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Discovery of a mechanism that produces reactive oxygen species and invites cellular senescenceCredit: Kobe University Permanently arrested cell growth is known as "cellular senescence", and...

The impacts of invasive species are often difficult to predictCredit: James Harding New Zealand and other islands have experienced invasions of rats, Europe has for...

Response to HIV/AIDS crisis provides valuable lessons for meeting challenges of ongoing opioid epidemic New York, NY (January 24, 2019)--Drug overdose is now the leading...

New structural evidence shows that the cyanobacterial protein CcmM (orange) binds to fully assembled RuBisCo enzymes (yellow and green) without dislodging RbcS subunits (yellow). Researchers...

Increasing proportion of healthy options, making them easier to reach and reducing portion size were most effective Low or zero-cost changes in hospital canteens shown...

Credit: Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology/Vetmeduni Vienna The BCR/ABL gene, which does not occur among healthy people, has been shown to be a causative agent...

Credit: Kanazawa University In breast cancer, one of the most common cancers in women, tumors contain a small amount of so-called cancer stem-like cells (CSCs)....

Joint report: Technologies of the Fourth Industrial Revolution show huge potential and could lead to "dematerialization", better product tracking, take-back and recycling, and products sold...

New technology aims to dramatically reduce crop losses ST. LOUIS, MO. -- January 24, 2019 -- The Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, the world's largest...

Credit: Kumamoto J. et al., Scientific Reports, December 20, 2018 Scientists have successfully constructed a three-dimensional human epidermis based on predictions made by their mathematical...

Credit: Georgia Tech / Nick Hud Trying to explain how DNA and RNA evolved to form such neat spirals has been a notorious enigma in...

A new study published in Prostaglandins, Leukotrienes, and Essential Fatty Acids shows that people likely need to eat more fish and take an omega-3 supplement...

The government of Liberia, in partnership with the Center for Infection and Immunity (CII) at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health and EcoHealth...

Credit: Image was acquired by Dr Padman at Monash Micro Imaging. Monash researchers have unlocked a key process in all human cells that contributes to...

Credit: Kanazawa University Severe inflammation in tissues is often associated with the occurrence of cancer. The mechanism linking both these conditions is not clearly understood....