Better diagnosis of fungal infections key to reducing antibiotic resistance
Poor diagnosis worldwide of fungal disease causes doctors to overprescribe antibiotics, increasing harmful resistance to antimicrobial drugs, according to a ...
Patients recovering from depression show improvements in memory from the drug modafinil
Modafinil, a drug used to treat narcolepsy -- excessive daytime sleepiness -- can improve memory in patients recovering from depression, ...
Protein identified by Mass. General team may protect tumor-initiating breast cancer cells
Massachusetts General Hospital investigators have identified a protein that may play an essential role in maintaining a population of tumor-initiating ...
Steroid discovered in dogfish sharks attacks Parkinson’s-related toxin in animal model
Credit: Doug Costa, NOAA/SBNMS WASHINGTON -- A synthesized steroid mirroring one naturally made by the dogfish shark prevents the buildup ...
New tools will drive greater understanding of wheat genes
Howard Hughes Medical Institute scientists have developed a much-needed genetic resource that will greatly accelerate the study of gene functions ...
How China is poised for marine fisheries reform
As global fish stocks continue sinking to alarmingly low levels, a joint study by marine fisheries experts from within and ...
Theory lends transparency to how glass breaks
Credit: Apiwat Wisitsorasak/ King Mongkut University of Technology HOUSTON - (Jan. 17, 2017) - Over time, when a metallic glass ...
A natural compound can block the formation of toxins associated with Parkinson’s disease
A naturally-occurring compound has been found to block a molecular process thought to underlie Parkinson's Disease, and to suppress its ...
Potentially reversible changes in gene control ‘prime’ pancreatic cancer cells to spread
A multicenter team of researchers reports that a full genomic analysis of tumor samples from a small number of people ...
Best treatment option written in cancer’s genetic script
An international collaboration led by clinical researchers at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute has shown proof-of-concept that truly personalised therapy ...
The lasting effects of ministrokes may contribute to dementia
Credit: Medical University of South Carolina Evidence overwhelmingly supports a link between cognitive decline and cerebrovascular diseases such as atherosclerosis, ...
Study tracks ‘memory’ of soil moisture
The top 2 inches of topsoil on all of Earth's landmasses contains an infinitesimal fraction of the planet's water -- ...
Tracking Antarctic adaptations in diatoms
Diatoms are a common type of photosynthetic microorganism, found in many environments from marine to soil; in the oceans, they ...
SMiLE-seq: A new technique speeds up genetics
Credit: Alina Isakova/EPFL Scientists at EPFL have developed a technique that can be a game-changer for genetics by making the ...
Metastatic pancreatic cancer ‘reprogrammed’ for malignancy
Metastatic pancreatic cancer -- cancer that has spread from the pancreas to other tissues and is responsible for most patient ...
Self-assembling particles brighten future of LED lighting
Credit: Sameer A. Khan/Fotobuddy Just when lighting aficionados were in a dark place, LEDs came to the rescue. Over the ...
Common crop chemical leaves bees susceptible to deadly viruses
Credit: Julia Fine, Penn State A chemical that is thought to be safe and is, therefore, widely used on crops ...
Nanoscale view of energy storage
Credit: L.A. Cicero In a lab 18 feet below the Engineering Quad of Stanford University, researchers in the Dionne lab camped ...
Intensive animal production may boost flu pandemic threat
Credit: Steve Hinchliffe Mass livestock production is driving molecular changes in diseases that could lead to human pandemics, according to ...
China develops world’s brightest VUV free electron laser research facility
A team of Chinese scientists announced on Jan. 15 that they have developed a new bright VUV FEL light source, ...
