Twenty-five life scientists join EMBO Young Investigator network
Credit: EMBO "The EMBO Young Investigator Programme supports young life scientists in their most demanding career phase, when they establish ...
The time is RIPE to transform agriculture and feed the world
Credit: Brian Stauffer/University of Illinois Political and agricultural leaders gathered at the University of Illinois today to see transformative work ...
Power outage in the brain may be source of Alzheimer’s
Credit: Courtesy: Kelvinsong On Nov. 25, 1901, a 51-year-old woman is admitted to a hospital in Frankfurt, Germany, displaying a ...
Study reveals structure of tuberculosis enzyme, could offer drug…
A team of scientists, including several from the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory, have determined the structures of ...
‘Jumping genes’ solve swamp wallaby ancestry
Credit: © Queensland Museum, Gary Cranitch. Swamp wallabies, long thought to be a genus all of their own, have been ...
New moth in Europe: A southern hemisphere species now resident in…
Credit: Martin F.V. Corley As travelling in the 21st century is easier than ever, so is for species to make ...
Zeroing in on dopamine
Credit: Kaeser lab At a glance: Harvard Medical School scientists have identified the molecular machinery responsible for release of the ...
CU-Boulder study: Sleep-deprived preschoolers eat more
Credit: CU Boulder The preschoolers, all regular afternoon nappers, were deprived of roughly three hours of sleep on one day ...
MU researchers receives kudos for program aimed at reducing nursing…
IMAGE: Marilyn Rantz is leading the Missouri Quality Initiative for Nursing Homes which received accolades from CMS for improving care ...
Skin bacteria could protect against disease
Credit: Matthias Mörgelin, Lund University There are more and more examples of the ways in which we can benefit from ...
Peptide mutants may help to identify vulnerability in tumor cells
Researchers from MIPT, the Institute of Biomedical Chemistry, the Institute for Energy Problems of Chemical Physics, and the Research Institute ...
Drug developed at University of Minnesota increases survival in dogs…
Credit: University of Minnesota A breakthrough trial at the University of Minnesota testing a new UMN-developed drug resulted in improved ...
Hibernation study yields insights about organ protection
Novel adaptations discovered in hibernating animals may reveal ways to mitigate injuries associated with strokes, heart attacks and organ transplants, ...
Scientists uncover how part of a protein helps primates fight HIV
London, January 14, 2016 – Scientists have uncovered part of a protein found in humans and other primates that can ...
UA Cancer Center research team explores anti-breast cancer properties of soy
Credit: University of Arizona Cancer Center A University of Arizona Cancer Center research team is engaged in a series of ...
The Human Vaccines Project, Vanderbilt and Illumina join to decode the human immunome
Credit: Photo courtesy of Vanderbilt University Medical Center The Human Vaccines Project and Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) today announced ...
Why does an anesthetic make us lose consciousness?
Credits: Wikimedia Commons FRANKFURT. To date, researchers assumed that anesthetics interrupt signal transmission between different areas of the brain and ...
Immunotherapy, gene therapy combination shows promise against…
Credit: University of Michigan "Devastating" and "dismal." That's how leading researchers describe the present outlook for malignant brain tumors. The ...
Attractive drug candidate identified to target glioma brain tumors
Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – In a paper published today in Cancer Research, researchers: 1) identify a biomarker enzyme associated ...
Researchers identify gene largely accounting for 15q13.3 microdeletion syndrome
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine Researchers are closer to solving the puzzle of a complex neurological condition called 15q13.3 microdeletion ...
