Snake fungal disease alters skin microbiome in eastern Massasaugas
Credit: Photo by Michael Dreslik In the first study of its kind, researchers characterized the skin microbiome of a population of free-ranging snakes to begin...
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Lipid droplets play crucial roles beyond fat storage
Credit: University of Rochester image / Zhihuan Li Lipid droplets: they were long thought of merely as the formless blobs of fat out of which...
Research brief: UMN researchers use green gold to rapidly detect and identify harmful bacteria
Researchers from the University of Minnesota (UMN) have developed a method to screen and identify harmful or antibiotic-resistant bacteria within one hour using a portable...
When mixing granular matter, order among disorder
Mixing liquids is easy, or at least scientifically understood: a drop of food coloring will eventually mix into a cup of water through diffusion, and...
Model way to protect trees
Oak processionary moth and ash dieback are among the most notorious tree pests and diseases intro-duced into the UK. And many exotic pests and diseases...
Rare cancer could be caught early using simple blood tests
Credit: Wikipedia Commons A pioneering study into myeloma, a rare cancer, could lead to GPs using simple blood tests to improve early diagnosis. The study...
Researchers predict risk for common deadly diseases from millions of genetic variants
Credit: Lauren Solomon A research team at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), and Harvard Medical School reports a new...
Researchers uncover a major new vulnerability of childhood leukemia
Credit: Kateřina Čermáková Childhood leukemia is a diagnosis that no family ever wants to endure. While the treatment of most types of leukemia has improved...
MD Anderson and Accelerator Life Science Partners launch Magnolia Neurosciences
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and Accelerator Life Science Partners, a leading life science investment and management firm, today announced the launch...
Disrupted nitrogen metabolism might spell cancer
Credit: Weizmann Institute of Science Nitrogen is a basic building block of all the body's proteins, RNA and DNA, so cancerous tumors are greedy for...
Blood test could detect kidney cancer up to 5 years earlier
Scientists have discovered that a marker in the blood could help predict the risk that a person will develop kidney cancer, according to research* published...
Duke team finds missing immune cells that could fight lethal brain tumors
Credit: Alisa Weigandt for Duke Health DURHAM, N.C. -- Glioblastoma brain tumors can have an unusual effect on the body's immune system, often causing a...
Cellular escape artists help explain why some women present with advanced ovarian cancer
More than two-thirds of women with ovarian cancer have high-grade serous carcinoma (HGSC). Up to 90 percent of HGSCs are not detected until they are...
First study on physical properties of giant cancer cells may inform new treatments
Credit: Michelle Dawson / Brown University PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Polyploidal cancer cells--cells that have more than two copies of each chromosome--are much larger than most...
Researchers create specialized delivery methods to help treat cancer, other disorders
Credit: Erica Overfelt, Bond Life Sciences Center More than 100 years ago, German Nobel laureate Paul Ehrlich popularized the "magic bullet" concept -- a method...
