HIV protein function that slows migration of T cells also improves viral survival
'Patch' of Nef protein amino acids appears to help virus evade the immune response in animal model A study from a Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH)...
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Sleep Research Society announces 2019 award recipients
Awards showcase accomplishments in scientific research and education DARIEN, IL - The Sleep Research Society (SRS) has selected four outstanding sleep and circadian scientists as...
UMN Medical School Researchers discover how to treat diastolic heart failure
Research shows magnesium improves a form of heart failure previously without treatment MINNEAPOLIS, MN- January 10, 2019 - Research out of University Minnesota Medical School...
Researchers map previously unknown disease in children
Professor Bente Vilsen from Aarhus University, Denmark, and her research group have mapped out a newly discovered serious disease which causes children to suffer epileptic...
Temple receives $100,000 from Stop Alzheimer's Now to conduct groundbreaking study
Credit: Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University (Philadelphia, PA) - Beneath the amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles that are the hallmark pathological features...
Uncovering more options in cancer immunotherapy
High throughput screening platform for small molecules To make it possible for cancer immunotherapy to help more people, think small. Small molecules, that is. A...
Giving Cas9 an 'on' switch for better control of CRISPR gene editing
New CRISPR-Cas9 variants respond to viral and cellular proteasesCredit: UC Berkeley CRISPR-Cas9 is a revolutionary tool in part because of its versatility: created by bacteria...
Pressure on food budgets linked to poor mental health for at least 100,000 Danish households
A major study at the University of Copenhagen study reports that food quality is affected when people's food budgets are constrained, as per the definition...
Bacteria help discover human cancer-causing proteins
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine A team led by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and the University of Texas at Austin has applied an...
New dynamic probes for ions interacting with biomolecules
Credit: MBI Berlin Pairs of negatively charged phosphate groups and positive magnesium ions represent a key structural feature of DNA and RNA embedded in water....
New review shows plant-based diets benefit athletes' heart health, endurance, recovery
WASHINGTON--Meat-free athletes--from tennis champion Venus Williams to Formula 1's Lewis Hamilton to Derrick Morgan of the NFL's Tennessee Titans--have already proven the performance-boosting power of...
Chirality in 'real-time'
Credit: M. Oppermann, EPFL In nature, certain molecules with the same chemical composition, can exist in two different shapes that are mirrors images of each...
Basel researchers identify drug against the formation of metastasis
Credit: © M Oeggerli / Micronaut 2018, supported by Pathology-, C-CINA / Biozentrum-, and I Krol, and N Aceto, Faculty of Medicine-, University Hospital and...
Murky water keeps fish on edge
A study led by researchers at the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies found fish become anxious and more cautious when water quality...
Learning about the impact of multiple symptoms in older adults
"Symptoms" is the medical term for any sign of a health problem, even if that sign doesn't help your healthcare provider diagnose a specific illness....
