Threatened sturgeon learns for the fitness
Credit: Marco Prosch An international team led by IGB is providing one of the first proofs of the complex learning behaviour of fish in a...
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Announcing the 2019 BioOne Ambassador Award winners
BioOne honors five early career authors who best communicate the importance and impact of their specialized research to the public. BioOne honors five early career...
Eye’s vulnerability to macular degeneration revealed
Differences in the shape and biology of nerve cells in the retina and macula reveal a metabolic response critical to the eye's defence against disease...
Particle telescope to probe makeup of cosmic rays and could improve cancer treatment
Credit: Christophe Royon LAWRENCE -- With a recent three-year, $1.4 million grant from NASA, a research team from the University of Kansas will help design...
New ‘jumping’ superbug gene discovered, resistant to last-resort antibiotic
Credit: Ahmed Gaballa, Cornell University ITHACA, N.Y. - While sifting through the bacterial genome of salmonella, Cornell University food scientists discovered mcr-9, a new stealthy,...
Researchers uncover mechanism blocking retina regeneration
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine A discovery opens the possibility of one day restoring loss of vision by activating the retina's ability to regenerate. Researchers...
Teaching CRISPR and antibiotic resistance to high school students
BioBits Health brings hands-on, low-cost, high-tech synthetic biology into the classroomCredit: Claire Barclay EVANSTON, Ill. -- How can high school students learn about a technology...
Arsenic in drinking water may change heart structure raising risk of heart disease
May 7, 2019 -- Drinking water that is contaminated with arsenic may lead to thickening of the heart's main pumping chamber in young adults, according...
Biophysicists resolve true structure of highly promising optogenetic protein KR2 rhodopsin
Credit: Kirill Kovalev et al./Science Advances A team of biophysicists from Russia, Germany, and France, featuring researchers from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology,...
Patients insured by marketplace health plan less likely to receive a medical appointment
PHILADELPHIA - Among adults with mental health needs, those covered by Medicare or employer-sponsored health insurance have greater access to medical treatment, less out-of-pocket cost...
InnoMat.Life: Increased safety for novel materials
Nanomaterials and novel materials are being examined with regard to their human health and environmental risks For the first time, the health and environmental risks...
Scientists pinpoint potential new target for regulating inflammation
Credit: Andrew Bowie and Michael Carty, Trinity College Dublin Scientists from Trinity College Dublin have discovered a potential new target for regulating inflammation, which drives...
Electroconvulsive therapy reboots certain brain networks to help depressed individuals
Baycrest researchers found that electroconvulsive therapy corrects brain networks associated with learning and thinking impairments.Credit: Provided by Baycrest Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) helps people with severe...
New approach shows regeneration of severely damaged lungs
Columbia Engineering and Vanderbilt researchers are first to demonstrate in a clinically relevant model that severely damaged lungs can be regenerated to meet transplantation criteria;...
Aspirin before at-home colorectal cancer screening test didn’t significantly improve ability to detect cancer precursors
Bottom Line: Some observational studies have suggested that taking aspirin before undergoing colorectal cancer screening with a fecal immunochemical test for blood in stool might...
