Rewriting the textbook on how steroid hormones enter cells
Credit: Haga-Yamanaka Lab, UC Riverside RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- A discovery by scientists at UC Riverside may open up new ways to control steroid hormone-mediated processes,...
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Decoding the regulation of cell survival — A major step towards preventing neurons from dying
(Technische Universität Dresden) An interdisciplinary and international research group led by Dr. Volker Busskamp from the Center for Regenerative Therapies Dresden at the TU Dresden...
Neanderthal healthcare practices crucial to survival
Research at the University of York has suggested that Neanderthals embraced healthcare practices, such as assisting in cases of serious injury and the challenges of...
Genome of Japanese insect delicacy sheds light on history of the earth
Credit: Koji Tojo Ph D., the Institute of Mountain Science, Shinshu University Japanese scientists have shed light on the evolutionary biology and distribution of Stenopsyche...
What would it take to turn Boston harbor into tea? (video)
Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, Oct. 4, 2018 -- On December 16, 1773, the Boston tea party protestors threw more than 340 chests full...
Synthetic DNA-encoded checkpoint inhibitor antibodies advance cancer immunotherapy
PHILADELPHIA -- (Oct. 4, 2018) --Wistar scientists and collaborators demonstrate for the first time that through engineering constructs, they can express DNA-encoded monoclonal antibodies (DMAbs)...
The homing instinct of relocated snakes
Credit: Richard Griffiths A pioneering study by the University of Kent on the effects of relocating adders due to development has found that males will...
Amputation injury is communicated to opposing limbs
Credit: Sera Busse, Patrick McMillen, Michael Levin - Tufts University MEDFORD/SOMERVILLE, Mass. (October 4, 2018)--In research that extends knowledge about the physiology of regeneration and...
New DNA tool predicts height, shows promise for serious illness assessment
Credit: Derrick L. Turner, Michigan State University EAST LANSING, Mich. -- A new DNA tool created by Michigan State University can accurately predict people's height,...
Genetic mutation may increase risk of pancreatic cancer in females
Credit: Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry LONDON, ON - In a new study from Lawson Health Research Institute and Western University's Schulich School of...
NIH awards $1.75 million to IUPUI to further explore a promising brain obesity link
Credit: School of Science at IUPUI INDIANAPOLIS -- IUPUI biologist Nick Berbari has received a $1.75 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to...
Food security under changing climate
Credit: Christian Derr An interdisciplinary team of researchers from the University of Delaware, the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center and Stanford University have been awarded...
‘Double agent’ in the immune system may make us vulnerable to bacterial infections
Scientists at Scripps Research have discovered the role of an immune system double agent. This molecule, called USP18, can help curtail immune responses, but it...
Low-dose aspirin may lower ovarian cancer risk
Boston, MA - Women who reported recent, regular use of low-dose aspirin (100 milligrams or less) had a 23% lower risk of developing ovarian cancer...
Scientists find old antibiotic may selectively kill dangerous skin cancer cells
An old antibiotic, called nifuroxazide, could selectively kill dangerous cells within melanomas, the deadliest type of skin cancer, scientists from the Medical Research Council (MRC)...
