New species of Swallowtail butterfly discovered in Fiji
Credit: Greg Kerr A spectacular new butterfly species has been discovered on the Pacific Island of Vanua Levu in Fiji. The species, named last week...
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City of Hope opens CAR T trial for HER2 breast cancer patients with brain metastases
City of Hope opens first-of-its-kind CAR T clinical trial for patients with HER2-positive breast cancer that has spread to the brain The immunotherapy trial is...
How some heart cells cope with high blood pressure
Credit: Image by The University of Tokyo. No copyright restrictions. Individual cells within the same heart cope differently with high blood pressure, according to a...
The 10-foot-tall microscopes helping combat world’s worst diseases
Credit: University of Leeds The century old mission to understand how the proteins responsible for amyloid-based diseases such as Alzheimer's, Huntingdon's and Parkinson's work has...
Researchers find correlation between showerhead bacteria and lung infections
Washington, DC - October 30, 2018 - Researchers from the University of Colorado, Boulder have now shown that the regions in the United States where...
Discovery of Zika virus in monkeys suggests disease may also have wild cycle
Credit: Scientific Reports Zika virus has been detected in dead monkeys found in Brazil near São José do Rio Preto, São Paulo State, and Belo...
Giant killers
(Santa Barbara, Calif.) -- Giant kelp forests -- those ethereal, swaying columns of seaweed found in the intermediate to deep water zones of cooler coasts...
Study: Increasing frequency of ocean storms could alter kelp forest ecosystems
Credit: University of Virginia/University of California, Santa Barbara A large-scale, long-term experiment on kelp forests off Southern California brings new insight to how the biodiversity...
Researchers identify three shades of blue
Credit: Neural Computational Unit, OIST. According to the World Health Organization, nearly 300 million people worldwide suffer from depression and these rates are on the...
Cutting societal alcohol use may prevent alcohol disorders developing — Otago research reveals
Society must take collective responsibility to reduce the harm caused by alcohol use disorders, a University of Otago academic says. Dr Charlene Rapsey, of New...
Texas A&M professor identifies new brain region that suppresses fear
A study conducted at Texas A&M University has identified a new area in the brain involved in inhibiting fear, a discovery that holds potential for...
Economic impact of excess weight now exceeds $1.7 trillion
Credit: Milken Institute LOS ANGELES, Tuesday, October 30, 2018--The impact of obesity and overweight on the U.S. economy has eclipsed $1.7 trillion, an amount equivalent...
Mutation associated with als causes sugar-starved cells to overproduce lipids, study shows
A genetic defect tied to a variety of neurodegenerative diseases and mental illnesses changes how cells starved of sugar metabolize fatty compounds known as lipids,...
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine — managing common ankle fractures
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine Experts Offer More Clarity on Managing Common Ankle Fractures Although fairly common, management of an isolated lateral malleolus...
Insilico to present its research in AI at BioCentury China Healthcare Summit
Credit: Insilico Medicine, Inc. Tuesday, October 30, 2018 - Insilico Medicine, a Rockville-based company developing the end-to-end drug discovery pipeline utilizing the next generation artificial...
