New gene for atrazine resistance identified in waterhemp
Credit: Lauren Quinn URBANA, Ill. - Waterhemp has been locked in an arms race with farmers for decades. Nearly every ...
Nicotinamide riboside (vitamin B3) prevents nerve pain caused by cancer drugs
A new study in rats suggests that nicotinamide riboside (NR), a form of vitamin B3, may be useful for treating ...
Agricultural robot may be ‘game changer’ for crop growers, breeders
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- A semiautonomous robot may soon be roaming agricultural fields gathering and ...
Melting sea ice may be speeding nature’s clock in the Arctic
Credit: Eric Post/UC Davis Spring is coming sooner to some plant species in the low Arctic of Greenland, while other ...
Researchers find new clues for nuclear waste cleanup
Credit: Washington State University PULLMAN, Wash. - A Washington State University study of the chemistry of technetium-99 has improved understanding ...
Novel mutation may be linked to prostate cancer in African-American men
Credit: Alice R. Walker Researchers have identified a novel mutation that may be associated with prostate cancer in African American ...
Computer bots are more like humans than you might think, having fights lasting years
Researchers say 'benevolent bots', otherwise known as software robots, that are designed to improve articles on Wikipedia sometimes have online ...
Gene-edited pigs show signs of resistance to major viral disease
Credit: Norrie Russell, The Roslin Institute Scientists have produced pigs that may be protected from an infection that costs the ...
NIST patents first DNA method to authenticate mouse cell lines
Credit: Jan Schmoranzer, Leibniz-Institut für Molekulare Pharmakologie "A case of mistaken identity" may drive the plot of the latest spy ...
New grant expands reach of St. Jude gene therapy program for ‘bubble boy’ disease
(MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Feb.23, 2017) The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine has awarded a five-year, $11.9 million grant to St. ...
New assay may lead to a cure for debilitating inflammatory joint disease
Credit: Photo courtesy of NYU Langone Medical Center Current treatments for rheumatoid arthritis relieve the inflammation that leads to joint ...
The truth about catnip (video)
Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, Feb. 23, 2017 -- Catnip is notorious for its euphoric effects on our feline ...
USC publishes results of a fasting mimicking diet that may reverse diabetes
Los Angeles, Calif., Feb. 23, 2017 - A landmark study published today in Cell finds that providing mice with a ...
New paper published in Phytobiomes may lead to novel methods of Rhizoctonia solani control
Credit: The American Phytopathological Society St. Paul, Minn. (February 2017)--Rhizoctonia species--and R. solani specifically--are a complex group of soil fungi ...
Almost 4 decades later, mini eyeless catfish gets a name
Credit: Courtesy of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University. After almost four decades, an elusive, eyeless catfish measuring ...
Nematode resistance in soybeans beneficial even at low rates of infestation
Credit: USDA-ARS URBANA, Ill. - Each spring, tiny roundworms hatch and wriggle over to the nearest soybean root to feed. ...
NASA sees another quick Tropical Cyclone demise in South Pacific
Credit: Credits: NASA/NRL NASA's Aqua satellite captured an image of the end of Tropical Cyclone 8P as it was being ...
Study reveals PGK1 enzyme as therapeutic target for deadliest brain cancer
Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center Discovery of a dual role played by the enzyme phosphoglycerate kinase 1 (PGK1) may indicate ...
Researchers uncover a role for HSP90 in gene-environment interactions in humans
February 23, 2017 (Cambridge, MA) -- Proteins do most of the work inside the human body, supporting the structure, function, ...
Gene mutations cause leukemia, but which ones?
Kevin Watanabe-Smith, Ph.D., likens cell mutations to typos in text messages. "Mutations are part of life. They are mistakes in ...
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