ACMG awarded five-year, $13 million contract renewal to continue newborn screening efforts
The American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ACMG) has been awarded a five-year extension of its NICHD contract for ...
Amazon rainforest conservation victories spill losses to neighbors
Credit: Ramon Felipe Bicudo da Silva, Michigan State University New research suggests that protecting the Amazon rainforest from deforestation may ...
Artificial enzymes convert solar energy into hydrogen gas
In a new scientific article, researchers at Uppsala University describe how, using a completely new method, they have synthesised an ...
Successful mouse couples talk out infidelity in calm tones
Credit: Photo by Roger Meissen, Bond Life Sciences Center MADISON -- California mice are relatively solitary animals, but put two ...
Determining cell fate and the onset of Crohn’s disease
Credit: University of Houston How cells talk to each other, and what they say, has long held fascination for Seema ...
UCLA researchers discover aggressive prostate and lung cancers are driven by common mechanisms
Credit: Jung Wook Park & Owen Witte UCLA researchers have discovered a common process in the development of late-stage, small ...
Species-rich forests store twice as much carbon as monocultures
Credit: UZH In 2009, BEF-China began as a unique forest biodiversity experiment in collaboration between institutions in China, Germany and ...
The FASEB Journal: Animal study suggests ketone supplement more effective for weight loss
New study suggests ketone supplement more effective than low-carbohydrate, high-fat ketogenic diets at reducing body weight in mice A study ...
Every cell has a story to tell in brain injury
Credit: Image courtesy of Drs. Gomez-Pinilla and Yang, University of California, Los Angeles. Traumatic head injury can have widespread effects ...
Enhancement of piezoelectric properties in organic polymers all in the molecules
The inability to alter intrinsic piezoelectric behavior in organic polymers hampers their application in flexible, wearable and biocompatible devices, according ...
Prestigious MacArthur Foundation Fellows include UT Austin’s inventor of ‘cancer pen’
Credit: Wyatt McSpadden/Univ. of Texas at Austin Livia Schiavinato Eberlin, an assistant professor of chemistry at The University of Texas ...
Translational research on recurrent metastatic neuroblastoma at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
Neuroblastoma, a disease of immature nerve cells, is the most common solid tumor cancer occurring in children. About 700 new ...
Mayo researchers ID potential new treatment for one type of triple-negative breast cancer
ROCHESTER, Minn. -- Mayo Clinic researchers have identified the drug estradiol as a potential new treatment for a subset of ...
Tales from 141,430 and one genomes
Analysis of the world's largest set of genome data from pregnant women, totaling 141,431 expectant mothers from across China, has ...
Rewriting the textbook on how steroid hormones enter cells
Credit: Haga-Yamanaka Lab, UC Riverside RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- A discovery by scientists at UC Riverside may open up new ways ...
Decoding the regulation of cell survival — A major step towards preventing neurons from dying
(Technische Universität Dresden) An interdisciplinary and international research group led by Dr. Volker Busskamp from the Center for Regenerative Therapies ...
Neanderthal healthcare practices crucial to survival
Research at the University of York has suggested that Neanderthals embraced healthcare practices, such as assisting in cases of serious ...
Genome of Japanese insect delicacy sheds light on history of the earth
Credit: Koji Tojo Ph D., the Institute of Mountain Science, Shinshu University Japanese scientists have shed light on the evolutionary ...
What would it take to turn Boston harbor into tea? (video)
Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, Oct. 4, 2018 -- On December 16, 1773, the Boston tea party protestors threw ...
Synthetic DNA-encoded checkpoint inhibitor antibodies advance cancer immunotherapy
PHILADELPHIA -- (Oct. 4, 2018) --Wistar scientists and collaborators demonstrate for the first time that through engineering constructs, they can ...
