Making intricate images with bacterial communities
Credit: Xiaofan Jin and Ingmar Riedel-Kruse Working with light and genetically engineered bacteria, researchers from Stanford University are able to shape the growth of bacterial...
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Scientists discover new causes of cellular decline in prematurely aging kids
Credit: Saint Louis University ST. LOUIS -- In a recent paper published in Cell Reports, Saint Louis University researchers have uncovered new answers about why...
TGen tests ultrasound as way to enhance cancer drug delivery
PHOENIX, Ariz. and OSLO, Norway -- March 19, 2018 -- For decades, ultrasound has been used to image organs such as the heart and kidneys,...
Research with made-in-Canada molecule targets fungal infections worldwide
Credit: Photo credit: University of Toronto. People whose immune systems are compromised from illnesses such as cancer can also fall victim to infections caused by...
So close, yet so far: Making climate impacts feel nearby may not inspire action
ITHACA, N.Y. - Although scientists warn that urgent action is needed to stop climate change, public engagement continues to lag. Many social scientists say people...
Cancer comes back all jacked up on stem cells
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center After a biopsy or surgery, doctors often get a molecular snapshot of a patient's tumor. This snapshot is important...
Study of COPD patients has created a ‘looking glass’ into genome of pathogen
Credit: Douglas Levere/ University at Buffalo BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Decades of work on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) at the University at Buffalo and the...
Don’t blame adolescent social behavior on hormones
BUFFALO, N.Y. - Reproductive hormones that develop during puberty are not responsible for changes in social behavior that occur during adolescence, according to the results...
Pregnant women and new moms still hesitant to introduce peanut products
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, IL (March 19, 2018) - In January 2017 guidelines were released urging parents to begin early introduction of peanut-containing foods to reduce the...
Immune cell target that may prevent or delay heart failure after pressure overload
Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - University of Alabama at Birmingham researchers have identified a therapeutic target to prevent or delay heart failure from pressure overload...
HRD-positive breast cancer patients fare better with adjuvant AC chemotherapy
People with tough-to-treat triple negative breast cancer, whose tumors also don't allow for double-strand DNA repair, fare better when treated with a common adjuvant breast...
2018 Harrington Prize awarded to Dr. Helen Hobbs, U. of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
The fifth annual Harrington Prize for Innovation in Medicine has been awarded to Helen H. Hobbs, MD, investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and...
Quintupling inhaler medication may not prevent asthma attacks in children
Children with mild to moderate asthma do not benefit from a common practice of increasing their inhaled steroids at the first signs of an asthma...
International symposium on chemistry education honors IUPUI’s Pratibha Varma-Nelson
Credit: School of Science at IUPUI INDIANAPOLIS -- Leading figures in science education are gathering this week for a symposium honoring Pratibha Varma-Nelson of IUPUI,...
Amazon deforestation is close to tipping point
Deforestation of the Amazon is about to reach a threshold beyond which the region's tropical rainforest may undergo irreversible changes that transform the landscape into...
