Engineers create most efficient red light-activated optogenetic switch for mammalian cells
Credit: University of California San Diego A team of researchers has developed a light-activated switch that can turn genes on and off in mammalian cells....
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Breeding trouble: Meta-analysis identifies fishy issues with captive stocks
Credit: Phil Wise took the photo on Dr Hogg's camera. A group of researchers based at the University of Sydney has uncovered patterns that may...
Patients do as well on generic antiplatelet drugs as more expensive brand-name product
DALLAS, March 13, 2018 - Generic anti-platelet drugs seem to work as well as a brand name drug for heart patients, according to new research...
Researchers computationally find the needle in a haystack to treat rare diseases
Credit: Misagh Naderi, LSU One in 10 people in America is fighting a rare disease, or a disorder that affects fewer than 200,000 Americans. Although...
California mental health tax providing services to needy in L.A. County, study finds
Funding from California's special tax for mental health services has allowed Los Angeles County to reach the seriously mentally ill and those at risk for...
Technique developed to improve appendicitis care for pediatric patients
MINNEAPOLIS - Mar. 13, 2018 - Researchers from Children's Minnesota (Children's) and HealthPartners Institute have developed a new pediatric appendicitis risk calculator (pARC) to aid...
‘Digistain’ technology offers revolution in detailed cancer diagnosis
Credit: Imperial College London New cutting edge technology can be used to grade cancer tumours, eradicating human subjectivity and ensuring patients get the right treatment....
Moffitt researchers use single-cell imaging & math models to find effect drug properties
TAMPA, Fla. - Drug therapies that target a specific molecule have changed the way patients are treated for cancer and greatly improved survival rates. However,...
Toilet-to-tap: Gross to think about, but how does it taste?
RIVERSIDE, CA. - Here's a blind test taste like Pepsi never imagined. Researchers at the University of California, Riverside, recently published a study of recycled...
Taking the jab (and the chill) out of vaccination
Scientists in Cairns (Australia) and Cardiff (Wales) have taken an important first step towards solving two problems that hinder access to vaccines: they need to...
Researchers issue first annual sea-level report cards
Credit: © D. Loftis/VIMS. Researchers at William & Mary's Virginia Institute of Marine Science are launching new web-based "report cards" to monitor and forecast changes...
How the color-changing hogfish ‘sees’ with its skin
Credit: Dean Kimberly and Lori Schweikert DURHAM, N.C. -- Some animals are quick-change artists. Take the hogfish, a pointy-snouted reef fish that can go from...
More homes built near wild lands leading to greater wildfire risk
Credit: UW-Madison MADISON - More than 10 million acres burned across the country during the 2017 U.S. wildfire season at a cost of more than...
Crisis or self-correction: Rethinking how the media cover science
One of the recurring media narratives about the nature of science today is that it is "broken" or "in crisis." In the mainstream press, some...
Female researchers publish childcare recommendations for conference organizers
Many women in science are raising concerns over the fact that parents with young children are often excluded from fully participating in academic conference activities....
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