Baby teeth link autism and heavy metals, NIH study suggests
Credit: J. Gregory, Mount Sinai Health System Baby teeth from children with autism contain more toxic lead and less of the essential nutrients zinc and...
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How bacteria get their groove: Mechanism behind flagellar motility
Credit: Osaka University Osaka – Bacteria swim in many different ways, and the motors that drive their swimming are widely varied, implying an adaptive response...
New function in gene-regulatory protein discovered
Credit: Photo: Eshagh Dorafshan Researchers at Umeå and Stockholm universities in Sweden and Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in the US have published a...
Too little vitamin D may hinder recovery of injured corneas
Credit: Phil Jones AUGUSTA, Ga. (July 24, 2017) – Injury or disease in combination with too little vitamin D can be bad for the window...
Understanding X-chromosome silencing in humans
Credit: Image credit: Céline Vallot, Paris Diderot University. Researchers have discovered new insights into how one of the two X-chromosomes is silenced during the development...
A primer in access and benefit-sharing for DNA barcoders
Credit: Pensoft Molecular biology approaches, such as DNA barcoding, have become part of the standard toolkit for a growing number of biodiversity researchers and practitioners,...
Technology from a Mount Sinai startup wins NYC Life Science Innovation…
Credit: Mount Sinai Innovation Partners Technology for identifying at-risk atrial fibrillation (AFib) patients was chosen as the winner of the inaugural Alexandria LaunchLabs Scholarship Award,...
Stanford scientists reveal how grass developed a better way to breathe
Credit: Michael Raissig and Dominique Bergmann Flash back to your first lesson in photosynthesis and you may recall stomata, the holes in the leaves of...
Membrane vesicles released by bacteria may play different roles during infection
Credit: Akemi Takade, Kyushu University, Japan Bacteria release membrane-derived vesicles (MVs), which are small particles that can transport virulence factors to neighbouring bacteria or to...
An ancient mechanism helps a cell to resist stress
Credit: Sergey Dmitriev Biologists from the Lomonosov Moscow State University in collaboration with colleagues from the Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences...
$65.5 million from NIH to create brain atlas
Credit: David Stafford and Rebecca Chance, UC Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley is partnering with the Allen Institute for Brain Science in Seattle on...
Study: New approach to destroying deadly brain tumors
Credit: UT Southwestern DALLAS – June 12, 2017 – Dennis Kothmann jots several numbers on a clipboard then pauses, his pen frozen on the last...
UA-invented sunscreen protects skin without seeping in
Credit: University of Arizona The University of Arizona has licensed a new, non-penetrating sunscreen to MexiAloe Laboratorios, S.A. de C.V., a subsidiary of Novamex. The...
Biodegradable polymer coating for implants
Credit: (Photo: KIT) Medical implants often carry surface substrates that release ac-tive substances or to which biomolecules or cells can adhere better. However, degradable gas-phase...
Bioanalysis publishes special issue on methods and techniques for…
Credit: Future Science Group Bioanalysis, a leading MEDLINE indexed journal for bioanalysts, has published a Special Focus Issue on Methods & Techniques for Metabolic Phenotyping....
