A stinging report: FSU reserach shows climate change a major threat to bumble bees
Credit: Jane Ogilvie TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- New research from a team of Florida State University scientists and their collaborators is helping to explain the link...
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Dartmouth-led team receives NASA grant to study lake water quality in the Northeast
Credit: Photo by Sam Fey. Throughout the Northeast, lakes are popular destinations for recreation and often prized locations for second homes. However, as more people...
Bloomfield receives Outstanding Clinician-Scientist Award
Columbus, Ohio - Clara D. Bloomfield, MD, Distinguished University Professor, cancer scholar and senior advisor to The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center - James...
Molecular fingerprint of breast tumors linked to immune response in bloodstream
Credit: Vanessa Dumeaux Using newly developed software, researchers have shown that genes and molecular processes in breast cancer tumor cells are tightly linked to genes...
Male hormones may promote infection by virus that causes Kaposi’s sarcoma
Credit: Wang X, et al. (2017) Male hormones may facilitate infection with a virus that can cause a type of cancer known as Kaposi's sarcoma....
Smart molecules trigger white blood cells to become better cancer-eating machines
Credit: Wang et al. at UC San Diego A team of researchers has engineered smart protein molecules that can reprogram white blood cells to ignore...
Researchers look to protect ‘self-reactive’ immune cells so they can fight melanoma
CHAPEL HILL -- Researchers at the University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center are using what they know about a rare, inherited autoimmune disease...
UTHealth’s Jim Zheng awarded $5.8 million CPRIT grant to mine cancer data for cures
Credit: UTHealth In keeping with the shift in cancer research from data generation to data analysis, bioinformatician W. Jim Zheng, Ph.D., of The University of...
UTA study says zinc can halt the growth of cancer cells
Zinc supplements can significantly inhibit the proliferation of esophageal cancer cells, according to a new study co-authored by a University of Texas at Arlington researcher....
Tracking the body’s mini-shuttles
The development of a new technique for labelling the body's own transporters - exosomes - could have long term benefits in the treatment of life-threatening...
Unlocking the secrets of disease progression
Credit: UNM Throughout her academic career, Lina Cui has always been interested in the chemistry of disease in the human body. Now, as a University...
TSRI researchers get a lead on how to detect degenerative neurological diseases sooner
Credit: TSRI Researchers at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) may have found a way to help doctors diagnose diseases like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's earlier in...
Immune system cells protect against CMV-induced hearing loss in mice
Credit: Almishaal AA, et al. (2017) Immune system cells known as natural killer (NK) cells play an important protective role against hearing loss in mice...
Sharks longer in the tooth than we thought
A James Cook University researcher has found that sharks and rays live a lot longer than we thought - some twice as long as previously...
Uni works with Yorkshire Water on £300,000 project to reduce lead in water
(University of Huddersfield) One strand will focus on the 'particulate lead' that can be found in tap water as a result of corrosion in the...
