Anemia: When cells fail to produce enough protein factories
Every day, stem cells in our bone marrow produce billions of new red blood cells. Any disruption in this process can result in serious disease....
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Newton funding to bolster China’s long-term growth and global economy with agri-tech innovation
Credit: EI With the largest population in the world, China feeds nearly 1.4 billion people - covering 22% of the globe's inhabitants. In order to...
How live vaccines enhance the body’s immune response
Credit: Freie Universitaet Berlin, Kristina Dietert Researchers from Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin's university hospital, have discovered a new mechanism by which live vaccines i..
How does HIV escape cellular booby traps?
Credit: Kyoto University / Sato Lab Human immunodeficiency virus -- HIV -- is believed to have evolved from a simian immunodeficiency virus, or SIV, that...
Research shows first land plants were parasitized by microbes
Credit: Philip Carella By studying liverworts - which diverged from other land plants early in the history of plant evolution - researchers from the Sainsbury...
Relaxation response may reduce blood pressure by altering expression of a set of genes
Credit: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center BOSTON - High blood pressure -- or hypertension -- is a major risk factor for heart attack and stroke...
Mutation of worm gene, swip-10, triggers age-dependent death of dopamine neurons
Credit: Florida Atlantic University Dopamine, a signaling chemical in the brain, has the lofty job of controlling emotions, moods, movements as well as sensations of...
Updated ASTRO guideline for palliative lung RT recommends concurrent chemo for some stage III pts
ARLINGTON, Va., April 4, 2018 - The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) today issued an update to its clinical guideline for the use of...
Pulling valuable metals from e-waste makes financial sense
Electronic waste -- including discarded televisions, computers and mobile phones -- is one of the fastest-growing waste categories worldwide. For years, recyclers have gleaned usable...
Who’s smarter in the classroom — men or women?
Credit: Sandra Leander/ASU If you believe it, you can achieve it. You've probably heard this motivational phrase more than once. But what if your beliefs...
Vegetables may help protect elderly women from hardening of neck arteries
DALLAS, April 4, 2018 -- Elderly Australian women who ate more vegetables showed less carotid artery wall thickness, according to new research in Journal of...
Biochemical Society announces 2019 award recipients
March 28, 2018, London, UK - The Biochemical Society has announced the winners of the Society's annual awards today. The annual awards recognize established researchers...
Obesity impacts liver health in kids as young as 8 years old
New York, NY --A new study published today in the Journal of Pediatrics is the first to show that weight gain may have a negative...
Childhood exposure to flame retardant chemicals declines following phase-out
Exposure to flame retardants once widely used in consumer products has been falling, according to a new study by researchers at the Columbia Center for...
Smart ink adds new dimensions to 3-D printing
Credit: Chenfeng Ke HANOVER, N.H. - April 4, 2018- Researchers at Dartmouth College have developed a smart ink that turns 3D-printed structures into objects that...
