Algal blooms cost Ohio homeowners $152 million over six years
Credit: Photo by Brenda Culler, Ohio Department of Natural Resources. COLUMBUS, Ohio--In a new study, researchers at The Ohio State ...
Super-photostable fluorescent labeling agent for super-resolution microscopy
Credit: ITbM, Nagoya University Chemists at ITbM, Nagoya University have developed a super-photostable fluorescent dye, PhoxBright 430 (PB430), to visualize ...
Recently discovered brain chemical ‘NPGL’ controls appetite and body fat composition
Credit: Kazuyoshi Ukena NPGL, a recently discovered protein involved in brain signalling, has been found to increase fat storage by ...
New proposal for a subspecies definition triggered by a new longhorn beetle subspecies
Credit: Karsten Sund The discovery of a new subspecies of longhorn beetle from Scandinavia triggered a discussion on the vague ...
Managing western flower thrips
Pesticide evaluation is an important aspect of agricultural research providing useful information to farmers and professionals involved in the pesticide ...
Wistar scientists develop novel immunotherapy technology for prostate cancer
PHILADELPHIA -- (Aug. 17, 2017) -- A study led by scientists at The Wistar Institute describes a novel immunotherapeutic strategy ...
Federal snack program does not yield expected impacts, Virginia Tech researchers find
Credit: Virginia Tech A well-intentioned government regulation designed to offer healthier options in school vending machines has failed to instill ...
Energy dense foods may increase cancer risk regardless of obesity status
Credit: C.A. Thomson Philadelphia, PA, August 17, 2017 - Diet is believed to play a role in cancer risk. Current ...
Deep-sea sponges — home to the next generation of antimicrobials?
Marine sponges and the deep-sea ecosystem are comparatively under-studied and under-exploited compared with life in shallower waters - but a ...
NASA Ppotects its super heroes from space weather
Credit: NASA/SOHO It's not a bird or a plane but it might be a solar storm. We like to think ...
New strategy to treat aggressive lung cancer
Dignity Health St. Joseph's Researchers Discover a Novel Therapeutic Strategy to Treat a Particularly Aggressive Subgroup of Lung Cancer PHOENIX ...
Impaired DNA replication can cause epigenetic changes inherited for several generations
Credit: Adam Klosin, CRG Cell division is key for renewing the cells in our tissues and organs. There are two ...
Noninvasive detection for early stage cancers from circulating DNA
A new DNA sequencing-based method could help noninvasively detect early stage cancers by analyzing fragments of genetic material circulating in ...
Scientists develop blood test that spots tumor-derived DNA in people with early-stage cancers
Credit: Reprinted with permission from Victor Velculescu et al., Science Translational Medicine 2017 In a bid to detect cancers early ...
Popular immunotherapy target turns out to have a surprising buddy
Credit: The Netherlands Cancer Institute The majority of current cancer immunotherapies focus on PD-L1. This well studied protein turns out ...
Toxic formaldehyde is produced inside our own cells, scientists discover
New research has revealed that some of the toxin formaldehyde in our bodies does not come from our environment - ...
Cell cycle-blocking drugs can shrink tumors by enlisting immune system in attack on cancer
BOSTON -- In the brief time that drugs known as CDK4/6 inhibitors have been approved for the treatment of metastatic ...
Specialists make breakthrough in the treatment of anal cancer
Specialists at The Christie and The University of Manchester have made a breakthrough which could potentially improve detection and treatment ...
Blood biopsy reveals unique, targetable genetic alterations in patients with rare cancer
Credit: UC San Diego Health Using fragments of circulating tumor DNA in blood, University of California San Diego School of ...
Insilico establishes collaboration with GSK to discover novel biological targets and molecules
Credit: Insilico Medicine,Inc. Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2017, Baltimore, Md. - Insilico Medicine, a Baltimore-based company at the forefront of artificial ...
