The 2018 Warren Alpert Foundation Prize has been awarded to five scientists for transformative discoveries in the fields of genetics, physiology, pulmonology and pharmacology that...
Credit: Adam Wong, PhD. Modified from Disease Models & Mechanisms. doi: 10.1242/dmm.023408. Research tells us that the commensal or "good" bacteria that inhabit our intestines...
Credit: C. Todd Reichart, Department of Chemistry Princeton chemists have found a way to make a naturally occurring enzyme take on a new, artificial role,...
Credit: Drexel University Effective verbal communication depends on one's ability to retrieve and select the appropriate words to convey an intended meaning. For many, this...
Credit: Cedars-Sinai LOS ANGELES (June 21, 2018) -- Investigators have identified a new cellular pathway that may help explain how arterial inflammation develops into atherosclerosis--deposits...
Credit: Laboratory of Stem Cell Biology and Molecular Embryology at The Rockefeller University The disappearance of an entire brain region should be cause for concern....
A research consortium between the healthcare company Sanofi and Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) investigated the antidiabetic action of certain natural fatty acids, so-called FAHFAs,...
Credit: Allen Institute The Allen Institute for Brain Science today announced the release of new data, tools to analyze those data and a new web-based...
The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) and the Organization for Associate Degree Nursing (OADN) are collaborating in a new partnership with the goal of sharing...
(WASHINGTON - June 21, 2018) The American Society of Hematology (ASH) will collaborate with the International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis (ISTH), National Hemophilia Foundation...
CHAPEL Hill - While obesity has been shown to increase breast cancer risk in postmenopausal women, a large-scale study co-led by a University of North...
Credit: Jan Huisken Modern microscopy has given scientists a front-row seat to living, breathing biology in all its technicolor glory. But access to the best...
Credit: Shen Lab/Scripps Research JUPITER, FL - June 21, 2018 - About half of all drugs, ranging from morphine to penicillin, come from compounds that...
Among the most studied protein machines in history, mTORC1 has long been known to sense whether a cell has enough energy to build the proteins...
Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - A surprising form of cell-to-cell communication in glioblastoma promotes global changes in recipient cells, including aggressiveness, motility, and resistance to...
