Johns Hopkins scientists propose efficiency ‘rules’ for…
Credit: Alexandre Paix Johns Hopkins scientists have developed a streamlined method and accompanying efficiency "rules" for introducing new DNA sequences into cells after using the...
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Arctic clouds highly sensitive to air pollution
Credit: MODIS/NASA In 1870, explorer Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld, trekking across the barren and remote ice cap of Greenland, saw something most people wouldn't expect in...
Why do scientists chase unicorns?
IMAGE: MSU plant biologist Maren Friesen asks: Why do scientists chase unicorns? Credit: G.L. Kohuth EAST LANSING, Mich. – Scientists chase unicorns because if they...
Successful implantation of heart pump with power cable behind the ear,…
Credit: Osaka University In March 2017, the Cardiovascular Surgery Group at Osaka University successfully implanted a left ventricular assist device with an internal power cable...
High levels of natural immune suppressor correlate with poor survival in the most common…
Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University AUGUSTA, Ga. (Nov. 27, 2017) – Patients diagnosed with the most common form of leukemia who also have...
Search on for drug to tame ‘hyperactive’ zinc transporter and lower type 2 diabetes risk
Credit: Chengfeng Merriman and Dax Fu/Johns Hopkins Medicine Gene variants associated with disease are typically considered faulty; problems arise when the proteins they make don't...
Parkinson’s severity assessed through drawing
Credit: Courtesy of Dinesh Kumar and Ms. Poonam Zham of the 'Affordable diagnostics' group in RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia Researchers in Australia asked volunteers to...
Bottle-brush design enhances cellular imaging
The bottle brush, with its long stalk and dense spray of plastic bristles, is the unsung hero of kitchens everywhere, fitting through the narrow necks...
Exercise training in heart failure: Shaping your proteins
Heart failure is a common endpoint for many cardiovascular diseases. This syndrome is characterized by reduced cardiac output that leads to dyspnea, exercise intolerance and...
Blood stem cell self-renewal dependent on surroundings
This news release is available in German. Stem cells have two important capabilities: they can develop into a wide range of cell types and simultaneously...
Positive outcomes after obesity surgery in adolescents
Credit: The University of Gothenburg Obesity surgery has proven to be just as effective for teenagers as for adults. Five years on, those who underwent...
For geriatric falls, ‘brain speed’ may matter more than lower limb strength
Credit: University of Michigan Health System ANN ARBOR, Mich. – "Why does a 30-year-old hit their foot against the curb in the parking lot and...
Biodiversity project in Azores delivers detailed abundance data for…
Credit: Pedro Cardoso In 1999, a long-term biodiversity project started at the Azores Islands (Portugal, Atlantic Ocean), the Biodiversity of Arthropods from the Laurisilva of...
The benefits & dangers when genetic testing companies partner with orphan drug…
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, September 27, 2017-Pharmaceutical companies developing Orphan Drugs are increasingly partnering with direct-to-consumer (DTC) genetic test..
Brains of overweight people ‘ten years older’ than lean counterparts at middle-age
From middle-age, the brains of obese individuals display differences in white matter similar to those in lean individuals ten years their senior, according to new...
