The role of the protein Rrm3 in the repair of breaks in DNA during replication
Credit: Cabimer A research group from the University of Seville has revealed the role that the protein Rrm3 plays in the repair of breaks that...
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Inherited, rare skin disease informs treatment of common hair disorders, Penn study finds
Credit: Michael Passanante and Mingang Xu, PhD PHILADELPHIA - It is almost axiomatic in medicine that the study of rare disorders informs the understanding of...
Wayne State receives $3.05 million NIH award to improve diabetes care in youth
DETROIT - A Wayne State University research team will embark on a five-year, multicenter trial focused on helping parents engage in effective parenting to assist...
New cellular imaging paves way for cancer treatment
Researchers at the Universities of York and Leiden have pioneered a technique which uses florescent imaging to track the actions of key enzymes in cancer,...
From the somatic cell to the germ cell
Credit: Photo: Thomas Kunz An international scientific consortium including the Freiburg plant biologist Prof. Dr. Thomas Laux has discovered a regulatory pathway that turns plants'...
A fish of all flavors
Credit: Okayama University Receptors are how the body senses its environment. Upon the binding of a ligand, a receptor will initiate a chain of events...
World first: Stem cell treatment for lethal STAT1 gene mutation — shows ‘disappointing’ but promising results
Credit: Satoshi Okada The first ever study assessing how patients with "gain of function" mutation of the STAT1 gene respond to stem cell transplantation has...
How plants prevent oxidative stress
Credit: Kobe University When excess light energy is absorbed by plants during photosynthesis, harmful reactive oxygen species are produced. These reactive oxygen species break down...
A seating plan for molecules
Individual pieces of a jigsaw puzzle joined together as if moved by magic - that is what material researchers of Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) imagine...
Bitter taste receptors may hold the key to managing preterm labor
This could be good news for those trying to prevent preterm labor: New research published online in The FASEB Journal suggests that exposing bitter taste...
Maya Schuldiner receives EMBO Gold Medal 2017
Heidelberg, 8 June 2017 - Maya Schuldiner from the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel is the recipient of the 2017 EMBO Gold Medal. She...
Fat tissue may impede radiotherapy for breast cancer patients
According to research published online in The FASEB Journal, repeated irradiation of breast fat (also known as adipose tissue) produces an inflammatory response that ultimately...
Kidney graft success — does age and sex matter?
Montreal, June 8, 2017 - The success of kidney transplant is dependent on the age and sex of both the donor and the recipient, according...
LA BioMed researcher honored for contributions to medicine
Credit: LA BioMed LOS ANGELES - (June 8, 2017) - The Medical Mycology Society of the Americas has honored John E. "Jack" Edwards, Jr., MD,...
Synthetic nanochannels for iodide transport
Credit: IBS Exchange of iodide (iodine ions) between bloodstream and cells is crucial for the health of several organs and its malfunctioning is linked to...
