Could a saliva test be next for lupus?
Credit: University of Houston The symptoms of systemic lupus erythematosus (known as SLE or lupus) can fool you. You might think you're tired or have...
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Ultrastructure of a condensed chromosome-like structure in a…
Credit: NIPS/NINS Researchers centered at Japan's National Institute for Physiological Sciences reveal details of the structure of compacted DNA transiently formed at the time of...
Scientists learn how to ramp up microbes’ ability to make memories
Credit: Zach Veilleux/The Rockefeller University Some microbes can form memories–although, inconveniently for scientists who study the process, they don't do it very often. Rockefeller Universi..
Alectinib potential new standard of care for ALK-positive non-small…
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center Results of a 303-patient, multi-national phase III clinical trial known as ALEX published today in the New England Journal...
Biochemists feed ‘poison pill’ to deadly virus with a funny name
It has a funny name – coxsackievirus – but there's nothing funny about how this tiny germ and its close relatives sicken their hosts. Colorado...
The fundamentals of working with nature in coastal engineering
Credit: World Scientific Although infinitely diverse and complex in their details, sedimentary coasts nevertheless share many morphological features, which often follow surprisingly simple laws. Thes..
Chimpanzee deaths in Uganda pinned on human cold virus
Credit: Richard Wrangham MADISON, Wis. — In the wild, chimpanzees face any number of dire threats, ranging from poachers to predators to deforestation. That's why...
Ancient, scary and alien-looking specimen forms a rarity in the insect world — a new order
Credit: (Photo by George Poinar, courtesy of Oregon State University) CORVALLIS, Ore. – Researchers at Oregon State University have discovered a 100-million-year-old insect preserved in...
New breast cancer drug may be effective against other types of cancer
PHILADELPHIA–Palbociclib, a new oral drug whose efficacy in combating breast cancer has been demonstrated alone and in combination with endocrine therapy, also has potential to...
Dog ownership linked to lower mortality
A team of Swedish scientists have used national registries of more than 3.4 million Swedes aged 40 to 80 to study the association between dog...
New diagnostic criteria and treatment guidelines proposed for thyroid storm
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, December 27, 2017–With a mortality rate estimated at 10%, the life-threatening condition known as thyroid storm...
Mantis shrimp size each other up before ceding a fight
Credit: Photo by Roy Caldwell, University of California, Berkeley DURHAM, N.C. — To a mantis shrimp, walking away from a fight doesn't mean being a...
Study finds Congo’s miners often resort to hunting wildlife for…
Credit: CREDIT: ©Charlotte Spira/WCS. KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of Congo (May 26, 2017) – A new study by WCS (Wildlife Conservation Society) has revealed how mining...
Newly discovered infectious prion structure shines light on mad cow disease
(Edmonton, AB) Groundbreaking research from the University of Alberta has identified the structure of the infectious prion protein, the cause of "mad cow disease" or...
Repurposed drug found to be effective against Zika virus
Credit: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. In both cell cultures and mouse models, a drug used to treat Hepatitis C effectively protected and...
