Pictured is a fluorescently labeled endothelial cell monolayer, pseudocolorized in blue/green, and imaged using spectral confocal microscopy. One cell has been selectively perforated via ultrasound-in..
CLEVELAND, Ohio – A new study finds young children with mild, persistent asthma, can tolerate acetaminophen without the worsening of asthma, when compared with ibuprofen...
MIT graduate student George Ni holds a bubble-wrapped, sponge-like device that soaks up natural sunlight and heats water to boiling temperatures, generating steam through its...
Dr Philip JonesWellcome Trust Sanger Institute scientists have shown that unexpectedly, oesophageal cancer cells do not divide faster than their normal neighbours. But unlike normal...
Ken-ichi Noma, Ph.D.PHILADELPHIA–(August 22, 2016)– Cancer is often driven by various genetic mutations that are acquired through changes to a person’s DNA over time. These...
Researchers have identified a brain mechanism that could be a drug target to help prevent tolerance and addiction to opioid pain medication, such as morphine,...
New York, NY, August 22, 2016–Researchers from Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) found that omega-3 fatty acids reduced brain damage in a neonatal mouse model...
In a landmark discovery, researchers at Tel Aviv University have unraveled the metastatic mechanism of melanoma, the most aggressive of all skin cancers. According to...
This is a time-lapse microscopy photo of human breast cancer cells migrating into channels of different widths (20um, 10um and 5um). Credit: Jayo et al.As...
A study from Oxford and Basel universities may point the way to maintaining our immune systems as we get older. In a paper in the...
Peter Ulric Tse, professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences at DartmouthA collaborative research project on the neural basis of attention, to be led by Peter...
Credit: Institut PasteurScientists from the Institut Pasteur have demonstrated the role of lysosomal vesicles in transporting α-synuclein aggregates, responsible for Parkinson’s and other neurodegener..
Cynthia Goldsmith This colorized transmission electron micrograph (TEM) revealed some of the ultrastructural morphology displayed by an Ebola virus virion. See PHIL 1832 for a...
There are 3 epidemic types of S. Enteritidis based on 675 isolates; 2 African epidemic types and a global epidemic type. Credits: Nature GeneticsThe first...
Caenorhabditis elegans. Credit: WikipediaMicrosporidia cause diarrhea, an illness called microsporidiosis and even death in immune-compromised individuals. In spite of those widespread medical probl..
