Parasitology — On filaments and fountains
Microbiologists at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) in Munich have shown that Toxoplasma gondii, the parasite that is responsible for toxoplasmosis, utilizes at least two modes of locomotion...
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Redefining the limits of measurement accuracy
Researchers at Leibniz University Hannover and Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt develop more sensitive quantum sensorsCredit: Fabian Wolf For centuries, humans have been expanding their understanding of the...
Dose-dependent effects of esmolol-epinephrine combination therapy in myocardial ischemia
The article by Dr. Tobias Eckle et al. is published in Current Pharmaceutical Design, Volume 25, 2019 Epinephrine has been included in resuscitation guidelines worldwide...
New chemical tools to modify and study biomolecules
Credit: J. Waser/B. Fierz (EPFL) Understanding the structure and metabolism of cells and living organisms is essential for the development of new drugs and diagnostics....
HIV eliminated from the genomes of living animals
Temple, UNMC collaborate on study detailed in Nature CommunicationsCredit: Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University In a major collaborative effort, researchers at the...
Holy crocodiles
Credit: Yusuke Fukuda East Timor's origin is shrouded in myth. The Southeast Asian island is said to have formed from "Grandfather Crocodile." That is why...
Future Drug Discovery publishes its first issue
Future Science Group (FSG) is pleased to announce the publication of the first issue of its new open access journal, Future Drug Discovery. Future Science...
CU Anschutz researchers win grant to commercialize miniature microscope
The tiny microscope allows scientists to peer inside the living brain AURORA, Colo. (July 2, 2019) - A team of researchers from the University of...
Antibiotics weaken flu defenses in the lung
Credit: Andreas Wack, Francis Crick Institute Antibiotics can leave the lung vulnerable to flu viruses, leading to significantly worse infections and symptoms, finds a new...
UH researcher reports the way sickle cells form may be key to stopping them
Process could be similar to how first living cells formed; applications to industry possibleCredit: University of Houston University of Houston associate professor of chemistry, Vassiliy...
DNA from tooth in Florida man’s foot solves 25-year-old shark bite mystery
Credit: Florida Museum photo by Kristen Grace GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- When Jeff Weakley tweezed open a blister-like bulge on his foot, he was not expecting...
Creating ‘movies’ of thin film growth at NSLS-II
Coherent x-rays at NSLS-II enable researchers to produce more accurate observations of thin film growth in real timeCredit: Brookhaven National Laboratory From paint on a...
Gut microbes protect against flu virus infection in mice
Credit: Bradley and Finsterbusch et al./Cell Reports Commensal gut microbes stimulate antiviral signals in non-immune lung cells to protect against the flu virus during early...
Doctors need nutrition education, says commentary in JAMA Internal Medicine
WASHINGTON--Nutrition knowledge is essential for today's physicians, according to a JAMA Internal Medicine commentary published July 1. The commentary--authored by Neal Barnard, MD, president of...
New study challenges claim that exogenous RNA is essential for sperm function
Scientists from the University of Bath are challenging the claims of two high profile papers from 2018 which reported that in the mouse, RNA has...
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