Genomics provide hope for those with ‘one in a million’ cancer diagnosis
Credit: Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, Australia New research has shown that many Australians with rare cancers can benefit from genomic profiling. The findings of...
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‘Scaring’ soybeans into defensive mode yields better plants a generation later
Credit: Stephen Kirkpatrick, USDA National Resource Conservation Service By temporarily silencing the expression of a critical gene, researchers fooled soybean plants into sensing they were...
Osteopontin: A new emerging role in HCV-related hepatocellular carcinoma
Credit: Kanazawa University Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is the major cause of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and was estimated to be responsible for 745,000 deaths...
First microarrayed 3D neuronal culture platform developed
Credit: City University of Hong Kong Neuronal development is often regulated by the graded distribution of guidance molecules, which can either attract or repel the...
Carbon goes with the flow
Credit: Courtesy of MSU EAST LANSING, Mich. - Many people see the carbon cycle as vertical - CO2 moving up and down between soil, plants...
Enable Injections enters into strategic partnerships with UCB and Apellis Pharmaceuticals
Credit: Enable Injections CINCINNATI, OH--November 13, 2018--Enable Injections, Inc., a patient-centric drug delivery combination product company developing advanced wearable devices for subcutaneo..
UH Physicist Zhifeng Ren receives Humboldt Prize
Credit: University of Houston Physicist Zhifeng Ren, director of the Texas Center for Superconductivity at the University of Houston, has received a research award from...
Immunotherapy combination and chemotherapy show encouraging results in Phase II acute myeloid leukemia study
Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center A triple therapy combining two immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICPIs) with the standard-of-care chemotherapy, a hypomethylating agent called azacitidine, has shown...
Stretchy solar cells a step closer
Credit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON - (Nov. 13, 2018) - Organic solar cells that can be painted or printed on surfaces are increasingly efficient, and...
Moths and magnets could save lives
Credit: Laboratory of Biomolecular Engineering and Nanomedicine/Rice University HOUSTON - (Nov. 13, 2018) - A new technology that relies on a moth-infecting virus and nanomagnets...
‘Waltzing’ nanoparticles could advance search for better drug delivery methods
Credit: NIAID BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Indiana University researchers have discovered that drug-delivering nanoparticles attach to their targets differently based upon their position when they meet...
WPI and Albany Medical College developing robotic system to treat brain tumors
Credit: Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) Worcester, Mass. - Researchers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) and Albany Medical College, along with corporate partners GE Global Research...
Scientists identify potential new treatment strategy for kidney cancer
Researchers have provided new insight on the mechanisms behind the development of clear cell Renal Cell Carcinoma (ccRCC), according to new findings published in eLife....
Diabetic foot ulcers heal quickly with nitric oxide technology
Credit: Sarah Bird/Michigan Tech Diabetic foot ulcers can take up to 150 days to heal. A biomedical engineering team wants to reduce it to 21...
Structure of fossil-fuel source rocks is finally decoded
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- The fossil fuels that provide much of the world's energy orginate in a type of rock known as kerogen, and the potential...
