Protection against Malaria: A matter of balance
Credit: Max Pixel A balanced production of pro and anti-inflammatory cytokines at two years of age protects against clinical malaria in early childhood, according to...
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New virtual reconstruction of a Neanderthal thorax suggests another breathing mechanism
Credit: A. Gómez-Olivencia, A. Barash and E. Been Neanderthals were hunter-gatherers who inhabited western Eurasia for more than 200 thousand years during glacial as well...
Venom shape untangles scorpion family tree
Credit: Carlos Santibanez-Lopez MADISON, Wis. -- As a child growing up in Mexico, Carlos Santibanez-Lopez feared the scorpions that would often decorate the walls and...
Soil’s history: A solution to soluble phosphorus?
Credit: Abantika Debnath. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations estimates that around 45 million tons of phosphorus fertilizers will be used around...
Patients with cancers of the gullet, stomach and bowel respond well to new anti-HER2 drug
Dublin, Ireland: An antibody that binds simultaneously to two distinct regions of the HER2 receptor to block the growth of cancer cells has shown promising...
Drug designed to boost radiotherapy for hard-to-treat cancers taken safely by patients
Dublin, Ireland: A new drug designed to make radiotherapy more effective in treating cancer has been given to patients while they are receiving radiation and...
2018 ESMO Immuno-Oncology Award goes to Cornelis Melief
Credit: © European Society for Medical Oncology Lugano, Switzerland, 13 November 2018 - The European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) (1) has selected Prof. Cornelis...
2019 International Brain Stimulation Award winner announced
Credit: Elsevier New York, November 14, 2018 The Editors of Brain Stimulation: Basic, Translational and Clinical Research in Neuromodulation, and Elsevier, the information analytics business...
Advanced computer technology & software turn species identification interactive
Credit: Hannes Baur Representing a group of successful biocontrol agents for various pest fruit flies, a parasitic wasp genus remains largely overlooked. While its most...
Two genomic tests identify groups of patients most likely to benefit from new drugs
Dublin, Ireland: New results from a long-running trial to identify which new drugs or combinations of drugs are most effective in which types of breast...
Professor awarded $2.9 million federal research grant to study Alzheimer’s disease
Chapman University has been awarded an additional $2.9 million to study Alzheimer's disease, adding an existing $4 million in grant funding for the ongoing project....
Ralph DeBerardinis recognized for for changing our understanding of cancer
Credit: TAMEST (The Academy of Medicine, Engineering and Science of Texas) Ralph DeBerardinis, M.D., Ph.D., professor at the Children's Medical Center Research Institute at UT...
Progress in Food Biotechnology
This monograph updates readers on new avenues in the world of food biotechnology. Chapters in the volume cover topics related to (1) food bioactive peptides...
The Fourth Volume of Bentham’s Computational Chemistry Book Series
Frontiers in Computational Chemistry presents contemporary research on molecular modeling techniques used in drug discovery and the drug development process: computer aided molecular design, drug...
NIH scientists combine technologies to view the retina in unprecedented detail
Credit: Johnny Tam, Ph.D. By combining two imaging modalities--adaptive optics and angiography--investigators at the National Eye Institute (NEI) can see live neurons, epithelial cells, and...
