Breakthrough in understanding how deadly pneumococcus avoids immune defences
Credit: UoL Scientists at the University of Liverpool have discovered a new and important function of a toxin produced by disease-causing bacteria that could have...
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Suicide handshakes kill precursor T cells that pose autoimmune dangers
Credit: NIAID/NIH Ball lands in cup; cup triggers spring; spring clamps lever onto ball and holds it tight. That's a rough description of newly discovered...
High availability of tobacco raises smoking rates in mothers-to-be
Women are more likely to smoke during pregnancy if they live in areas with lots of shops selling cigarettes, a study shows. Pregnant women living...
Scientists shine new light on link between obesity and cancer
Scientists have made a major discovery that shines a new, explanatory light on the link between obesity and cancer. Their research confirms why the body's...
Improving understanding of how the solar system is formed
Credit: NASA/JPL Professor Frank Brenker, geophysicist at Goethe University has been working successfully with Professor Alexandor Kort for years. This gave Krot the impetus to...
How pneumococci challenge our immune system
Pneumococci are the most common cause of respiratory tract infections, such as otitis and sinusitis, as well as of severe infections like pneumonia and meningitis....
Defective DNA damage repair leads to chaos in the genome
Scientists at the German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, DKFZ) have now found a cause for the frequent catastrophic events in the genetic material of...
Renewable energy cooperatives, an opportunity for energy transition
Credit: Som Energia Cooperativa The transition from fossil to renewable energy sources is a necessary condition for the sustainability of human societies. There are movements...
Spectrum of cardiovascular toxicities with immune checkpoint inhibitors revealed
In the first large-scale analysis of cardiovascular complications linked to immune checkpoint inhibitors, Vanderbilt researchers have shown that heart and vessel complications include myocarditis, per..
New Research: Streamside forests store tons of carbon
Restoring degraded forests is a critical strategy for addressing climate change given the potential for forests to store significant amounts of carbon, both in the...
Citizens prefer landscapes that combine nature with built infrastructure
A pioneering study analyses the photographs shared by citizens in social networks to evaluate the aesthetic consideration of natural landscapes. In the province of Barcelona,...
Scientists debunk potential link to crop cold tolerance
Credit: Charles Pignon, Marjorie Lundgren, Colin Osborne, and Stephen Long When temperatures drop, the enzyme Rubisco that fuels plant growth and yield gets sluggish. Many...
Two-pronged device enables maverick immune cells to identify and kill cancers
Immune cells called Gamma Delta T cells can act independently to identify and kill cancer cells, defying the conventional view of the immune system, reveals...
Artificial intelligence to accelerate malaria research
Credit: Insilico Medicine, Inc. Monday, November 12, 2018, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China - Insilico Taiwan, a Taipei-based subsidiary of Insilico Medicine, developing the end-to-end...
Fecal transplant effective against immunotherapy-induced colitis
Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center HOUSTON - For the first time, transplanting gut bacteria from healthy donors was used to successfully treat patients suffering from...
