Researchers make major breakthrough in controlling the 3D structure of molecules
NEW YORK, September 20, 2018 -- New drug discovery has long been limited by researchers' inability to precisely control the 3D structure of molecules. But...
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100 million Arctic project will survey changes in the declining sea ice
(University of Huddersfield) Geophysicist and seasoned Arctic researcher Dr Phil Hwang join what will be the largest Arctic expedition ever undertaken involving 16 countries.
New evidence for coordinated hedgehog and Wnt pathway activation in appendage regeneration
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, September 20, 2018-Researchers have made a significant new discovery concerning the signaling mechanisms that enable newts...
Manganese plays a key role in bacterial infection
Credit: Photo by Nathan Shankar, University of Oklahoma, digital colorization by Stephen Ausmus. United States Department of Agriculture, 2009. The ability to acquire manganese during...
Novel biomarker found in ovarian cancer patients can predict response to therapy
Credit: Ernst Lengyel et al. Despite months of aggressive treatment involving surgery and chemotherapy, about 85 percent of women with high-grade wide-spread ovarian cancer will...
What can salad dressing tell us about cancer? Think oil and vinegar
Credit: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital / Ann Margaret Hedges Researchers led by St. Jude Children's Research Hospital scientists have identified another way the process...
Samara scientists’ inventions will allow to control ecological situation
Credit: @SamaraPolytech "Development of direct and remote spectral sensor systems" is an interdisciplinary project carried out by a team of scientists led by Associate Professor...
Journal of Dairy Science® presents collection on calf health and management
(Elsevier) The United States Department of Agriculture-National Animal Health Monitoring System (USDA-NAHMS) conducted a survey of 2,545 preweaned heifer calves across 104 dairy operations in...
Few hatchery brook trout genes present in Pennsylvania watershed wild fish
Credit: Tyler Wagner Research Group/Penn State Despite many decades of annual brook trout stocking in one northcentral Pennsylvania watershed, the wild brook trout populations show...
Scientists solve the golden puzzle of calaverite
Credit: S. V. Streltsov et al./PNAS Scientists from Russia and Germany shed light on the crystalline structure of calaverite, foretelling the existence of a new...
How lactoferrin clamps down on free roaming iron ions to stop nefarious effects on cells
What prevents our cells from being overexposed to iron ions roaming freely in the body is a protein called lactoferrin, known for its ability to...
Coastal wetlands will survive rising seas, but only if we let them
Credit: © Rijkswaterstaat / Joop Van Houdt. When Florence slogged ashore in North Carolina last week, coastal wetlands offered one of the best lines of...
Hookworms employ live fast/die young strategy in fur seal pup hosts
Hookworms exploit a live fast/die young strategy in their South American fur seal pup hosts, report Morris Animal Foundation-funded researchers at the University of Georgia....
Study finds a conserved role for serotonin in regulating behavior in octopus, humans
Credit: Tom Kleindinst/Marine Biological Laboratory WOODS HOLE, Mass.-- The mood-altering drug MDMA - which promotes positive, friendly social interactions in humans by inhibiting serotonin uptake...
Decoding the structure of an RNA-based CRISPR system
LA JOLLA--(September 20, 2018) Over the past several years, CRISPR-Cas9 has moved beyond the lab bench and into the public zeitgeist. This gene-editing tool CRISPR-Cas9...
