Supporting state science and technology policy fellows
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative awards nearly $450,000 for science policy fellows in Idaho, Missouri, and VirginiaCredit: Photo courtesy of CCST. Today, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI)...
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NEUROPA initiative receives 3.6 million to develop new theranostic for the brain
The NEUROPA consortium, led by Aston University, has received a prestigious award of €3.6 million in funding from the European Commission as part of its...
Religiousness linked to improved quality of life for people with HIV
Credit: Children's National Hospital Adults living with HIV in Washington, D.C., were more likely to feel higher levels of emotional and physical well-being if they...
Institut Pasteur isolates strains of coronavirus 2019-nCoV detected in France
Credit: Institut Pasteur/CNR for Respiratory Viruses at the Institut Pasteur As well as sequencing the whole genome of coronavirus 2019-nCoV, the Institut Pasteur continued to...
Pinpointing rare disease mutations
New resource that categorises genes essential for supporting life could be used to identify rare disease mutationsCredit: Spencer Phillips EMBL-EBI 31 January 2020, Cambridge -...
Institut Pasteur sequences the whole genome of the Wuhan coronavirus, 2019-nCoV
Credit: Institut Pasteur / CNR of respiratory infection viruses. On January 24, 2020, the French Ministry of Health confirmed the first three cases of patients...
Study: Tasting no-calorie sweetener may affect insulin response on glucose tolerance test
Credit: Photo by Fred Zwicky CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Artificial sweeteners such as sucralose provide the seductive taste of sweetness without the calories contained in sugar...
UC study shows dramatic increase in naloxone dispensing in Ohio
Naloxone can now be dispensed by a pharmacist without a prescription in some states. Researchers have found it's made a huge impact on the number...
Highly active HIV antibody restricts development of viral resistance
A joint press release of the University Hospital Cologne and the German Center for Infection ResearchCredit: Uniklinik Koeln/Thies Schoening Antiretroviral drugs are the gold standard...
FEFU scientist kicks off developing of photopolymer silicone for 3D printing
Credit: Unsplash Presidential Grant was awarded to the young scientist from the School of Natural Sciences of Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU) to support the...
Brain imaging provides little insight in insanity evaluation
Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University Sophisticated brain imaging, like an MRI, has limited applicability in assessing a defendant's sanity, investigators say. The bottom...
Anti-carcinoembryonic antigen-related cell adhesion molecule antibody for fluorescence visualization
Oncotarget Volume 11, Issue 4Credit: Correspondence to: Michael Bouvet, email: [email protected] Oncotarget Volume 11, Issue 4: The research team's aim was to investigate mAb 6G5j...
Characterization of unique PMEPA1 gene splice variants (isoforms d and e) from RNA Seq profiling pro
The cover for issue 4 of Oncotarget features Figure 8, 'Model for biological function categorization of PMEPA1 isoforms (c, d, and e) in the context...
Fewer scars in the central nervous system
Credit: Source: Schachtrup lab / University of Freiburg Neural stem and progenitor cells (NSPCs), from the so-called subventricular zone (SVZ), can help to repair a...
The first potentially invasive species to reach the Antarctica on drifting marine algae
Passengers into the coldCredit: UNIVERSITYY OF BARCELONA (UB-IRBio) Drifting algae in the Austral Ocean can bring invasive species to the Antarctic coasts, according to a...
