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...
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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...
Medical cannabis relieves symptoms in children with autism
BEER-SHEVA, Israel...January 31, 2019 - In a new study of patients with autism who are 18 years old and under, researchers from Ben-Gurion University of...
A correlation found between psychiatric disorders and events during the prenatal stag
Particular genetic variants in the human genome that are important for the development of the brain early in the life of the foetus are frequently...
Bacteria promote lung tumor development, study suggests
Antibiotics or anti-inflammatory drugs may help combat lung cancer CAMBRIDGE, MA -- MIT cancer biologists have discovered a new mechanism that lung tumors exploit to...
Membraneless protocells could provide clues to formation of early life
Credit: Bevilacqua Laboratory, Penn State Membraneless assemblies of positively- and negatively-charged molecules can bring together RNA molecules in dense liquid droplets, allowing the RNAs to...
SCYNEXIS announces positive interim results from Phase 3 open-label FURI study
Shows oral Ibrexafungerp's ability to treat refractory fungal infections and to provide an alternative to long-term IV therapies JERSEY CITY, N.J., Jan. 30, 2019 /PRNewswire/...
How the immune system protects us against bowel cancer
Credit: Diefenbach/Charité Researchers from Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin have discovered a protective mechanism which is used by the body to protect intestinal stem cells from...
When the structure of tunneling nanotubes (TNTs) challenges the very concept of cell
Credit: (c) Institut Pasteur Cells in our bodies have the ability to speak with one another much like humans do. This communication allows organs in...
Resistant germs — A global problem
BfR at the international start-up project meeting on animal health and food safety in Africa The project is funded by the Federal Ministry for Economic...
