Finding second hits to knock out leukemia
Credit: Ella Marushchenko (Vienna, 28 January 2019) Many new anti-cancer drugs inhibit proteins that are essential for the proliferation of cancer cells. One example is...
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Cassava high in iron and zinc could improve diets and health in west Africa
Field-grown cassava plants overexpressing a combination of plant genes can accumulate significantly higher concentrations of iron and zinc ST. LOUIS, MO, January 28, 2019 -...
Multichannel bioreactor for lung regeneration analysis
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, January 28, 2019-New strides are being made toward the ex vivo growth of human lungs. In...
New stage in the development of corrective mechanisms for ischemia and neurodegenerative diseases
Lobachevsky University researchers have opened up new prospects for creating a fundamental platform for developing an effective way to correct various pathologies of the central...
Shiftless: Novel host antiviral factor that inhibits programmed -1 ribosomal frameshifting
The genome sizes of viruses are usually relatively small. To increase information content of the genome, many viruses employ a translation recoding mechanism dubbed programmed...
Alzheimer's Association funds two-year extension of the sprint mind study
SPRINT MIND 2.0 Will clarify the role of intensive blood pressure lowering in reducing dementia risk The Alzheimer's Association has awarded more than $800,000 to...
Bad cholesterol: 'Slim down' fat-carrying particles to reduce its spread
The enzyme that 'loads up' fat-carrying particles in the liver before they are transported around the body has been identified for the first time by...
Big data provides clues for characterizing immunity in Japanese
An Osaka University-centered research team has performed fine-mapping of the key immunity-related part of the genome, revealing associations between gene variants and over 50 different...
Magnesium batteries: Dawn of the post-lithium era
Within the European Research Project E-MAGIC, KIT and Helmholtz Institute Ulm (HIU) Develop a Magnesium-based Energy Storage Technology together with Cooperation PartnersCredit: Laila Tkotz/KIT A...
How to create health care centaurs, half doctors and half managers
Organizational support, more than professionals' attitude, is the fundamental element for the success of the process of managerialization of hospital doctors, according to a study...
How ion adsorption affects biological membranes' functions
A new study presents new models describing how the adsorption of calcium, barium and strontium ions onto biological membranes may affect the functions of cells...
NTU and SUTD researchers discover asymmetric chemical reaction with intriguing reaction pathways
Credit: SUTD/NTU Catalysis is common in many industries such as pharmaceutical, specialty chemicals, agriculture, polymer and over 90% of chemicals are made from catalytic processes....
Do chemicals make you fat?
The EU research project EDCMET is investigating the effect of endocrine disruptors on metabolism "The identification of these kinds of endocrine disruptors and their impact...
San Antonio regenerative medicine conference to showcase future of stem cells
(San Antonio, Jan 28, 2019) - Doctors regularly perform stem cell transplants, also known as bone marrow transplants, to replace cells damaged by chemotherapy. The...
The growing role of precision and personalized medicine for cancer treatment
Credit: Authors In a paper published in the September/December 2018 issue of TECHNOLOGY, a group of researchers from Rutgers University Department of Biomedicine Engineering have...
