Single-cell mRNA cytometry via sequence-specific nanoparticle clustering and trapping
Credit: University of Toronto Prostate cancer is the second most common cancer in men and the fifth leading cause of death from cancer in men...
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Agricultural fires can double Delhi pollution during peak burning season
Credit: NASA/ Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team It's become a deadly autumn tradition in northern India: after the rains of the late summer monsoon...
Digital life team creates animated 3-D models of sea turtles from live specimens
Credit: UMass Amherst AMHERST, Mass. - The Digital Life team at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, creators of an online catalog of high-resolution, full-color 3D...
Story tips from the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, April 2018
Credit: Jason Richards/Oak Ridge National Laboratory, US Dept. of Energy Biology--Lurking mouth microbes An Oak Ridge National Laboratory-led team cultivated a novel oral microbe, Desulfobulbus...
Solution to 50-year-old mystery could lead to gene therapy for common blood disorders
Credit: Image: UNSW In a landmark study that could lead to new therapies for sickle cell anaemia and other blood disorders, UNSW Sydney-led researchers have...
New algorithm enables data integration at single-cell resolution
A team of computational biologists has developed an algorithm that can 'align' multiple sequencing datasets with single-cell resolution. The new method, published today in the...
Studies examine relationship between legal cannabis use, opioid prescriptions
Bottom Line: Two studies examine the relationship between legal cannabis use and opioid prescriptions. One study examines state implementation of medical and adult-use marijuana laws...
Associations between acid-suppressing medications, antibiotics in infancy and later allergic disease
Bottom Line: The use of acid-suppressing medications or antibiotics in the first 6 months of infancy was associated with an increased risk for the subsequent...
Do men outnumber women in academic neurology programs?
Bottom Line: Men outnumbered women at all faculty levels in top-ranked academic neurology programs, findings that are consistent with previous studies of both neurology and...
Sandcastles and surprising origins of basic cellular functions
Boston, MA - Cells comprising a tissue can pack into disorderly geometries much as do grains of sand in a sandcastle. In doing so they...
New compound helps activate cancer-fighting T cells
Credit: Jose Gascon/UConn Invariant natural killer T (iNKT) cells are powerful weapons our body's immune systems count on to fight infection and combat diseases like...
Spaceflight activates cell changes with implications for stem cell-based heart repair
(Mary Ann Liebert, Inc./Genetic Engineering News) A new study of the effects of spaceflight on the development of heart cells identified changes in calcium signaling...
Study: Better fitness in pre-pregnant women linked with less risk of gestational diabetes
Credit: University of Iowa Expectant mothers who were more fit before pregnancy are at lower risk of developing gestational diabetes, according to a new study...
Self-rating mental health as ‘good’ predicts positive future mental health
Researchers have found that when a person rates their current mental health as 'positive' despite meeting criteria for a mental health problem such as depression,...
Study examines energy and nutrient digestibility in wheat co-products fed to growing pigs
URBANA, Ill. - With feed costs and the worldwide demand for meat growing, livestock producers are increasingly turning to co-products from the ethanol and human...
