Breaking open the gates of antibiotic resistance
Creating a defect in tRNA molecules could weaken bacteria's two-pronged defense and help make faster-acting antibiotics PHILADELPHIA - Antibiotic resistance is a major health threat,...
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A third of type one diabetes is misdiagnosed in the over 30s
More than a third of people over the age of 30 who are initially diagnosed with type 2 diabetes actually have type 1, meaning they...
Chloride-channel in muscle cells provides new insights for muscle diseases
Small molecules such as hormones and ions are constantly transported in and out from our cells. This regulates what the cells do in our bodies....
Twelve-year follow-up after peptide receptor radionuclide therapy
Twelve-year retrospective study demonstrates efficacy of peptide receptor radionuclide therapyCredit: Dr. Irene Virgolini A 12-year retrospective clinical study of patients who received peptide receptor radionuclide...
Almost half of World Heritage sites could lose their glaciers by 2100
Credit: IUCN/Martin Price WASHINGTON-- Glaciers are set to disappear completely from almost half of World Heritage sites if business-as-usual emissions continue, according to the first-ever...
New mathematical approach tested for the search of flight MH370
International team of researchers use data from research buoys to simulate the crash site's location based on how debris drifts in the Indian OceanCredit: Philippe...
Research explores behavior of quarks and gluons at Large Hadron Collider
Credit: Christophe Royon LAWRENCE -- A team of high-energy nuclear experimental particle physicists from the University of Kansas has earned a two-year, $400,000 Department of...
‘Seeing the light’ behind radiation therapy
UBC research measures an accurate and precise dose of radiation Delivering just the right dose of radiation for cancer patients is a delicate balance in...
Antibiotics may treat endometriosis
Targeted treatment reduces number of disease-causing microbes in miceCredit: Kommagani lab/Washington University Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found, in...
New research offers insight into the proteins in the brain that detect cannabis
Credit: University of Bristol Researchers at the University of Bristol have made new progress in understanding how cannabinoid receptors (CB1Rs), the proteins that detect the...
A surprise: Bonobos eat and share meat at rates similar to chimpanzees
Growing evidence, including new observations by University of Oregon researchers, find that bonobo females control the meat, sometimes with a show of forceCredit: Photo by...
When a ‘she’ becomes an ‘it’
What happens in the human brain when a woman is put on a par with an object? A research answering this question published today in...
How scratching may prime children with eczema for food allergy and anaphylaxis
Scratching sparks a chain reaction that expands and activates intestinal mast cellsCredit: Adapted from Manuel Leyva-Castillo and Raif Geha / Boston Children's Hospital Eczema, a...
Innovative treatment restores sight in patient
Innovative treatment has improved the vision of a patient suffering from a rare cancer-related syndrome affecting the eye, new research in the journal JAMA Ophthalmology...
Researchers identify causes and mechanisms of polycystic ovary syndrome using family-based genetic analysis
A first-of-its-kind study using family-based genetic analysis has confirmed a gene involved in male hormone production, DENND1A, plays a major role in the development of...
