Vitamin C may boost effectiveness of acute myeloid leukemia treatment
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Edible dormice: High food availability slows down cell aging
Credit: Vetmeduni Vienna Hibernation has long been considered the secret behind the relatively long lifespan of the edible dormouse. However, a team of researchers from...
Single gene mutation causes severely debilitating disease of brain blood vessels
The cause of a disease that targets blood vessels in the brain – leading to multiple debilitating symptoms and, often, to early death – has...
A new window to understanding the brain
Scientists in recent years have made great strides in the quest to understand the brain by using implanted probes to explore how specific neural circuits...
Bringing artificial enzymes closer to nature
Scientists at the University of Basel, ETH Zurich, and NCCR Molecular Systems Engineering have developed an artificial metalloenzyme that catalyses a reaction inside of cells...
Cardioprotective drug helps prevent long-term heart damage in children receiving chemotherapy
Steven Lipshultz, MD, of Wayne State University School of Medicine and the Children’s Hospital of MichiganA potent chemotherapy drug can be life saving for children...
Lung cancer patients whose tumor has spread to the brain could be spared radiotherapy
Lung Cancer Credit: WikimediaPATIENTS with non-small cell lung cancer which has spread to the brain could be spared whole brain radiotherapy as it makes little...
Memory for future wearable electronics
Last March, the artificial intelligence (AI) program AlphaGo beat Korean Go champion LEE Se-Dol at the Asian board game. “The game was quite tight, but...
3-D graphene has promise for bio applications
Credit: Ajayan Group/Rice University HOUSTON – (Sept. 2, 2016) – Flakes of graphene welded together into solid materials may be suitable for bone implants, according...
Study validates TGen-developed test for health care-acquired infections
Credit: CupeFLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — Sept. 2, 2016 — A new study by the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) details the design and validation of a...
DNA structure influences the function of transcription factors
A depiction of the double helical structure of DNA. Its four coding units (A, T, C, G) are color-coded in pink, orange, purple and yellow....
Placenta in females, muscle mass in males: The dual heritage of a virus
Cross section of mouse muscle (in blue: labeling of nuclei; in green: labeling of muscle fiber membranes). Normal male mice display larger muscle fibers than...
New model could help improve prediction of outbreaks of Ebola and Lassa fever
Ebola in West Africa Credit: Global PanoramaPotential outbreaks of diseases such as Ebola and Lassa fever may be more accurately predicted thanks to a new...
Personnel selection, training could mitigate effects of cognitive lock-up in automation operators
Automation failures have been the cause of such widely reported disasters as the crash of Air France Flight 447 in 2009, with most of the...
Discovery offers hope for new Crohn’s disease treatment
Credit: UBCScientists at the University of British Columbia have made a discovery that could potentially lead to treatments for a debilitating complication of Crohn’s disease....
