Researchers uncover a role for HSP90 in gene-environment interactions in humans
February 23, 2017 (Cambridge, MA) -- Proteins do most of the work inside the human body, supporting the structure, function, ...
Gene mutations cause leukemia, but which ones?
Kevin Watanabe-Smith, Ph.D., likens cell mutations to typos in text messages. "Mutations are part of life. They are mistakes in ...
Boston researcher receives global surgery award
(Boston)--Maunil Bhatt, MD, a post graduate resident in the Department of Surgery at Boston University School of Medicine and Boston ...
New gene sequencing software could aid in early detection, treatment of cancer
Credit: Will Kirk/Johns Hopkins University A research team from the United States and Canada has developed and successfully tested new ...
New link found between sex and viruses
Credit: Felix Rey, Pasteur Institute Sexual reproduction and viral infections actually have a lot in common. According to new research, ...
Hitching a ride with a predator
Credit: Kate Broadley and Clayton Lamb EDMONTON (Under embargo until Thursday, February 23, 2017 at 10 a.m. MST)--In the middle ...
PERK protein opens line of communication between inside and outside of the cell
Credit: KU Leuven - Alex van Vliet PERK is known to detect protein folding errors in the cell. Researchers at ...
Diving deep into the dolphin genome could benefit human health
Credit: NOAA In movies and TV shows, dolphins are often portrayed as heroes who save humans through remarkable feats of ...
Vast luminous nebula poses a cosmic mystery
Credit: Cai et al., Astrophysical Journal (Figure 2) Astronomers have found an enormous, glowing blob of gas in the distant ...
Julia Hirschberg elected to the National Academy of Engineering
Credit: Jeffrey Schifman/Columbia Engineering Professor Julia Hirschberg has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE), one of the ...
Brains of the operation — NASA team develops modular avionics systems for small missions
Credit: Credits: NASA/W. Hrybyk In just two years' time, a team of NASA engineers accomplished what some thought impossible: the ...
UC researchers teach drones to land themselves on moving targets
Credit: UC Creative Services/Andrew Higley The buzzword in drone research is autonomous -- having the unmanned aerial vehicle do most ...
Direct-to-consumer genomics: Harmful or empowering?
Credit: Saint Louis University ST. LOUIS -- Thanks to recent scientific advances and plunging costs in genetic sequencing, consumers now ...
Three layers of graphene reveals a new kind of magnet
Credit: Biswajit Datta, Mandar Deshmukh Metals have a large density of electrons and to be able to see the wave ...
AAV gene delivery vectors and cancer — The debate continues
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, February 23, 2017--Overwhelming evidence from the biomedical literature shows that adeno-associated ...
Sugar’s ‘tipping point’ link to Alzheimer’s disease revealed
Credit: AP Commercial Photography For the first time a "tipping point" molecular link between the blood sugar glucose and Alzheimer's ...
Official naming of surface features on Pluto and its satellites: First step approved
Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute In 2015, in partnership with NASA's New Horizons mission and the ...
Researchers use laser-generated bubbles to create 3-D images in liquid
Credit: Kota Kumagai, Utsunomiya University WASHINGTON -- Researchers have developed a completely new type of display that creates 3D images ...
Anti-aging gene identified as a promising therapeutic target for older melanoma patients
PHILADELPHIA -- (Feb. 23, 2017) -- Scientists at The Wistar Institute have shown that an anti-diabetic drug can inhibit the ...
#Unfiltered: Instagram has become a haven for people making sensitive self-disclosures
Depression has a way of silencing its sufferers. Even in today's technology-connected society, people are hesitant to talk about their ...
