer. This is the finding of the long-term analyses...
Filtering radioactive elements from water
Credit: (Photograph: Mezzenga Lab / ETH Zurich) The nuclear accident in Fukushima remains etched into people's memories. It was a catastrophe that caused huge amounts...
High-fibre diet, low level inflammation: sidestepping the effects of radiation
Credit: Unsplash Loved or hated, the humble oat could be the new superfood for cancer patients as international research shows a diet rich in fibre...
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