Better scaffolds help scientists study cancer
Credit: Mikos Research Group/Rice University Testing treatments for bone cancer tumors may get easier with new enhancements to sophisticated support structures that mimic their biological...
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Georgia State biologist receives $1.8 million NIH grant to investigate pain treatment for elderly
Credit: Georgia State University ATLANTA--Dr. Anne Murphy, a biologist of Georgia State University, has received a five-year, $1.8 million grant from the National Institutes of...
Syracuse University geochemist breathes new life into ‘Great Oxidation Event’
A researcher in the College of Arts and Sciences is providing fresh insights into the "Great Oxidation Event" (GOE), in which oxygen first appeared in...
Study sheds light on the biology of progressive form of multiple sclerosis
Study sheds light on the biology of progressive form of multiple sclerosis, suggests a new potential path for treatment A research team led by scientists...
Hijacking bacteria to kill cancer
Credit: Carla Schaffer / Zheng et al. / Science Translational Medicine Scientists have recruited modified bacteria to help fight cancer, which successfully infiltrated tumors and...
Professor Emanuele Orgiu joins the Young Academy of Europe
Professor Emanuele Orgiu, who recently came to the INRS Centre Énergie Matériaux Télécommunications, is part of the new cohort of young researchers admitted to the...
Ludwig research will shift how cancer diversity and resistance are understood and studied
Credit: Ludwig Cancer Research FEB. 8, 2017, NEW YORK -- A paradigm-changing Ludwig Cancer Research study reveals that short fragments of circular DNA that encode...
New Oxford University study shows some animal welfare issues get more media
Animal welfare issues receive varying levels of UK media attention, with some species being more widely reported than others, a new University of Oxford study...
Data on blue whales off California helps protect their distant relatives
Credit: NOAA Fisheries/Southwest Fisheries Science Center/James W. Gilpatrick, Jr. and Morgan S. Lynn Scientists know a great deal about blue whales off California, where the...
Grow, mow, mulch: Finding lawn’s value
Credit: Jon Trappe Cranking up the lawn mower on a Saturday afternoon may be a child's most dreaded chore. But little does he or she...
Designer compound may untangle damage leading to some dementias
Credit: Courtesy of Miller lab, Washington University, St. Louis, MO In a study of mice and monkeys, National Institutes of Health funded researchers showed that...
UCI scientists create organs-on-chips for large-scale drug screening
Credit: Hughes Lab Led by UCI professor of molecular biology & biochemistry Christopher C.W. Hughes, the research team successfully established multiple vascularized micro-organs on an...
Penn researchers are among the first to grow a versatile 2-dimensional material
University of Pennsylvania researchers are now among the first to produce a single, three-atom-thick layer of a unique two-dimensional material called tungsten ditelluride. Their findings...
Study of complex genetic region finds hidden role of NCF1 in multiple autoimmune diseases
Credit: Medical University of South Carolina Investigators at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) report pre-clinical research showing that a genetic variant encoded in...
This Week from AGU: Greenland Ice Sheet melting can cool subtropics and alter climate
This Week from AGU: Greenland Ice Sheet melting can cool subtropics and alter climate GeoSpace Greenland Ice Sheet melting can cool subtropics and alter climate...
