Sweet! How C. difficile toxin A enters intestinal cells
CRISPR/Cas9 genetic screen reveals the entry portal, and a potential treatment strategy Clostridiodes difficile infection has become a leading cause of severe, sometimes fatal diarrheal...
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New mineral classification system captures Earth’s complex past
Could a new classification system that accounts for minerals' distinct journeys help us better understand mineralogy as a process of universal and planetary evolution?Credit: Public...
Concussion is a leading cause of injury for children in recreational sports
Tampa, Fla. (June 3, 2019)- Elementary school-aged children who participate in recreational sports are at greater risk of concussion than most other sports-related injuries. A...
Immune cells determine how fast certain tumors grow
Study suggests new approaches to treating NF1 brain tumorsCredit: Washington University Tumors arise when cells shake off their restraints and start to multiply out of...
Phosphorylation of Regnase-1 lets IL-17 run amok
A research team led by Osaka University finds that blocking the phosphorylation of mRNA-degrading enzyme Regnase-1 helps prevent excessive inflammation caused by unruly cytokine IL-17Credit:...
Henry Ford Cancer Institute earns full 3-year accreditation from NAPBC
The Henry Ford Cancer Institute has earned a full three-year accreditation designation by the National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers (NAPBC), a program of the...
Hearing through your fingers: Device that converts speech
A new proof-of-concept study provides the first evidence that a speech-to-touch sensory substitution device can improve hearing in the hearing-impaired without any training, report scientists...
New TAILORx data guides adjuvant therapy in younger breast cancer patients
A pre-specified secondary analysis published today in the New England Journal of Medicine adds new information to the original TAILORx findings New information about adjuvant...
Stalk antibodies provide flu protection in humans
Study could bring scientists a step closer to a universal flu vaccine ANN ARBOR--A universal flu vaccine that could prevent a potential influenza pandemic has...
Early contact with needle-exchange program reduces hepatitis C infection
Credit: Tea Kåberg People who inject drugs and who are female, homeless or amphetamine users often share needles and syringes, and consequently run a higher...
Native Hawaiians at far greater risk for pancreatic cancer
Twenty years of data reveal surprising disparities Native Hawaiians are at highest risk for pancreatic cancer, according to a USC study that provides a surprising...
Is ‘clean eating’ just dirty rhetoric?
New research on 'clean eating' explores potential link to eating disorders (Carlisle, Pa.) - New research published today in the Journal of Eating Disorders finds...
Six fingers per hand
Credit: Source: compare „Original Publication ", license: Creative Commons, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 Polydactyly is the extraordinary condition of someone being born with more than five fingers or...
Which brain hemorrhage patients have treatable underlying conditions
A new study identifies patients more likely to have underlying lesions from brain-bleeds, a finding that could help doctors treat the condition more rapidly PHILADELPHIA...
SYNGO Consortium releases public data resource for universal reference in synapse research
Brain research consortium brings together scientific knowledge about synapses and uncovers new properties & disease links Synapses, the junctions that serve as specialized contacts between...
