How CD44s gives brain cancer a survival advantage
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine Understanding the mechanisms that give cancer cells the ability to survive and grow opens the possibility of developing improved treatments...
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Female fish like males who sing
Credit: The University of Gothenburg Noisier seas seem to hamper fish reproduction. A new doctoral thesis from the University of Gothenburg shows that noise pollution...
OU study demonstrates seasonality of bird migration in response to environmental cues
Credit: University of Oklahoma A University of Oklahoma study demonstrates for the first time that remote sensing data from weather surveillance radar and on-the-ground data...
How females store sperm
Credit: Image courtesy of the Graduate School of Biosphere Science, Hiroshima University. The science of breeding chickens has revealed part of the mystery of how...
$1.7M grant to UNC School of Medicine to fund program streamlining Afib care &…
Credit: UNC School of Medicine CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – Sept. 29, 2017 – UNC School of Medicine cardiologist Anil Gehi, MD, will use a $1.7...
More brain activity is not always better when it comes to memory and…
Credit: the University of Nottingham Potential new ways of understanding the cause of cognitive impairments, such as problems with memory and attention, in brain disorders...
MERS-like coronavirus identified in Ugandan bat
Credit: Kirsten Gilardi, UC Davis A team of researchers in the United States and Uganda has identified a novel coronavirus in a bat from Uganda...
Winter sets up breeding success: Study
Credit: Stéphanie Doucet For migratory birds, breeding grounds are where the action is. But a new study by University of Guelph biologists is among the...
IU study finds fly growth mimics cancer cells, creating new tool in…
Credit: Indiana University BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Scientists who study a molecule known to play a role in certain types of cancers and neurodegenerative disorders have...
Remains of bizarre group of extinct snail-eating Australian marsupials…
Fossil remains of a previously unknown family of carnivorous Australian marsupials that lived 15 million years ago have been discovered at the Riversleigh World Heritage...
Size matters for marine protected areas designed to aid coral
Credit: Credit: Cody Clements, Georgia Tech For marine protected areas established to help coral reefs recover from overfishing, size really does seem to make a...
Could a diabetes drug be used for Motor Neurone Disease?
Credit: Lancaster University Could a diabetes drug be used for Motor Neurone Disease? A diabetes drug could one day be used to treat neurodegenerative diseases...
2016 winners of FASEB BioArt competition announced
Credit: FASEB BioArt winners Michael Shen, Jasmine Temple, Leslie Mitchell, Nick Phillips, James Chuang, Jiarui Wang, and Jef Boeke The Federation of American Societies for...
Promising new therapeutic approach for debilitating bone disease
Credit: Dr Michelle McDonald Friday 30 June, 2017: An Australian-led research team has demonstrated a new therapeutic approach that can re-build and strengthen bone, offering...
Can the environment help control disease in Asian aquaculture?
The University of Southampton is leading an international project to understand how the environment can help to control the risk of disease in fish and...
