No magic wand required: Scientists propose way to turn any cell into any other cell type
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- In fairy tales, all it takes to transform a frog into a prince, a servant into a princess or a mouse...
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How Neanderthals influenced human genetics at the crossroads of Asia and Europe
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- When the ancestors of modern humans migrated out of Africa, they passed through the Middle East and Turkey before heading deeper into...
Animal models in regenerative medicine in upcoming special issue of tissue engineering
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, Oct. 24, 2017 -- Novel approaches to tissue engineering and regenerative medicine are first evaluated and...
UT Health San Antonio researchers define mechanism that causes kidney cancer to recur
SAN ANTONIO (Oct. 24, 2017) - New research from The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) and U.S....
Tarloxitinib puts tumor-seeking tail on anti-EGFR drug to precisely target lung cancer
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center EGFR is a common genetic target in lung cancer, but not all EGFR mutations are created equal. Patients with...
Genetics may put a person at risk of high triglycerides, but adopting a healthy diet can help
URBANA, Ill. - Triglycerides, a type of fat in the blood, are important for good health. But having high triglycerides might increase a person's risk...
Taste, not appearance, drives corals to eat plastics
Credit: Alex Seymour, Duke University DURHAM, N.C. -- Scientists have long known that marine animals mistakenly eat plastic debris because the tiny bits of floating...
Identifying the mechanism for a new class of antiviral drugs could hasten their approval
Credit: Penn State New research shows that a new class of antiviral drugs works by causing the virus' replication machinery to pause and backtrack, preventing...
Exposure to glyphosate, chemical found in weed killers, increased over 23 years
Analyzing samples from a prospective study, University of California San Diego School of Medicine researchers found that human exposure to glyphosate, a chemical widely found...
Study provides more clarity on the genetic causes of children’s food allergies
What role do genes play in egg, milk, and nut allergies? A study published in Nature Communications, led by the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular...
Does stem cell therapy offer the best hope for neurodegenerative diseases?
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, Oct. 24, 2017 -- As the brain has limited capability for self-repair or regeneration, stem cells...
Mysterious DNA modification seen in stress response
With advances in genomics, scientists are discovering additional components of the DNA alphabet in animals. Do these unusual chemical modifications of DNA have a special...
Pollutant emitted by forest fire causes DNA damage and lung cell death
When exposed in a laboratory to pollution levels comparable to those found in the atmosphere of the Amazon region during the forest and crop burning...
‘Wing prints’ may identify individual bats as effectively as fingerprints identify people
Credit: The image was used as Figure 1 in their study, 'Bat wing biometrics: using collagen-elastin bundles in bat wings as a unique individual identifier.'...
Swortwood to investigate prevalence of synthetic opioids in saliva
Credit: Harriet McHale HUNTSVILLE, TX (10/24/17) -- A research team at Sam Houston State University received a $311,000 National Institute of Justice grant to develop...
