Yale study identifies how Zika virus infects the placenta
Transmission electron micrograph (TEM) of Zika virus. Credit: Cynthia Goldsmith/Centers for Disease Control and PreventionNew Haven, Conn.– In a new ...
Study links two genes to breast cancer survival
Dr Paul Huang leads the Protein Networks team in the Cancer Biology division at the ICRTesting for the activity of ...
Regenerative bandage heals diabetic wounds faster
An immunofluorescence image shows regenerated dermal tissue (in pink) in wounds treated with Ameer’s bandage.At some point in their lives, ...
What are the health risks of having a different ‘Facebook self’?
New Rochelle, NY, August 17, 2016–People may express their true self more easily on Facebook than in person, and the ...
Digital calculator provides the estimated risk for GIST recurrence
GIST (Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor) is an uncommon type of sarcoma found in the tissues supporting the digestive system (stomach and ...
Tulane professor receives grant to improve stem cell survival
Credit: TulaneKim O’Connor, a professor in Tulane University’s Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, received a three-year $599,638 grant from ...
Roadblocks to research: UNC bioethicist addresses lack of HIV studies in pregnant women
CHAPEL HILL, NC -UNC School of Medicine’s Anne Lyerly is addressing the urgent need for effective HIV prevention and treatment ...
New retrospective study to find mutations to better diagnose breast cancer in the future
Toronto (August 17, 2016) – Mr. Peter Goodhand, President of The Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (OICR), today announced a ...
Babies’ spatial reasoning predicts later math skills
Babies’ spatial reasoning predicts later math skills Credit: Photo by Emory UniversitySpatial reasoning measured in infancy predicts how children do ...
TERRA, the RNAs that protect telomeres
In murine cells TERRA is transcribed mainly from chromosome 18 and in a less way from chromosome 9, in a ...
New findings detail how beneficial bacteria in the nose suppress pathogenic bacteria
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., August 17, 2016 –Staphylococcus aureus is a common colonizer of the human body. Although, one quarter of the ...
Down to the wire: ONR researchers and new bacteria
ARLINGTON, Va.–Scientists sponsored by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) have genetically modified a common soil bacteria to create electrical ...
Cellular snowplow keeps genes open
EAST LANSING, Mich. — A new discovery at Michigan State University has revealed how special genes stay open for business, ...
Scientists find a salty way to kill MRSA
Staphylococcus aureus bacteria Credits: Imperial College London Scientists have discovered a new way to attack Staphylococcus aureus bacteria. The team, ...
Study suggests ways to block hypertension in those with sleep apnea
Nanduri Prabhakar, PhD, director of the Institute for Integrative Physiology and Center for Systems Biology of Oxygen Sensing at the ...
Potential therapeutic target for Huntington’s disease
Credits: yourgenome.org There is new hope in the fight against Huntington’s disease. Scientists at the Gladstone Institutes discovered that changing ...
Chronic pain linked to partners of people with depression
Partners of people with depression are more likely to suffer from chronic pain, research has found. The study shows that ...
Max Planck Florida’s Sunposium 2017 Neural Circuits Conference
Once again, several of the world’s most esteemed neuroscience researchers will gather in Palm Beach County to speak at the ...
Faculty at MIT and beyond respond forcefully to an article critical of Suzanne Corkin
On August 7, 2016, the New York Times Magazine published “The Brain That Couldn’t Remember,” an article adapted from the ...
New method opens up the possibility of customizing breast milk for premature children
About 7 percent of all Danish children are born prematurely. This is of significant im-portance not only to the child’s ...
