Liquid biopsies may help predict response to immune checkpoint inhibitors
Bottom Line: The number of alterations detected in the DNA collected from blood samples (liquid biopsies) of cancer patients treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors was...
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DNA mutations shed in blood predicts response to immunotherapy in patients with cancer
In a first-of-its-kind study, University of California San Diego School of Medicine researchers report that a blood sample, or liquid biopsy, can reveal which patients...
An algorithm that explains how ants create and repair trail networks
Credit: Deborah Gordon Imagine you're a member of the Cephalotes goniodontus species, an arboreal ant with a Darth Vader-like head that has inspired humans to...
New UM faculty member lands $1.8 million grant to study intracellular bacteria that infect most insects
Credit: courtesy MISSOULA - A new University of Montana faculty member, Brandon Cooper, recently was awarded a five-year, $1.8 million Outstanding Investigator Award from the...
Random movements help color-detecting cells form the proper pattern
In fish and other animals, the color detecting cone cells in the retina are arranged in specific patterns, and this is believed to be important...
Statement on the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2017
Credit: Nobel Media. Ill. N. Elmehed The Nobel Assembly has awarded the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine jointly to Jeffrey C. Hall and...
New Princeton-CUNY program to bring together physicists and biologists
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded $13 million to create the Center for the Physics of Biological Function, a joint endeavor between Princeton University...
Genetic study investigates ways to increase productivity and tenderness of meat
Credit: Heitor Shimizu / Agência FAPESP Brazil has the world's largest commercial beef herd, numbering over 225 million heads of cattle, yet only 20% of...
Kinesins ignore weak forces as they carry heavy loads
Credit: Center for Theoretical Biological Physics/Rice University If you're the motor protein up front, be prepared to do the heavy pulling. That's one conclusion from...
USDA’s NIFA needs stakeholder input on food, agriculture priorities
WASHINGTON, D.C. September 15, 2017 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) is soliciting stakeholder input on the...
New Central Park fly species gets CCNY professor’s moniker
Credit: City College of New York/David Lohman Introducing Themira lohmanus, a fly like no other, and the most recently discovered species in the popular Manhattan...
Rockefeller University biologist Michael W. Young honored with Nobel Prize
Credit: Mario Morgado/The Rockefeller University Rockefeller University biologist Michael W. Young, who discovered the molecular mechanism of circadian rhythm, which governs biological clocks that r..
Evolutionary crop research: Ego-plants give lower yield
Credit: Copenhagen University Survival of the fittest is a fundamental concept in Darwin's theory of natural selection which drives evolution. However, when it comes to...
New insights into leading cause of miscarriage, birth defects discovered
Credit: Northwestern University EVANSTON, Ill. --- Two recent Northwestern University studies shed new light on the mystery of the leading cause of birth defects and...
CU Researchers win prestigious $2 million NIH grant for brain study
AURORA, Colo. (Oct. 2, 2017) - Researchers from the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus and the University of Colorado Boulder have won a $2...
