SickKids-led project investigates malnutrition in children, liver…
Credit: © 2016 Sargent et al. Malnourished children living in the same household who are given the same food to eat sometimes have stark differences...
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OU Professor Recipient of National Award in Applied and Environmental Microbiology
University of Oklahoma Professor Joseph M. Suflita will receive a national award, the 2016 DuPont Industrial Biosciences Award in Applied and Environmental Microbiology, at the...
Dogs’ social skills linked to oxytocin sensitivity
Credit: Mia Persson The tendency of dogs to seek contact with their owners is associated with genetic variations in sensitivity for the hormone oxytocin, according...
Ninety-six scientists co-author paper on rainforest mammals
Credit: (c) Noé de la Sancha, The Field Museum. Imagine your hometown or city's entire population had to live on just one tenth of the...
Study points a way to better implantable medical devices
Credit: Photo-illustration by Felice Frankel CAMBRIDGE, MA — Medical devices implanted in the body for drug delivery, sensing, or tissue regeneration usually come under fire...
Gene-editing technique successfully stops progression of Duchenne muscular dystrophy
IMAGE: Members of the UT Southwestern team whose research successfully halted progression of a form of muscular dystrophy in mice included (l-r) Dr. Chengzu Long,...
OU law student recipient of Udall Congressionall Internship
Credit: University of Oklahoma A University of Oklahoma College of Law student, Aaron L. Fournier, is the recipient of a 2017 Udall Foundation Native American...
Rapid response for inflammation control in songbirds’ brains could lead to therapies…
(WASHINGTON, D.C.) March 11, 2016 — A biological process in the brains of zebra finches shows that the songbirds respond quickly to trauma and are...
Antibiotics against severe salmonella infections in Africa…
"The affected countries will have a major problem if we do not manage to control salmonella bloodstream infections with new antibiotics such as ciprofloxacin," cautions...
New in vitro toxicology research on health risk assessment wins PETA…
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, March 2, 2017–Researchers have demonstrated the ability to use two new mechanistic models called Adverse Outcome...
Pain neuron may protect fungal inflammation and bone destruction
Credit: Kenta Maruyama Pain neuron exaggerates inflammation of contact dermatitis and psoriasis. Despite its importance in allergic and autoimmune inflammation, it is not known so...
Allen Cell Types Database updated with new data and models
Credit: Allen Institute The Allen Institute for Brain Science has released additional data and computer models of cell activity for inclusion in the Allen Cell...
Nature’s masonry: The first steps in how thin protein sheets…
IMAGE: This illustration shows how hexagonal bacterial proteins (shown as ribbon-like structures at right and upper right) self-assemble into a honeycomb-like tiled pattern (center and...
Study offers clearest picture yet of how HIV defeats a cellular…
Credit: Graphic by Juan Perilla CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — A new study offers the first atomic-scale view of an interaction between the HIV capsid – the...
Jens Nielsen receive gold medal for innovative research in the field of systems biology
Credit: The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability at the Technical University of Denmark Chief Scientific Officer at the Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability...
