Male birth control for the malaria parasite
Credit: Kevin J. Hart, Penn State Disrupting two genes involved in the preservation of RNA molecules inhibits the ability of the male form of the...
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Mean streets: Self-driving cars will 'cruise' to avoid paying to park
Autonomous vehicles 'have every incentive to create havoc,' transportation planner saysCredit: UC Santa Cruz If you think traffic in city centers is bad now, just...
Immune master regulator orchestrates responses to parasite infection
Whipworm study finds IL10 receptor is critical to prevent uncontrolled infection and gut damage A new study has identified the master regulator that maintains a...
Leipzig researchers on Spanish Antarctic expedition
Focus on interactions between ocean and atmosphere around the Antarctic PeninsulaCredit: Marcel Köning, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel Ushuaia/Leipzig. During the next weeks, a Spanish research expedition...
Homeopathy reconsidered: What really helps patients
Critical questions, old and new, about homeopathy, and what mainstream medicine can learn from it. | Springer book explains what 'really' helps patients.Credit: © Springer...
The development of brain stem cells into new nerve cells and why this can lead to cancer
Stem cells are true Jacks-of-all-trades of our bodies, as they can turn into the many different cell types of all organs. This allows the tissues...
Evolution, illustrated
Study captures one of the clearest pictures yet of evolution in vertebrates What do you get when you put together several tons of steel plates,...
Medical experts restore movement and autonomic function in patients with complete paralysis
University of Minnesota and Hennepin Healthcare study demonstrates spinal cord stimulation as a treatment for chronic spinal cord injury MINNEAPOLIS, MN- January 31, 2019 -...
Citizen scientists discover pinhead-sized beetle in Borneo
The discovery is the latest in a series of newly described species collected as part of the Taxon Expeditions initiative aiming to bring biodiversity and...
Connective tissue on the wrong road — When organs start to scar
Physicians discover a protein that reprogrammes connective tissue cellsCredit: Uni-Klinikum Erlangen/Andreas Ramming Scientists from Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Department of Medicine 3 - Rheumatology and Immunology,...
DDW® 2019 offers reporters access to leading research in digestive health
Digestive Disease Week® media registration now open Bethesda, MD (Jan. 31, 2019) -- Digestive Disease Week® (DDW) will host its 50th annual scientific meeting in...
Climate change and infertility — a ticking time bomb?
Credit: Joaquim Alves Gaspar, Charles Sharp, Toby Hudson, and David Glass. Rising temperatures could make some species sterile and see them succumb to the effects...
New computational method reduces risk of drug formulation
One major factor that determines the efficacy of a drug is the structure that its molecules form in a solid state. Changed molecular structures can...
Barts Charity supports 'Rising Stars' of medical research with £6 million grant
Barts Charity, who support pioneering medical research at Queen Mary University of London, is granting £6 million to fund the 'Rising Stars' lectureship programme and...
Cell lines deserve unique considerations when creating research protections, authors say
Researchers, ethicists urge policymakers to view immortal cells differently from other biospecimens as new rules go into effect ANN ARBOR, Michigan -- New rules recently...
