Flight of the RoboBee
Increasingly, researchers are designing robots with forms and functions that defy our expectation of what a machine can be or do. One of the more...
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Scientists use modelling to show the role of metabolism and signaling in cancer metastasis
Researchers have built a model to investigate the metastasis of cancer by examining the metabolism of breast epithelial cells and look at the role of...
A new approach to chemical synthesis
MIT chemists have devised a new way to synthesize a complex molecular structure that is shared by a group of fungal compounds with potential as...
Rice study details stress-diabetes link
HOUSTON – (June 6, 2016) – A Rice University study has found a link between emotional stress and diabetes, with roots in the brain’s ability...
Personalized medicine leads to better outcomes for patients with cancer
In a meta-analysis of hundreds of clinical trials involving thousands of patients, researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine report that therapeutic...
Wild parents’ genomes reveal complex genetic past for garden variety petunias
Credit: Tomas Hasing ITHACA, NY– When gardeners look at a petunia, they see the vibrant and versatile blooms of the most popular bedding plant in...
ASCO: Finally, targeted therapies for triple-negative breast cancer
At the American Society for Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting 2016, researchers present results of three clinical trials using new targeted therapies against triple negative...
Repairing chronic wounds
Chronic wounds cause nearly 80,000 lower leg amputations annually in the U.S. alone and are associated with an increased likelihood of death. While the body...
UMMS scientists offer first look at how our cells can ‘swallow up and quarantine’ Zika
Credit: Brass Lab WORCESTER, MA – Eight weeks after receiving their first samples of Zika virus, scientists at the University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMMS)...
Gut microbes’ metabolite dampens proliferation of intestinal stem cells
Intestinal stem cells are among the most rapidly dividing cells in the body, busily creating new cells to replace the ones that are constantly being...
Brain power
Compared to other mammals, humans have the largest cerebral cortex. A sheet of brain cells that folds in on itself multiple times in order to...
Prevention may be essential to reducing racial disparities in stroke
Blacks between the ages of 45 and 54 die of strokes at a rate that is three times greater than their white counterparts, according to...
New clues found to immune system’s misfiring in autoimmune diseases
A person’s genetic makeup plays a role in autoimmune diseases such as multiple sclerosis that develop when the body is attacked by its own immune...
Walnuts may improve your colon health
Eating walnuts may change gut bacteria in a way that suppresses colon cancer, researchers led by UConn Health report in the journal Cancer Prevention Research....
Pick me! Pick me! How genes are selected to create diverse immune cell receptors
Credit: Babraham Institute Use of a new technique developed at the Babraham Institute has allowed researchers to take an in-depth look at the gene shuffling...
