Sequencing poisonous mushrooms to potentially create medicine
Credit: By G.L. Kohuth EAST LANSING, Mich. – A team of Michigan State University scientists has genetically sequenced two species of poisonous mushrooms, discovering that...
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Oregon scientists link signaling network to heart valve defects
EUGENE, Ore. — May 5, 2016 — A cell-to-cell signaling network that serves as a developmental timer could provide a framework for better understanding the...
Drugs with multiple targets show promise against myotonic dystrophy type 1
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Efforts to treat myotonic dystrophy type 1, the most common form of muscular dystrophy, are in their infancy. In a new study,...
New metalloid oxide reducing bacteria found in manitoba’s…
Credit: Dr. Vladimir Yurkov A new study published in the Canadian Journal of Microbiology has identified new toxic metalloid-reducing bacteria in highly polluted abandoned gold...
New research reveals cancers need a ‘perfect storm’ of conditions to develop
SCIENTISTS have demonstrated for the first time the 'perfect storm' of conditions that cells need to start forming cancer, helping to explain why some organs...
Mixed organization of gut bacteria is revealed by microbiome imaging…
Credit: Jessica Mark Welch and Yuko Hasegawa, MBL WOODS HOLE, Mass.– Disruptions in the microbiome of the human gut are correlated with several diseases, including...
Trials show inactivated Zika virus vaccine is safe and immunogenic
Credit: NIAID The investigational Zika purified inactivated virus (ZPIV) vaccine was well-tolerated and induced an immune response in participants, according to initial results from three...
Study: Bonobos may be better representation of last common ancestor with humans
Credit: iStock photo WASHINGTON (April 28, 2017)–A new study examining the muscular system of bonobos provides firsthand evidence that the rare great ape species may...
Mothers with diabetes more likely to also have anti-fetal brain autoantibodies
Mothers of children with autism and were diagnosed with metabolic conditions during pregnancy, particularly gestational and type 2 diabetes, were more likely to have anti-fetal...
Cervical lesions change fastest in Hispanics, slowest in…
Credit: Journal of the American Osteopathic Association CHICAGO–January 11, 2018–Physicians determining treatment options following abnormal Pap smears now have another factor to consider: the patien..
Study: Yoga helps back pain among veterans
Credit: Kevin Walsh In a study including 150 military veterans with chronic low back pain, researcher Dr. Erik J. Groessl and his team from the...
Elizabeth Blackburn, Salk Institute’s first female president, honored by TIME
Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA–Salk Institute President Elizabeth Blackburn–the Institute's first female president and one of only 12 women to have won a Nobel Prize...
Efficiency of insect biodiversity monitoring via Malaise trap samples…
Credit: Bernhard Huber The massive decline of over 75% insect biomass reported from Germany between 1989 and 2013 by expert citizen scientists proves the urgent...
Key molecular signal that shapes regeneration in planarian stem cells discovered
Kansas City, MO. — Many living creatures possess exceptional abilities that set them apart from other species. Cheetahs can run up to 60 miles per...
New study explains factors that influence the timing of infectious…
Credit: UGA The delay between the time when a disease outbreak becomes possible and when it actually happens depends chiefly on how frequently infection is...
