How to model the immune system – 10 billion components at a time
The complexity of the human immune response has been difficult to characterize on a 'big picture' level, but researchers at the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute at...
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Zika doesn’t deter Americans from traveling abroad, study shows
Global concerns about Zika virus aren't stopping Americans from making international travel plans, a new study finds, but many who do plan to go abroad...
Could DNA from a virus millions of years old hold the key to new neuro…
Credit: Plymouth University Dr Sylwia Ammoun, Senior Research Fellow at Plymouth University Peninsula Schools of Medicine and Dentistry, has received backing from children's charity Action...
Protein proves influential to healthy immune system
Credit: Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research Researchers have discovered that the protein Myb plays a vital role in keeping our immune system...
Kessler Foundation receives NIDILRR subaward to improve spinal cord…
Credit: Kessler Foundation Nov. 28, 2017. Amanda Botticello, PhD, MPH, received a $605,000 subaward from the National Institute on Disability Independent Living and Rehabilitation Research...
Flexibility and arrangement — the interaction of ribonucleic acid and water
Credit: MBI Ribonucleic acid (RNA) plays a key role in biochemical processes which occur at the cellular level in a water environment. Mechanisms and dynamics...
How far did you fall from the tree?
Credit: Kyoto University Japan — Mutations generate genetic variation, and are a major driving force of evolution. Therefore, examining mutation rates and modes are essential...
Distinguished role model for women in science receives global award
Credit: John Innes Centre A world-leading Norfolk plant scientist is today named as a 2018 L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science laureate. Professor Dame Caroline Dean...
Collateral harm: The impact of Ebola and related fears on…
WASHINGTON — The first known household survey examining the collateral harm to pregnancy services in areas affected by the West African Ebola epidemic suggests a...
CRI scientists discover new bone-forming growth factor that reverses…
Credit: UT Southwestern DALLAS – Dec. 13, 2016 – A team of scientists at the Children's Medical Center Research Institute at UT Southwestern (CRI) discovered...
Preventing cardiovascular disease in women — one physician’s approach to…
IMAGE: Journal of Women's Health published monthly, is a core multidisciplinary journal dedicated to the diseases and conditions that hold greater risk for or are...
UMass Amherst research creating tool for sustainable cities
AMHERST, Mass. – Green building expert Simi Hoque at the University of Massachusetts Amherst recently received a five-year, $508,714 National Science Foundation CAREER award to...
Electrical ‘switch’ in brain’s capillary network monitors activity and…
Credit: Courtesy of Thomas Longden All it takes is the flip of a protein "switch" within the tiny wire-like capillaries of the brain to increase...
Rare feline genetic disorders identified through whole genome sequencing at MU
Credit: Cleveland Zoo Whole genome sequencing (WGS), which is the process of determining an organism's complete DNA sequence, can be used to identify DNA anomalies...
