Neurons form synapse clusters
Credit: MPI of Neurobiology / Scheuss The cerebral cortex resembles a vast switchboard. Countless lines carrying information about the environment, ...
Birds of a feather
Credit: Eddy Perez, LSU Biologists have always been fascinated by the diversity and changeability of life on Earth and have ...
How dolphins inspired a potentially life-saving method for treating…
Credit: Douglas Levere, University at Buffalo BUFFALO, N.Y. — A physiological process used commonly by mammals like seals and dolphins ...
FDA clears heart disease trial at Boston Children’s Hospital…
BOSTON, NEW YORK, and MELBOURNE, Australia, April 03, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Boston Children's Hospital, the pediatric teaching hospital of ...
Artificial ‘skin’ gives robotic hand a sense of touch
Credit: University of Houston A team of researchers from the University of Houston has reported a breakthrough in stretchable electronics ...
Preclinical trials of radiopharmaceutical for cancer diagnosis
Credit: RIA Novosti (Russian news agency) A radiopharmaceutical for advanced identification of cancer, labeled with the technetium-99 isotope, is ready ...
Highly prevalent gene variants in minority populations cause kidney disease
Credit: Katalin Susztak, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania PHILADELPHIA – African Americans have a heightened risk of developing ...
Testing stem cells as possible treatment for heart failure
Credit: Sarah Pack Stem cells are being tested at the Medical University of South Carolina as a possible treatment for ...
Elongation by contraction
Credit: Mechanobiology Institute, National University of Singapore Scientists from the Mechanobiology Institute (MBI) at the National University of Singapore (NUS) ...
In bee decline, fungicides emerge as improbable villain
When a Cornell-led team of scientists analyzed two dozen environmental factors to understand bumblebee population declines and range contractions, they ...
New class of drugs holds promise for combating antibiotic resistance
Credit: Oak Ridge National Laboratory A new class of drugs that combat antibiotic resistance has been discovered by a University ...
Salk Institute awarded $25 million grant from Helmsley Charitable Trust
Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA — (Nov. 21, 2016) The Salk Institute for Biological Studies has received a $25 million ...
Study shows a potential new approach to opioid crisis
Credit: ATS Jan. 25, 2018 — In a six-month study recently concluded, a research unit affiliated with two hospital institutions ...
When loved ones battle cancer, families head to Web for information more than support
IMAGE: Carolyn Lauckner is an assistant professor in the University of Georgia's department of health promotion and behavior. Credit: Brian ...
New findings show promise for treatment of Graves’ disease and other ocular…
Credit: The American Journal of Pathology Philadelphia, PA, November 11, 2016 – A new class of therapies may be on ...
Two Caribbean bird-catcher trees named after 2 women with overlooked botanical works
Credit: Rosimar Rivera Colón Known for their biodiversity richness, the Caribbean Islands are now adding two new species of bird-catcher ...
Three-drug combinations could help counter antibiotic resistance, UCLA…
Each year, approximately 700,000 people die from drug-resistant bacterial infections. A study by UCLA life scientists could be a major ...
Mini-strokes can be ‘ominous prelude’ to catastrophic strokes
Each year, more than 200,000 Americans experience mini-strokes called transient ischemic attacks (TIAs). Patients suffer stroke-like symptoms such as paralysis ...
New method helps identify antibiotics in mass spectrometry datasets
Credit: UC San Diego An international team of computer scientists has for the first time developed a method to find ...
Keep an eye on children’s calories, researchers say
Most children overeat significantly when served large portions of calorie-dense popular foods, according to a Penn State study. The results ...
