LSTM led partnership awarded £1.5 million for NTD drug development
(Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine) An LSTM led partnership has been awarded nearly £1.5 million from the Medical Research Council (MRC) for the pre-clinical development...
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An innovative procedure improves the control of liquid intake during haemodyalisis
The research was conducted over a period of six months with a group of 36 patients in the Haemodyalisis Unit of the General University Hospital...
New study shows eczema in African-Americans is more difficult to treat
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, IL (September 14, 2018) - Those who suffer with atopic dermatitis (AD) - also known as eczema - know it can be an...
Children who develop ALL may have dysregulated immune function at birth
Bottom Line: Neonatal concentrations of eight detectable inflammatory markers were significantly different in children later diagnosed with B-cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) compared..
Inhaled steroids may increase risk of nontuberculous mycobacteria lung infections
Credit: ATS Sept. 14, 2018--Patients using inhaled steroids to control asthma and other breathing problems may be at greater risk for developing nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM)...
Gut microbes’ role in mammals’ evolution starts to become clearer
CORVALLIS, Ore. - An international collaboration led by Oregon State University scientists has made a key advance toward understanding which of the trillions of gut...
UMass Amherst leads team in first sequencing of Canada lynx genome
Credit: Bill Byrne/MassWildlife AMHERST, Mass. - Scientists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, in collaboration with the Vertebrate Genome Laboratory (VGL), New York, this week...
UMass Amherst ecologists, team report sighting rare wild goat species in Afghanistan
Credit: UMass Amherst/Zalmai Moheb AMHERST, Mass. - Based on field surveys in northern Afghanistan, Zalmai Moheb, an ecologist with the Wildlife Conservation Society's Afghanistan Program...
UM professor wins 2018 Edward O. Wilson Biodiversity Technology Pioneer Award
Credit: Photo courtesy of Diana Six. MISSOULA - University of Montana Professor Diana Six will receive the 2018 Edward O. Wilson Biodiversity Technology Pioneer Award...
New genetics tool helps answer evolutionary questions
Credit: Photo by Derrick Turner EAST LANSING, Mich. - The age of big data is here. Thanks to innovations in genetic sequencing technology, scientists can...
Dietary fiber reduces brain inflammation during aging
URBANA, Ill. - As mammals age, immune cells in the brain known as microglia become chronically inflamed. In this state, they produce chemicals known to...
Malicious brain cell identified
Credit: Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute (SBP) Astrocytes--the star-shaped cells of our brain--are very busy. Their job description includes maintaining the blood-brain barrier, r..
Famous theory of the living Earth upgraded to ‘Gaia 2.0’
A time-honoured theory into why conditions on Earth have remained stable enough for life to evolve over billions of years has been given a new,...
A very special protein synthesis machinery
Ribosomes are among the most important molecular machines within the cell that hardly changed in the course of evolution. Their function is to read copies...
Trees reveal the evolution of environmental pollution
Credit: Giuliano Maselli Locosselli In an article published in the journal Environmental Pollution, Brazilian researchers showed that tree species Tipuana tipu have been successfully employed...
