Improving cancer treatment with 3D modeling of drug resistance
Credit: Dr. Hossein Tavana The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is funding the research of a University of Akron (UA) scientist that could lead to...
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ASHG honors Cecilia Lindgren with ASHG Mentorship Award
Credit: (Courtesy Wellcome Trust, UK) ROCKVILLE, MD - The American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) has named Cecilia Lindgren, PhD, as the recipient of its...
Scientists on Twitter: Preaching to the choir or singing from the rooftops?
Credit: Isabelle Côté Isabelle Côté is an SFU professor of marine ecology and conservation and an active science communicator whose prime social media platform is...
One step closer to finding a cure for brain diseases
Credit: Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST) A research team led by Professor Jaewon Ko and Ji Won Um from Department of Brain...
Tree shrew tolerance for spicy foods unlocked by researchers
Credit: MA Xiaofeng Spicy foods elicit a pungent or hot and painful sensation that repels most mammals. However, the tree shrew (Tupaia belangeri chinensis), a...
Native state is fortunate trap in the journey of protein to its destination, fibril state
Within the cell, proteins are continuously formed as linear chains of amino acids using DNA as a template for the sequence. For the protein to...
Synapse-specific plasticity governs the identity of overlapping memory traces
Credit: Kaoru Inokuchi, Kareem Abdou Memories are formed through long-term changes in synaptic efficacy, a process known as synaptic plasticity, and are stored in the...
Thermo Scientific Krios Cryo-TEM instrument installed at the Institut Pasteur
The Institut Pasteur officially unveiled its new Thermo Scientific Krios Cryo-TEM electron microscope at an event in Paris, France on July 12th 2018. The availability...
Mice study implicates fat as obesity cause
Credit: Pixbay What we eat plays a big role in our ability to regulate our body weight. Over time, however, different ideas have emerged about...
Allergy potential of strawberries and tomatoes depends on the variety
The incidence of food allergies has increased in recent decades: It affects three to four percent of the adult population and five percent of children....
Study finds 84 highly endangered Amur leopards remain in China and Russia
Credit: Emmanual Rondeau VLADIVOSTOK, Russia, (July 13, 2018) - Scientists estimate there are only 84 remaining highly endangered Amur leopards (Panthera pardus orientalis) remaining in...
Growing a dinosaur’s dinner
Scientists have measured the nutritional value of herbivore dinosaurs' diet by growing their food in atmospheric conditions similar to those found roughly 150 million years...
New research calculates capacity of North American forests to sequester carbon
Credit: Kai Zhu Researchers have calculated the capacity of North American forests to sequester carbon in a detailed analysis that for the first time integrates...
UMBC researchers develop nanoparticles to reduce internal bleeding caused by blast trauma
Blast trauma, such as from injuries sustained during combat, can lead to internal bleeding in major organs including the brain. Currently, there are no treatments...
Looking at the urine and blood may be best in diagnosing myeloma
Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University AUGUSTA, Ga. (July 13, 2018) -When it comes to diagnosing a condition in which the plasma cells that...