RIVERSIDE, Calif. – Toxoplasma gondii, a protozoan parasite about five microns long, infects a third of the world’s population. Ingested via undercooked meat or unwashed...
SALT LAKE CITY, June 9, 2016 – When new AIDS virus particles bud from an infected cell, an enzyme named protease activates to help the...
Cancer stem cells are like zombies — even after a tumor is destroyed, they can keep coming back. These cells have an unlimited capacity to...
Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers report they have developed an experimental laboratory test that accurately clocks the “speed” of human brain tumor cell movement along a...
New research explains why so many biological networks, including the human brain (a network of neurons), exhibit a hierarchical structure, and will improve attempts to...
Candida yeasts normally live on human skin and mucous membranes without causing disease. In individuals with a weakened immune system, however, they are a major...
In a recent development, scientists at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research report that damage to DNA can be induced by ultrashort pulses of high...
PHILADELPHIA – Evidence of DNA "scrunching" may one day lead to a new class of drugs against viruses, according to a research team from the...
Credit: University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center ANN ARBOR, Mich. – Researchers at the University of Michigan have identified a promising new compound for targeting...
Human parthenogenetic stem cells, derived from unfertilized oocytes, can be used without destroying potentially viable human embryos to generate unlimited supply of neural stem cells...
Credit: COPYRIGHT (C) TOYOHASHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Calcium ion batteries (CIBs) have attracted much attention as next-generation batteries to replace lithium ion...
HOUSTON – (June 7, 2016) – A gap-toothed peptide created by bioengineers at Rice University may be an efficient way to deliver insoluble drugs to...
Credit: Max Hirte / TUM Nature provides mankind with a wide variety of valuable bioactive agents ranging from vitamins over vital fatty acids to cancer...
New Rochelle, NY, June 7, 2016–Using an automated insulin feedback controller as part of an overnight closed-loop (OCL) control system improved glucose control (increased time...
Reston, Va. – A recent pilot study reported in the June issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine found that sodium fluoride (Na-F-18) positron emission...
