Engineers, urban designers boost efforts to protect fragile infrastructure
Researchers at New York Institute of Technology (NYIT), as part of a multinational consortium to enhance the sustainability of the food/energy/water (FEW) nexus in urban...
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First in-depth profile of CAR T-cell signals suggests how to improve immunotherapy
SEATTLE -- Aug. 21, 2018 -- CAR T-cell therapy, which reprograms immune cells to fight cancer, has shown great promise in people with some blood...
Ecosystems are getting greener in the Arctic
Credit: Trevor Keenan and William Riley/Berkeley Lab In recent decades, scientists have noted a surge in Arctic plant growth as a symptom of climate change....
New type 1 diabetes therapy shows promise for long-term reversal in both humans, dogs
Credit: Purdue University/Erin Easterling WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- What if instead of daily insulin injections or wearing pumps, just getting a shot every few months...
Genetic model offers elegant tool for testing Parkinson’s disease therapies
For the past decade, Parkinson's disease researchers have relied on the experimental equivalent of using a sledgehammer to tune a guitar to test new therapies...
A new way to target high rates of obesity
A novel drug is being touted as a major step forward in the battle against Australia's escalating rates of obesity and associated metabolic diseases. As...
UGA New Materials Institute to test first fully biodegradable plastic straw
Credit: Dorothy Kozlowski/UGA A research team that includes partners from the University of Georgia New Materials Institute and the RWDC Environmental Stewardship Foundation will develop...
Plant protein complex plays large role in important growth and development process
Credit: Image courtesy of Marcela Rojas-Pierce. A little-studied plant cellular complex plays an essential role in a biological process - vacuole fusion - critical to...
Better genome editing
A major obstacle to in-cell genome editing is, well, the cell itself. "Human cells don't like to take in stuff," explained UC Santa Barbara's Norbert...
Less drain on freshwater supplies with seawater fuel discovery
Credit: Dr Abdelrahman Zaky Researchers have found that seawater can replace freshwater to produce the sustainable fuel Bioethanol, reducing the need to drain precious resources....
UTA researcher wins $1.8 million grant to find new ways to boost immune response
Credit: UTA A UTA researcher has won a five-year, $1.8 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to look at new ways to harness...
Researchers target protein that protects bacteria’s DNA ‘recipes’
Credit: University of Rochester illustration / Elio Abbondanzieri Bacteria cause many serious illnesses, from food poisoning to pneumonia. The challenge for scientists is that disease-causing...
Annual pap test a ‘thing of the past?’
Credit: Florida Atlantic University The United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) has released new recommendations on screening for cervical cancer. These latest recommendations continu..
Research informs new national cervical cancer screening recommendation
Credit: UC Davis Health A comprehensive analysis of eight clinical trials and four cohort studies on cervical cancer screening by researchers from UC Davis and...
USPSTF recommendation statement on screening for cervical cancer
Bottom Line: The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) has updated its recommendations regarding screening for cervical cancer, with the recommendations and type of screening...
