Discovery of a unique subcellular structure determining the orientation of cell division
Cell division is a fundamental process of life, producing two cells from one single cell at each cell division. During animal development, a fertilized egg...
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ECDC rapid risk assessment outlines actions to reduce the spread of the mcr-1 gene
The recently recognised global distribution of the mcr-1 gene poses a substantial public health risk to the EU/EEA. The gene is widespread in several continents...
Enzyme with surprising dual function
Credit: © Foto: Barbara Frommann/Uni Bonn Scientists at the University of Bonn have clarified a surprising dual function of ceramide synthase. The enzyme not only...
Scientists surprised to discover lymphatic ‘scavenger’…
Credit: UQ's Institute for Molecular Bioscience The brain has its own inbuilt processes for mopping up damaging cellular waste — and these processes may provide...
Over 10,000 Canadian women per year can stop taking blood thinners for unexplained clots
Credit: The Ottawa Hospital A Canadian-led research group has developed and validated a rule that could let half of women with unexplained vein blood clots...
Alcohol use affects levels of cholesterol regulator through…
In an analysis of the epigenomes of people and mice, researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine and the National Institutes of Health report that drinking alcohol...
Routine hospital tool found to predict poor outcomes after liver transplantation
Credit: Cedars-Sinai LOS ANGELES (Aug. 10, 2017) — A routinely used hospital tool can predict which liver transplant recipients are more likely to do poorly...
Troubling inconsistency found in dialysis testing methods — with patient care implications
Credit: Josh Barney | University of Virginia Health System A blood test used to determine the health and well-being of dialysis patients produces worryingly inconsistent...
Coagulation Sciences selects Enercon as its contract manufacturer
Credit: MDI Biological Laboratory BAR HARBOR, MAINE — Coagulation Sciences LLC, a medical device startup that is being incubated at the MDI Biological Laboratory in...
Expanding geographic sharing of donor kidneys would increase…
Credit: University of Kansas News Service LAWRENCE — Broadening the geographic range that a number of deceased-donor kidneys would be available would increase the number...
Does socioeconomic status affect women’s decisions not to continue breastfeeding?
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, June 26, 2017–A new study has shown that among women who intended to breastfeed, nearly 25%...
$8.9M collaborative grant to understand how dangerous virus ‘hides’ to attack another…
Credit: Jason Ryder The University of Arizona's Felicia Goodrum, PhD, and some of the nation's most prominent human cytomegalovirus researchers have been awarded a five-year,...
Tracking effects of a food preservative on the gut microbiome
Credit: UMass Amherst AMHERST, Mass. – Antimicrobial compounds added to preserve food during storage are believed to be benign and non-toxic to the consumer, but...
Early diagnostic imaging to prevent kidney disease
Credit: Osaka University Osaka University researchers, in collaboration with several Japanese companies, translate neuroimaging tools to study renal fibrosis in rat kidney. The technique is...
Aggressive form of leukemia linked to defective ‘protein factory’
Credit: KU Leuven – Rob Stevens 20 to 40 percent of the patients with multiple myeloma – a type of leukaemia – have a defect...
