Simple test could identify bladder cancer patients who won’t respond to immunotherapy
Credit: Pic courtesy of Brighton and Sussex Medical School. Patients who are unlikely to benefit from a commonly used immunotherapy for bladder cancer could be...
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Bigger proteins, stronger threads: Synthetic spider silk
Credit: Christopher Bowen Spider silk is among the strongest and toughest materials in the natural world, as strong as some steel alloys with a toughness...
In the eastern US, adult trees adapt and acclimate to local climate
Credit: Gerad Dean (Millbrook, NY) Trees growing in temperate forests in the eastern US show strong adaptation or acclimation to local climate. So reports a...
Reliability, learnability and efficiency of two tools for cement crowns retrieval
This research work aims to help other researchers in the field to set up an experimental bench to assess the performance of different tools for...
CasPER — a new method for diversification of enzymes
Credit: The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability, DTU A new study published in the Metabolic Engineering Journal describes a method based on CRISPR/Cas9, which...
Southern California coast emerges as a toxic algae hot spot
A new, comprehensive survey led by USC scientists shows the Southern California coast harbors some of the world's highest concentrations of an algal toxin dangerous...
How do muscles know what time it is?
(Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health) How do muscle cells prepare for the particular metabolic challenges of the day? Scientists at...
Switching DNA and RNA on and off
DNA and RNA are naturally polarised molecules containing electric dipole moments due to the presence of a significant number of charged atoms at neutral pH....
Window into the brain
In collaboration with scientists from the Ioffe Institute, HSE University researchers have developed an ultra-sensitive atomic magnetometric scheme with a sensitivity of 5 fTl×Hz-1/2, setting...
$120 million gift from The Anschutz Foundation to CU Anschutz
Credit: University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus. AURORA, Colo. (August 21, 2018) - The University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus has received a $120 million...
Simple leg exercises could reduce impact of sedentary lifestyle on heart and blood vessels
Credit: Vranish et. al. A sedentary lifestyle can cause an impairment of the transport of blood around the body, which increases the risk of disease...
New ESMO tumor DNA scale helps match patients with cancer to optimal targeted medicines
Credit: European Society for Medical Oncology Lugano, Switzerland- 21 August 2018 - A new scale for tumour DNA mutations which will simplify and standardise choices...
Standard hypothyroidism treatment falling short
What if the standard treatment for hypothyroidism--insufficient thyroid hormone--is inadequate in controlling some crucial aspects of the condition? That's the provocative question asked, and ans..
Stressed, toxic, zombie cells seen for 1st time in Alzheimer’s
Credit: UT Health San Antonio SAN ANTONIO, Texas, U.S.A. -- A type of cellular stress known to be involved in cancer and aging has now...
UC study: Exposure to tobacco smoke significantly impacts teen health
Credit: UC Creative Services As little as one hour of exposure to tobacco smoke per week can significantly impact the health of teens, according to...
