‘Jumping genes’ may set the stage for brain cell death in…
Credit: Photo by Duke Photo. DURHAM, N.C. — The latest round of failed drug trials for Alzheimer's has researchers questioning the reigning approach to battling...
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Portland State virus study receives major NASA grant
Credit: Portland State University (Portland, Ore.) — Portland State biologist Ken Stedman has received a $540,000 grant from NASA to study the evolution of viruses,...
Football is medicine for women with high blood pressure
Credit: Mia Kjaergaard, DBU The Danish concept Football Fitness has proved to be just as effective as tablets for countering high blood pressure. Furthermore, women...
Two Los Alamos scientists honored by AAAS
Credit: LANL Prominent researchers Angel E. Garcia and Laura Smilowitz of Los Alamos National Laboratory have been named Fellows of the American Association for the...
Phase 2 CAR-T study reports significant remission rates at 15-month…
Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center A study involving the recently approved CD19-targeting chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy shows that 42 percent of patients...
Researchers find shifting relationship between flexibility, modularity…
Credit: Rice University A new study by Rice University researchers takes a step toward what they see as key to the advance of neuroscience: a...
Study suggests more effective speech therapy approach for children with Down syndrome
IMAGE: Shelley Velleman, chair of the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, lectures to students in her anatomy and physiology course about the different facial...
Researchers pose revolutionary theory on horse evolution
Credit: NYITCOM Scientists have long wondered how the horse evolved from an ancestor with five toes to the animal we know today. While it is...
Researchers identify new cause of brain defects in tuberous sclerosis…
Credit: Ercan et al., 2017 Boston Children's Hospital researchers have uncovered a new molecular pathway that inhibits the myelination of neurons in the brains of...
Enhanced evolution: Scientists find genetic swap changes physical…
Credit: National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America The difference between webbed toes and distinct digits may be the result of not...
nTIDE November 2017 Jobs Report: Ongoing job gains bode well for Americans with…
Credit: Kessler Foundation East Hanover, NJ – December 8, 2017. The job outlook remained positive for Americans with disabilities, with yet another month of gains...
These maps reveal where rats, monkeys, and other mammals may pass diseases on to humans
Credit: Drew Kramer The majority of infectious diseases currently emerging as human epidemics originated in mammals. Yet we still know very little about the global...
Humans get in the way of mammal movement
Credit: William Fagan Humans modify natural landscapes in a variety of ways, from constructing expansive cityscapes to fencing off otherwise untouched rangeland. A new study,...
Ant antennae provide vital ID information: Study
University of Melbourne scientists have shone a new light into the complexities of ant communication, with the discovery that ants not only pick up information...
Antibody breaks leukemia’s hold, providing new therapeutic approach
Credit: UC San Diego Health Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is an aggressive cancer known for drug resistance and relapse. In an effort to uncover new...
