Sanford Burnham Prebys and Mayo Clinic collaborators awarded multi-year NIH grant
Credit: SBP Orlando, FL, Aug. 10, 2017 - A team of researchers at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute (SBP) at Lake Nona, Fla. and...
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Study in early stage breast cancer shows that even small tumors can be aggressive
LUGANO-MADRID, Sept. 3, 2017 – Even small tumours can be aggressive, according to a study in patients with early stage breast cancer that will be...
St. Jude researchers reveal how 2 types of immune cells can arise from…
Credit: Katherine Verbist, Ph.D., St. Jude The fates of immune cells can be decided at the initial division of a cell. Researchers at St. Jude...
Eating habits affect skin’s protection against sun
Credit: Knight Cancer Institute DALLAS – Aug. 15, 2017 - Sunbathers may want to avoid midnight snacks before catching some rays. A study in mice...
Individuality drives collective behavior of schooling fish
Credit: Jolle W. Jolles New research sheds light on how “animal personalities” – inter-individual differences in animal behaviour – can drive the collective behaviour and...
Temporary disconnects shed light on long-term brain dysfunction
Will we ever be able to understand the cacophonous chatter taking place between the 80 million neurons in our brains? Dr. Ofer Yizhar and his...
Novel technologies reveal key information about depleted east pacific green sea turtles
Credit: Cali Turner Tomaszewicz Populations of green sea turtles living in the eastern region of the Pacific Ocean have rebounded in recent years, but their...
New toolkit reveals novel cancer genes
A new statistical model has enabled researchers to pinpoint 27 novel genes thought to prevent cancer from forming, in an analysis of over 2000 tumours...
Small gold mines in Senegal create high mercury contamination
Credit: Jacqueline Gerson, Duke University DURHAM, N.C. — A Duke University-led study has found dangerously high levels of mercury and its more toxic chemical cousin,...
NIH scientists adapt new brain disease test for Parkinson’s, dementia with Lewy bodies
Credit: NIAID National Institutes of Health scientists developing a rapid, practical test for the early diagnosis of prion diseases have modified the assay to offer...
Novel small antibody fragment: A valuable tool in crystallography
Credit: Osaka University Osaka – Antibodies are a powerful weapon system in defending our body against invaders such as bacteria and viruses. Each antibody consists...
Heritage and ancient grain project feeds a growing demand
Credit: June Russell, GrowNYC's Greenmarket Program ITHACA, N.Y. – After a century of markets dominated by a few types of wheat and white flour, ancient...
A super resolution view of chemical reactions
Credit: IPC PAS, Grzegorz Krzyzewski Researchers from the Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences have demonstrated, using a super resolution microscopic...
Researchers generate whole-genome map of fruit fly genetic recombination
Kansas City, MO. — As eggs and sperm, or gametes, are formed during meiosis, chromosomes carrying the genetic material from each parent must find their...
Atlantic/Pacific ocean temperature difference fuels US wildfires
Credit: Chikamoto Y. et al. An international team of climate researchers from the US, South Korea and the UK has developed a new wildfire and...
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