5 new Pew-Stewart Scholars to pursue innovative cancer research
PHILADELPHIA--The Pew Charitable Trusts and the Alexander and Margaret Stewart Trust announced today the 2018 class of Pew-Stewart Scholars for Cancer Research. The five independent,...
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Microbe breaks ‘universal’ DNA rule by using two different translations
Credit: Max-Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen DNA is often referred to as the blueprint for life, however scientists have for the first time discovered...
Scientists have captured the elusive cell that can regenerate an entire flatworm
Credit: Sánchez Alvarado Lab Kansas City, MO. -- Researchers at the Stowers Institute for Medical Research have captured the one cell that is capable of...
Study identifies key challenges when communicating potential policies
A team of Cambridge researchers sets out to define a new science for policy communications, with ambitions of finding the "Goldilocks zone" between too much...
Researchers pinpoint new subtype of prostate cancer
Credit: Alexander Tokarev, Ella Maru Studio ANN ARBOR, Michigan -- Researchers led by the University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center have identified a new subtype...
Minimalist biostructures designed to create nanomaterials
Credit: IBB-UAB Researchers of the Institute of Biotechnology and Biomedicine (IBB-UAB) have achieved to generate 4 peptides -molecules smaller than proteins - capable of self-assembling...
Without ‘yoga and chardonnay’ leukemia stem cells are stressed to death
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center Change is stressful. The change that a healthy blood stem cell undergoes to become a leukemia stem cell (LSC)...
Plazi and BLR receive EUR 1.1 million from Arcadia Fund to open up new biodiversity data
Credit: Plazi Plazi has received a grant of EUR 1.1 million from Arcadia - the charitable fund of Lisbet Rausing and Peter Baldwin - to...
Proteins as a ‘shuttle service’ for targeted administration of medication
Medication that reaches the spot where it's needed without placing strain on the rest of the body is no longer a vision of the future....
Biophysical Society announces Hermes Taylor-Weiner as its 18-19 Congressional Fellow
Credit: Biophysical Society ROCKVILLE, MD - The Biophysical Society (BPS) has selected Hermes Taylor-Weiner, Ph.D., as its 2018-19 Congressional Fellow. Taylor-Weiner will spend a year...
Early source of irritable bowel syndrome discovered
Credit: Courtesy of MSU EAST LANSING, Mich. - Michigan State University scientists have identified an early cause of intestinal inflammation, one of the first stages...
Repair and regeneration of peripheral nerves possible with dual polymer hydrogel adhesive
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, June 13, 2018 -- Researchers have demonstrated that a novel biocompatible adhesive made of two naturally...
Novel in vitro approaches for toxicity testing of inhaled substances
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, June 13, 2018--Integrated approaches that avoid the use of animals to assess the toxicity of inhaled...
Rise of carbapenem-resistant Enterobactericaeae
Infections with bacteria resistant to carbapenems, a group of highly effective antibiotics, pose a significant threat to patients and healthcare systems in all EU/EEA countries,...
The Frontiers of Knowledge Awards issue a call to strengthen scientific culture
Credit: BBVA Foundation A society deficient in scientific culture is a more vulnerable society. The presentation ceremony of the tenth edition of the BBVA Foundation...
