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New research into Rett syndrome therapeutics suggests that a small molecule already reported to improve respiratory problems associated with the ...

Researchers make significant progress in engineering digestive system tissues

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - Researchers at Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine have reached important milestones in their quest to engineer ...

Powerful new technique can clone thousands of genes at once

Credit: Jennifer E. Fairman/Johns Hopkins University Scientists at Johns Hopkins, Rutgers, the University of Trento in Italy, and Harvard Medical ...

‘Nanolock’ detects cancer mutation; could lead to early diagnoses, personalized therapies

The moment when healthy cells turn into cancer cells is a critical point. And if caught early enough, many cancers ...

The comeback kid — black phosphorus and its new potential

When it was discovered over a century ago, black phosphorus was considered relatively useless. Over the past five years, however, ...

Quantum dots make the leap from TVs to antibacterial eye drops

Quantum dots are transforming electronic displays on TVs and tablets. But now, one group reports in ACS Nano that these ...

Allen Discovery Center for Human Brain Evolution announced $10 million grant will create Center to understand how the human brain evolved and what makes it unique

Credit: Boston Children's Hospital The Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group announced today the creation of an Allen Discovery Center for ...

The Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group announces Allen Discovery Center at UW Medicine

Credit: Jay Shendure The Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group announced today the creation of an Allen Discovery Center for Cell ...

Alcohol consumption putting vast majority of Europeans at risk of digestive cancers

Credit: UEG (Vienna, 4 July, 2017) Citizens across the EU are consuming an average of 2 alcoholic drinks per day, ...

Advance directive and medical power of attorney are often missing

COLOGNE. For most patients in intensive care, the patient records contain neither an advance directive nor a medical power of ...

Combining antibiotics proves more effective against common infection

The common and highly resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacterium is a fatal threat to weakened and ill patients. A new study ...

Who’ll win at Wimbledon? Just listen to the pitch of the grunts

Never mind counting aces and killer shots. If you want to predict the outcome of a tennis match, pay attention ...

Genome sequence of a diabetes-prone rodent

The sand rat Psammomys obesus is a gerbil species native to deserts of North Africa and the Middle East, and ...

Local views key to unlocking ways to fairer and more successful nature conservation

New research led by the University of East Anglia (UEA) shows how a policy aimed at ensuring the world's protected ...

DYNAMO joins the war on diabetic kidney disease

Credit: Duke-NUS Medical School Singapore, 4 July 2017 - Including investigators from all three medical schools in Singapore, as well ...

New breakthrough opens doors to treat melanin-linked skin conditions

Credit: @Montse Lopez New breakthrough opens doors to treat melanin-linked skin conditions Spots resulting from too much sun exposure and ...

Australian study uses new technique to challenge brain development hypothesis

Credit: Courtesy Dr. Vera Weisbecker A new study involving The University of Queensland, which might be useful for biomedical research, ...

AAS publishes a special issue on Chinese Carbon Budget Program

Credit: Advances in Atmospheric Sciences Global warming has been one of the biggest issues the whole world has been facing ...

Sleep scientists’ latest book debunks 40 myths on getting a good night’s sleep

A new book by leading sleep scientists debunks 40 popular and persistent myths on how to get a good night's ...

New chemical synthesis method can produce an exciting range of novel compounds