A new CRISPR-engineered cancer model to test therapeutics
One major challenge in cancer research is developing robust pre-clinical models for new therapies, ones that will accurately reflect a human response to a novel...
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Completing the drug design jigsaw
A powerful new way of analysing how drugs interact with molecules in the body could aid the design of better treatments with fewer side-effects. Most...
Largest twin study pins nearly 80% of schizophrenia risk on heritability
Philadelphia, PA, Oct. 5, 2017 - In the largest study of twins in schizophrenia research to date, researchers at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark, estimate...
Germs in the kitchen: Salmonella better known than Campylobacter
In the latest issue, it can again be seen that consumers often underestimate risks which are classified as health-relevant from the point of view of...
Dundee scientists solve 3-D structure of key defense protein against Parkinson’s disease
Scientists at the University of Dundee have identified the structure of a key enzyme that protects the brain against Parkinson's disease. The result of a...
IUPUI microbiologists uncover clues to clustering of lethal bacteria in CF patients’ lungs
Credit: Indiana University Communications INDIANAPOLIS -- Individuals with cystic fibrosis, or CF, have a high risk of chronic pneumonia because the thick, sticky mucus that...
Mini form of replacement gene can delay degeneration in leber congenital amaurosis
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, Oct.5, 2017 -- A new study demonstrates success in using a shortened form of the CEP290...
A candidate genetic factor for the effects of prenatal alcohol exposure has been found
Credit: P Lehtinen / University of Helsinki Researchers at the University of Helsinki, Finland, have found a genetic variation, which associates with the damage caused...
Jens Nielsen honored by ENI for research on the production of fuels from renewables
Credit: ENI Scientific Director at the Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability at the Technical University of Denmark, Jens Nielsen, has received an ENI award...
The 2017 Nobel Prize in Chemistry: Cryo-electron microscopy explained (video)
Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, Oct. 5, 2017 -- Jacques Dubochet, Joachim Frank and Richard Henderson have claimed this year's Nobel Prize in Chemistry....
A need for bananas? Dietary potassium regulates calcification of arteries
Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Bananas and avocados -- foods that are rich in potassium -- may help protect against pathogenic vascular calcification, also known...
Salk neurobiologist receives NIH Director’s New Innovator award
Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA - (Oct. 5, 2017) Salk Institute Assistant Professor Eiman Azim has been named an NIH Director's New Innovator for 2017...
Climate solution in soil?
Credit: Jennifer Harden If you want to do something about global warming, look under your feet. Managed well, soil's ability to trap carbon dioxide is...
RUDN chemists identified the structure of the agent causing mutations in lionfish embryos
Credit: Fedor Zubkov Researchers from the People's Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University) have refined our understanding of the structure of synthetic toxins which impede...
Nerve study shows how cells adapt to help repair damage
Genetic processes that allow cells to transform so they can mend damaged nerves have been identified by scientists. Their insights on tissue repair could advance...
