First-ever cancer gene therapy approved by FDA
Today the FDA launched a new era in cancer treatment with its approval of the first cancer gene therapy drug in the United States. With...
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Key factor identified in gene silencing
Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - A fertilized human egg develops into multiple tissues, organs and about 200 distinct cell types. Each cell type has the...
The underwater jungles of the sea give clearer water
Credit: Joakim Hansen The new study, that has been conducted in 32 archipelago bays along the Baltic Sea coast shows that underwater plants can contribute...
Periodic table of ecological niches could aid in predicting effects of climate change
Credit: Stu's Images. A group of ecologists has started creating a periodic table of ecological niches similar to chemistry's periodic table. And just as chemists...
Fungal spore ‘death clouds’ key in gypsy moth fight
ITHACA, N.Y. - A fungus known to decimate populations of gypsy moths creates "death clouds" of spores that can travel more than 40 miles to...
Robotic system monitors specific neurons
Credit: Ho-Jun Suk CAMBRIDGE, MA -- Recording electrical signals from inside a neuron in the living brain can reveal a great deal of information about...
UMass Amherst environmental chemist flashes warning light on new nanoparticle
Credit: UMass Amherst/Baoshan Xing AMHERST, Mass. - When environmental and soil chemist Baoshan Xing at the University of Massachusetts Amherst began reading in 2014 that...
Gut bacteria that ‘talk’ to human cells may lead to new treatments
Credit: The Rockefeller University We have a symbiotic relationship with the trillions of bacteria that live in our bodies--they help us, we help them. It...
New ‘carbs study’ shows salacia extract helps curb appetite and manage blood sugar
Credit: OmniActive Morristown, N.J., Aug. 30, 2017 - In the recent CARBS (an acronym for Carbohydrate, Appetite Reduction, Blood Sugar and Satiety) study, researchers at...
Two distinct brain regions have independent influence on decision-making
Often when we make a decision, we calculate its "expected value," by multiplying the value of something (how much we want or need it) with...
‘Seeing’ robot learns tricky technique for studying brain cells in mammals
Whole-cell patch clamp electrophysiology, or whole-cell recording (WCR), is the gold-standard technique for studying the behaviour of brain cells called neurons under different brain states...
Wolf behaviour undeterred by tailings ponds and pit mines
Credit: Wildlife Habitat Effectiveness and Connectivity, 2014 EDMONTON (Wednesday, August 30, 2017)--Wolves do not avoid areas of human disturbance when hunting moose in Alberta's oil...
Hope for improving protection of the reticulated python
Credit: Mark Auliya, UFZ Trading in skins of the reticulated python is such a lucrative business that illegal exports are rising sharply and existing trade...
Soybean rust develops ‘rolling’ epidemics as spores travel north
Credit: Glen Hartman URBANA, Ill. - Although Midwestern soybean growers have yet to experience the brunt of soybean rust, growers in the southern United States...
Breakthrough in understanding mitochondria
Credit: University of Exeter Scientists have made a breakthrough in understanding how mitochondria - the "powerhouses" of human cells - are made. Mitochondria, which exist...
