Scientists discover how to protect yeast from damage in biofuel production
Credit: Trey Sato MADISON, Wis. -- Some chemicals used to speed up the breakdown of plants for production of biofuels like ethanol are poison to...
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Kidney cancer’s developmental source revealed
In the first experiment of its kind, scientists have revealed the precise identity of cancer cells of the most common childhood and adult kidney cancers....
RCSI and Bayer enter research collaboration to improve hemophilia treatment
Credit: Julien Behal Photography Thursday, Aug. 9, 2018: RCSI and Bayer have today announced a research collaboration that aims to improve treatments for people with...
Tbx6 revealed as crucial to heart and skeleton formation from stem cells
Credit: University of Tsukuba Tsukuba, Japan - Many studies have attempted to identify a single transcription factor that can induce formation of mesoderm, an early...
Bribing bacteria to play nicely is good for everyone
Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA--(Aug. 9, 2018) Antibiotic use is driving an epidemic of antibiotic resistance, as more susceptible bacteria are killed but more resilient...
SERSitive: New substrates make it possible to routinely detect one molecule in a million
Credit: IPC PAS SERS, an extremely sensitive laboratory method of analysing chemical composition, is set to become widespread decades after its invention. The main obstacle...
Americans may have outgrown traditional advice of having a varied diet
Credit: UTHealth HOUSTON - (August 9, 2018) - When it comes to diet in the Western world of overconsumption where cheap convenience food rules, the...
Genetic mutation underlying severe childhood brain disorder identified
Credit: Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. Ashleigh Schaffer, PhD, assistant professor of genetics at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, and a...
Nuclear gatekeeper could block undruggable prostate cancer targets
(PHILADELPHIA) - Certain molecular drivers of cancer growth are "undruggable" - it's been nearly impossible to develop chemicals that would block their action and prevent...
Scientists identify genetic marker for gastric cancer prognosis
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - August 9, 2018 - Although immunotherapy is seen as a very promising treatment for cancer, currently only 20 to 30 percent of...
Discovery could lead to better treatment for leukemia
Previous research has revealed that patients with acute myeloid leukemia who also have a particular mutation in a gene called NPM1 have a higher rate...
This small molecule could hold the key to promising HIV treatments
ITHACA, N.Y. - New research provides details of how the structure of the HIV-1 virus is assembled, findings that offer potential new targets for treatment....
Environmental regulations drove steep declines in US factory pollution
The federal Clean Air Act and associated environmental regulations have driven steep declines in air pollution emissions over the past several decades, even as U.S....
Prehistoric peopling in southeast Asia — genomics of Jomon and other ancient skeletons
Credit: Kanazawa University Uncovering the expansion processes of human habitats in the past is of great importance for understanding the origins and establishment of present-day...
A conversation between plants’ daily and aging clocks
Credit: IBS Every day you get a day older. So do plants. While the biological daily clock ticks, time passes also for the aging clock....
