Identification of LZTR1 leads to novel insights into RAS-driven diseases
Mutations in RAS proteins initiate many of the most aggressive tumors, and the search for pharmacological inhibitors of these proteins has become a priority in...
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Google data shows public interest in conservation is rising
PRINCETON, N.J.--The public's interest in conservation is rising, according to a new analysis led by Princeton University. Based on an adapted version of Google Trends...
Study links social isolation to higher risk of death
A large American Cancer Society study links social isolation with a higher risk of death from all causes combined and heart disease for all races...
New research questions role of gut parasite in intestinal diseases such as IBS
New University of Kent-led research on the way a common gut parasite behaves could help lead to a better understanding of its role in the...
Computational chemistry supports research on new semiconductor technologies
Credit: Image: Aaron Beller As new methods have become available for understanding and manipulating matter at its most fundamental levels, researchers working in the interdisciplinary...
Vine compound starves cancer cells
Credit: Pictures: Severin Muyisa / Suresh Awale Professor Gerhard Bringmann, an expert in natural product chemistry, and his team from the Institute of Organic Chemistry...
RUDN chemists made an electrode for hydrogen fuel production out of Chinese flour
A RUDN chemist developed a new method of obtaining a porous carbon material on the basis of Chinese flour and water. The samples of the...
Hidden giants in forest soils
Credit: Jeff Blanchard Characterizing the diversity of microbial cells in a handful of soil is so complex it was considered impossible. To date, only a...
Duke forms prototype of robot dog nose
DURHAM, N.C. -- Every day, thousands of trained K9 dogs sniff out narcotics, explosives and missing people across the United States. These dogs are invaluable...
Insilico Medicine to present ‘Cure a disease in a year’ challenge at BioDataWorld 2018
Credit: Insilico Medicine Friday, November 16 - Insilico Medicine, a Rockville-based company developing the end-to-end drug discovery and real world evidence pipeline utilizing the next...
Insilico Medicine to present predictors of drug-induced cardiotoxicity at BioData EU 2018
Credit: Insilico Medicine Monday, November 19, 2018, Rockville, MD - Insilico Medicine, a Rockville-based company developing the end-to-end drug discovery pipeline utilizing the next generation...
Location, location, location
In a box, within a canister, surrounded by snow, tucked tightly into a backpack strapped to one determined ecologist. Twenty at a time they travel,...
From the ashes of a failed pain drug, a new therapeutic path emerges
Credit: Woolf Lab/Boston Childrens Hospital/IMBA In 2013, renowned Boston Children's Hospital pain researcher Clifford Woolf, MB, BCh, PhD, and chemist Kai Johnsson, PhD, his fellow...
Biophysical Society selects Biophysical Journal paper of the year for 2018
ROCKVILLE, MD - The Biophysical Society is pleased to announce that Bin Xu and Alexandra Jilkine, University of Notre Dame, have been selected as the...
New research on CAR T cell therapy, bone marrow transplants and blood cancer treatments
DUARTE, Calif. -- City of Hope announced today that it will present data on new findings on immunotherapies, including CAR T cell therapy, bone marrow...
