Zika infects the eyes of adult mice
Mouse models of Zika infection in adults confirm that the virus can infect specific regions of the eye, resulting in ...
A visual database of human plasma compounds
Credit: Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization Researchers in Japan have created a database of metabolites from blood samples collected from over ...
Malignant network makes brain cancer resistant
Incurable astrocytomas, including the particularly malignant glioblastomas, diffusively grow like mycelium into healthy brain tissue. Therefore, these tumors cannot be ...
Scientists and students tackle omics at NASA workshop
Credit: NASA As Houston gears up for the Super Bowl, scientists and students are tackling Omics during the 2017 NASA ...
Kenan Charitable Trust awards $1.5 million to UNC Health Affairs…
Credit: UNC School of Nursing Chapel Hill, N.C. — July 5, 2017 — The William R. Kenan, Jr. Charitable Trust ...
New blood spot test used internationally in fight against HIV
Researchers at the Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences at CU Anschutz have developed a technique that estimates an ...
Zika virus alerts may have prompted uptick in abortion requests in Latin America
PRINCETON, N.J.–Pregnant women in Latin American countries were more likely to seek an abortion after receiving health alerts about Zika ...
Eight children born after uterus transplants
Credits: Johan Wingborg Eight children born – and the first robot-assisted operation performed. These are some of the results of ...
First-in-man trial of MERS vaccine begins at Walter Reed Army…
SILVER SPRING, Md. – The Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR) began vaccinations today in a Phase 1 clinical ...
Rothamsted partnership is ‘the industrial strategy in action’
Credit: Rothamsted Research Today saw the official opening of Timac Agro UK's new head office on the Rothamsted campus, by ...
Ringing in ears keeps brain more at attention, less at rest, study…
Credit: Photo by Joyce Seay-Knoblauch CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Tinnitus, a chronic ringing or buzzing in the ears, has eluded medical ...
The biological clock of plants
Credit: Screenshot: research_tv The Americans Jeffrey C. Hall, Michael Rosbash, and Michael W. Young were awarded the Nobel Prize for ...
Usutu virus is back — not only in blackbirds but also in humans
Credit: Georg Mair/Vetmeduni Vienna Usutu virus, a flavivirus of African origin, was first detected in Austria in 2001, when it ...
Crunch time for food security
Credit: © Rothamsted Research Feelings often run high where insects are concerned, with many people even squeamish to look on ...
UMass Amherst Environmental Health researcher honored for…
Credit: courtesy Pablo Robles, Media Compass Photography AMHERST, Mass. – The Cornell Douglas Foundation, an environmental health and justice advocacy ...
Predicting cancer’s growth from few clues
DURHAM, N.C. — Mathematicians at Duke University are developing ways to help doctors predict how different cancers are likely to ...
Most cases of brain-damaged newborns not due to mismanaged deliveries
IMAGE: Jonathan Muraskas, MD, of Loyola University Medical Center led a study that found that most cases of brain-damaged newborns ...
A microRNA plays role in major depression
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – A tiny RNA appears to play a role in producing major depression, the mental disorder that affects ...
Penn engineers develop filters that use nanoparticles to prevent slime…
Credit: University of Pennsylvania Filtration membranes are, at their core, sponge-like materials that have micro- or nanoscopically small pores. Unwanted ...
Increasing production of seed oils
Plant-derived oils are widely used all over the world both for food and for industrial purposes. In recent years they ...
