Blockade at the receptor
Credit: Karthika Rajeeve Chlamydia trachomatis is the main cause of sexually transmitted diseases. More than 131 million people are infected with this bacterium worldwide. If...
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New regulatory axis revealed for the cancer relevant matrix metalloprotease MMP14
(University of Helsinki) Membrane-associated metalloprotease, MMP14, plays a significant role in different cancer tissues -- for instance in breast cancer and melanoma patients high MMP14...
The origins of fine-particle pollution in Guangzhou, China
Credit: Nan Wang Haze pollution is an integrated result of emissions, chemical reactions and regional transport under unfavorable weather conditions. Numerical simulation has the potential...
More woodland management needed to help save dormice
Managing woodlands to a greater extent could help stop the decline of Britain's dormice, new research suggests. Dormouse numbers are falling in Britain - down...
Scientists explore how high blood pressure hurts cognition
Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University AUGUSTA, Ga. (June 26, 2018) - The squeeze high blood pressure puts on fragile blood vessels in the...
Majority of teenagers need food safety education
A new study from the University of Waterloo highlights a low level of awareness among youth around the proper precautions they need to take when...
UCI researcher receives CIRM funding for stem cell-based retina therapy to treat blindness
Credit: UCI, Seiler Lab University of California, Irvine stem cell researcher Magdalene J. Seiler, PhD, has received a $4.8 million grant from the California Institute...
US flight attendants at elevated risk of several forms of cancer
Boston, MA - U.S. flight attendants have a higher prevalence of several forms of cancer, including breast cancer, uterine cancer, gastrointestinal cancer, thyroid cancer, and...
US flight crew have higher cancer rates than general population
Flight crew have higher rates of specific cancers than the general population, according to a study in the open access journal Environmental Health involving 5,366...
Portland State scientist awarded $700,000 NSF grant to study biological decision-making
Portland State University biologist Deborah Lutterschmidt won a $700,000 continuation grant from the National Science Foundation to study an essential choice all organisms make in...
SNMMI image of the year: PSMA PET imaging of theranostic for advanced prostate cancer
Credit: Michael Hofman, John Violet, Shahneen Sandhu, Justin Ferdinandus, Amir Iravani, Grace Kong, Aravind Ravi Kumar, Tim Akhurst, Sue Ping Thang, Price Jackson, Mark Scalzo,...
Historic growth in impact factors for Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. journals
New Rochelle, NY, June 26, 2018-- Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers announces significant growth in the impact factors of its peer-reviewed journals, as reported in...
Carbohydrates shape the profile of gut metabolites in piglet model of NEC
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine The risk of preterm infants developing necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is higher when they are fed formula than when they feed...
New imaging technique to use bioinspired camera to study tendon, ligament damage
Credit: Washington University in St. Louis Tommy John surgery, or reconstruction of the ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) in the elbow, has been dubbed an epidemic...
A new link between cancer and aging
Credit: Brennan Wesley Scientists at Hollings Cancer Center at the Medical University of South Carolina have found that human lung cancer cells resist dying by...
