Massive single-cell survey of kidney cell types reveals new paths to disease
Credit: Katalin Susztak, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania PHILADELPHIA - The kidney is a highly complex organ - far beyond a simple filter....
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Save the date: Leading acoustics meeting in Minneapolis May 7-11, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C., April 6, 2018 -- Science promises to sound more exciting than ever at this year's Acoustical Society of America meeting. Presenters will reveal...
New recommendations for endoscopic eradication therapy in Barrett’s esophagus
Downers Grove, Ill - April 6, 2018-- The latest issue of GIE: Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, the official journal of the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE),...
Species hitch a ride on birds and the wind to join green roof communities
Credit: Heather Rumble, University of Portsmouth New research suggests that species that live on green roofs arrived by hitching lifts on birds or by riding...
New blood test useful to detect people at risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease
Heidelberg, 6 April 2018 - There is, as yet, no cure for Alzheimer's disease. It is often argued that progress in drug research has been...
Mechanism vital to keeping blood stem cells functional uncovered
Hematopoietic stem cells, that form mature blood cells, require a very precise amount of protein to function -- and defective regulation of protein production is...
Printed thermo-plasmonic heat patterns for neurological disorder treatment
Credit: KAIST A KAIST team presented a highly customizable neural stimulation method. The research team developed a technology that can print the heat pattern on...
Sowing strips of flowering plants has limited effect on pollination
Researchers at the Centre for Environmental and Climate Research at Lund University have studied how pollination varies in different agricultural landscapes, by placing pots with...
The blue whale genome reveals the animals’ extraordinary evolutionary history
Credit: Florian Schulz Frankfurt am Main/ Germany, April 5, 2018. For the first time, scientists of the German Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Center, Goethe...
Food allergy is linked to skin exposure and genetics
'It's a major advance in understanding how food allergy starts' There are potential ways to intervene early to avoid developing food allergy Limit use of...
European Research Council invests EUR 650 million in advanced frontier research
How does air pollution affect the development of baby's brains? Can innovative heart regeneration treatments increase the long-term survival of heart attack victims? How did...
Researchers develop transparent patch to detect dangerous food threats
Credit: McMaster University Is that meat still good? Are you sure? McMaster researchers have developed a test to bring certainty to the delicate but critical...
New blood test found to predict onset of TB up to two years in advance
Credit: ATS April 6, 2018 -- A new blood test has been found to more accurately predict the development of tuberculosis up to two years...
£1 million funds 7 grants for pancreatic cancer research
(Pancreatic Cancer Research Fund) Seven research projects have been awarded grants totaling £1.1 million by the UK medical research charity, Pancreatic Cancer Research Fund (PCRF)....
School lunch decisions made by the child and not the parent
Philadelphia, April 6, 2018 - While school lunches in the UK are subject to food standards, the contents of packed lunches are not as closely...
