Insect growth regulator wears a second hat: Infection fighter
IMAGE: The Hippo pathway helps fight off the body's would-be invaders. Credit: Credit: © I-Hsun Wu 2016 During an animal's ...
A defence mechanism that can trap and kill TB bacteria
Credit: Laura Schnettger, Francis Crick Institute A natural mechanism by which our cells kill the bacterium responsible for tuberculosis (TB) ...
Some women with history of pre-eclampsia have significantly lower risk…
Researchers have demonstrated that women with a history of preeclampsia, a pregnancy complication characterized by high blood pressure, have as ...
Seafood poisoning bug thwarts a key host defense by attacking the…
Credit: UT Southwestern DALLAS – June 22, 2017 – The leading cause of acute gastroenteritis linked to eating raw seafood ...
Large, crystalline lipid scaffolds bring new possibilities to protein, drug research
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Proteins and drugs are often attached to lipids to promote crystallization ...
Increased risk of suicide, mental health conditions linked to sexual assault victimization
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Birds without own brood help other birds with parenting, but not…
Credit: Photo Sjouke Anne Kingma Birds will sometimes care for the offspring of other birds of their own species if ...
New patent will allow for the relief of chronic neuropathic pain
Credit: University of Seville The researchers Lucía Martín Banderas and Mercedes Fernández Arévalo, from the I+DNanomed research group at the ...
Exercise, diet improves ability to exercise for patients with common type of heart failure
Among obese older patients with a common type of heart failure, calorie restriction or aerobic exercise training improved their ability ...
Kessler Foundation awarded second Hearst Foundations Fellowship grant
Credit: Kessler Foundation Kessler Foundation has been awarded a second two-year $150,000 grant from the Hearst Foundations to support a ...
CSU’s BioMARC helps advance vaccines for Department of Defense
IMAGE: This photo shows BioMARC production supervisor Brandon Marsh and production associate Nicole Kelly. Credit: William Cotton/Colorado State University Colorado ...
$27.9 million from NIH to support Baylor College of Medicine’s Knockout Mouse…
Credit: Darryl Leja, National Human Genome Research Institute. Nearly $28 million has been awarded to Baylor College of Medicine's Knockout ...
National Academies of Sciences and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation fund…
Credit: LSU Coastal Sustainability Studio LSU researchers lead two of the four projects awarded funding today from the National Academies ...
Invention solving worldwide sewage woes, producing clean water, power…
Credit: Daniel Yeh, PhD, College of Engineering, University of South Florida Rapid, unplanned urbanization is becoming a serious threat across ...
New study reveals how specialized cells help each other survive during times of stress
JUPITER, FL – Nov. 3, 2015 – A team led by scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research ...
Grant helps UA’s Southwest Telehealth Resource Center connect…
Credit: (Photo: Averette at en.wikipedia, Monumentvalleyviewfromnorth, cropped, CC-BY-3.0) Helping health-care providers connect with patients in some of the most underserved ...
Building mental toughness off the field — it’s all about…
Credit: Courtesy University of Miami CORAL GABLES, Fla. (May 31, 2017) – By the end of each academic semester, most ...
Study links sulfide-producing bacteria and colon cancer in…
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — A new study reveals that African-Americans have measurable differences in the ...
Public skeptical of research if tied to a company
Credit: Michigan State University EAST LANSING, Mich. — When it comes to research warning us about the latest health risks ...
Advanced analysis of brain structure shape may track progression to Alzheimer’s…
Credit: Martin Reuter, Ph.D., and Christian Wachinger, Ph.D., Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital Use of a novel ...
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