A glimmer of hope for the world's coral reefs
The future of the world's coral reefs is uncertain, as the impact of global heating continues to escalateCredit: Justin Marshall The future of the world's...
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Small but versatile
Key players in the marine nitrogen cycle can utilize cyanate and ureaCredit: © K. Kitzinger / Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology The ammonia oxidizing...
Half a million tests and many mosquitoes later, new buzz about a malaria prevention drug
Researchers tested chemical compounds for their ability to inhibit the malaria parasite at an earlier lifecycle stage than most current drugs, revealing chemical starting points...
Interventions in dog populations could reduce rabies in rural China
Credit: Tian H, et al. (2018) Domestic dogs play a key role in the transmission and expansion of rabies in rural areas of China, according...
Interplay between MicroRNAs and targeted genes in cellular homeostasis of adult zebrafish
The article by Dr. Gary Hardiman et al. is published in Current Genomics, Volume 19, Issue 7, 2018Credit: Dr. Gary Hardiman et al., Bentham Science...
Strep bacteria compete for 'ownership' of human tissue
Credit: NYU Langone Health A well-accepted principle in the animal kingdom--from wasps to deer--is that creatures already occupying a habitat nearly always prevail over competitors...
'Doc, sometimes I'm in pain!': How do patients want to discuss symptoms with clinicians?
Credit: Regenstrief Institute INDIANAPOLIS - Sleep, pain, anxiety, depression, and low energy/fatigue (known collectively as SPADE for short) symptoms are extremely common, but often unrecognized...
MD Anderson study shows key enzyme linked to therapy resistance in deadly lung cancer
Two existing therapies may have potential for further study in treatment of EGFR-mutant non-small cell lung cancersCredit: MD Anderson Cancer Center Researchers at The University...
Successful bladder repair using silk fibroid scaffolds
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, December 10, 2018--A team of researchers developed a novel model of partial bladder outlet obstruction (pBOO)...
Research to identify and target high blood pressure indicators
New research led by the University of Plymouth could identify how to target hypertension and other blood vessel problems -- by using proteomics technologyCredit: University...
How glial cells develop in the brain from neural precursor cells
Mainz University Medical Center publishes new findings that contribute to our understanding of neurodegenerative disordersCredit: Neha Tiwari Two types of cells are active in the...
UNH researchers find unexpected impact of hurricanes on Puerto Rico's watershed
Credit: William McDowell/UNH DURHAM, N.H. - Researchers at the University of New Hampshire have found unprecedentedly high levels of nitrate, an essential plant nutrient, in...
DNA find
Tiny Australian wallaby the last living link to extinct giant kangaroosCredit: Joseph Burgess A Queensland University of Technology (QUT) led collaboration with University of Adelaide...
The fauna in the Antarctica is threatened by pathogens humans spread in polar latitudes
When the human species infects other living beingsCredit: Jacob González-Solís (University of Barcelona-IRBio) The new study, which detected bacteria from humans in the genus Salmonella...
Underground life has a carbon mass hundreds of times larger than humans'
A nematode (eukaryote) in a biofilm of microorganisms. This unidentified nematode (Poikilolaimus sp.) from Kopanang gold mine in South Africa, lives 1.4 km below the...
