Loss of ARID1A protein drives onset and progress of colon cancer
(MEMPHIS, Tenn. - December 12, 2016) A team of scientists has developed a model system in mice that allows them to look closely at how...
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Pitt engineers receive $500,000 award from NASA to advance additive manufacturing
Credit: Albert To/Swanson School of Engineering PITTSBURGH (December 12, 2016) ... Additive manufacturing (AM) researchers at the University of Pittsburgh's Swanson School of Engineering and...
New heart imaging test identifies improved outcomes in patients with amyloidosis
(Boston) -- Researchers at Boston Medical Center (BMC) have reported that a new heart imaging test can determine whether cardiac amyloidosis patients are expected to...
A $5 fix for a nasty parasite
Credit: Ryan Hulvat The life of a watershed is complex. The watershed is the area of land separating the smaller water flows that feed into...
Mountain glaciers are showing some of the strongest responses to climate change
Credit: A. Lambrecht/World Glacier Monitoring Service Mountain glaciers have long been a favorite poster child of climate change. The near-global retreat of glaciers of the...
Spinning black hole swallowing star explains superluminous event
Credit: ESO, ESA/Hubble, M. Kornmesser In 2015, the All Sky Automated Survey for SuperNovae (ASAS-SN) detected an event, named ASASSN-15lh, that was recorded as the...
Leibniz Prize awarded to RNA researcher Jörg Vogel
(University of Würzburg) It is considered the German equivalent of the Nobel Prize: the Leibniz Prize awarded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft comes with a €2.5...
How hearing loss can change the way nerve cells are wired
Credit: Credit: Hua Yang BUFFALO, N.Y. -- It's winter, and your head is stuffed up from the cold or flu. Everything sounds muffled. If this...
Anti-tumor synergy
Biocompatible nanocapsules, loaded with an amino acid and equipped with an enzyme now combine two anti-tumor strategies into a synergistic treatment concept. Researchers hope this...
Exploring advancements in viral immunotherapies and vaccines in the melanoma field
Credit: Future Science Group The Future Science Group (FSG) published journal, Melanoma Management, has released a special issue highlighting the advancements made in viral immunotherapies...
Blood pressure medication paves the way for approaches to managing Barrett’s syndrome
Credit: Svein Olav Bratlie/University of Gothenburg New ways of using mechanisms behind certain blood pressure medications may in the future spare some patient groups both...
Versatile optical laser will enable innovative experiments at atomic-scale measurements
WASHINGTON -- The European X-ray Free-Electron Laser (XFEL) facility, near Hamburg, Germany, was built with one objective -- to provide pulses of light short enough,...
Antipsychotic drug use increases risk of mortality among persons with Alzheimer’s disease
Antipsychotic drug use is associated with a 60 percent increased risk of mortality among persons with Alzheimer's disease, shows a recent study from the University...
New laser scanning test to assess fire-damaged concrete
Engineering research at The University of Nottingham, UK and Ningbo, China (UNNC) has found laser scanning is a new and viable structural safety technique to...
New mutations in gene PKD1L1 are associated with disarrangement of human internal organs
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine Scientists have linked a gene called PKD1L1 with disarrangement of human internal organs, known as laterality defects, and complex congenital...
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