Malaria hijacks your genes to invade your liver
At least 100 human genes are pressed into the parasite's service; represent possible drug targets for early stages of infectionCredit: Rene Raphemot, Ph.D., Duke University...
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Jerry A. Shields, M.D. receives Howe Medal from American Ophthalmological Society
Distinguished award honors achievement in ophthalmologyCredit: Ralph C. Eagle, Jr., M.D. -- Photographer for the American Ophthalmological Society and Wills Eye Chief of Ophthalmic Pathology...
Protein offers protection against nerve degeneration in ALS model
(Boston)--Increasing the levels of the anti-aging protein hormone Klotho improves the neurological deficits and prolongs life span in an experimental model with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis...
Infant mortality is higher for low-skilled parents
Infants of women with a short-term education are more likely to die within the first year of life. In more than half of cases, the...
Dementia study links gene with damage to brain connections
Insights into how a gene that increases the risk of Alzheimer's disease disrupts brain cells have been revealed by scientists. Brain tissue from people with...
3D printed prosthetic hand can guess how you play rock, paper, scissors
A new 3D-printed prosthetic hand can learn the wearers' movement patterns to help amputee patients perform daily tasks, reports a study published this week in...
Protein scissors for cellular transport
In many ways, a cell is like a city. Proteins or people do daily work to keep the economy going, and items are imported and...
New insights into membrane trafficking regulated by ER fusion protein
Credit: Image by Dr. HU Junjie's group Prof. HU Junjie from the Institute of Biophysics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and his collaborators reported...
Game app provides knowledge of person-centered care
Credit: Photo: Elin Linstrom Claessen Click, swipe, listen to patients and follow the talk among the healthcare staff. Now, another step in the work towards...
Safe, low-cost, modular, self-programming robots
A toolbox for building robots aware of their surroundingsCredit: A. Heddergott / TUM Many work processes would be almost unthinkable today without robots. But robots...
Old at heart: Solution to red giants’ age paradox
A group of red giants discovered four years ago seems to be old and young at the same time. Scientists now prove that they are...
Climate impact of clouds made from airplane contrails may triple by 2050
Credit: Bock and Burkhardt, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 2019 In the right conditions, airplane contrails can linger in the sky as contrail cirrus - ice clouds...
Low-carb ‘keto’ diet (‘Atkins-style’) may modestly improve cognition in older adults
Diet that restricts glucose may help brain function In a pilot study of 14 older adults with mild cognitive problems suggestive of early Alzheimer's disease,...
SimBlock: A simulator for testing improvements to real-world blockchain networks
Demonstration of visualizer: Bitcoin network (scaled down to 600 nodes) Kazuyuki Shudo, his colleagues and the Cybersecurity Research Center at Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo...
Applying pressure is way toward generating more electricity from waste heat
Osaka University-led researchers apply pressure to a thermoelectric material to better understand quantum phenomena and in doing so are able to increase the material's ability...
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