3.7 million project for the next generation of brain tumor researchers
(University of Plymouth) A pan-European initiative led by the University of Plymouth designed to train the next generation of brain tumor researchers, has received funding...
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Trash to treasure: The benefits of waste-to-energy technologies
Credit: Shutterstock/Argonne National Laboratory Instead of hauling food waste to landfills, we might want to use that organic waste to power garbage trucks, your car,...
CWRU awarded funding to understand how plant particle stimulates anti-tumor response
Nicole Steinmetz, PhD, Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Radiology, member of the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center and the Center for RNA Science and Therapeutics in...
Microbes compete for nutrients, affect metabolism, development in mice
Credit: Bryce Richter/UW-Madison MADISON, Wis. -- "Gut bacteria get to use a lot of our food before we do," says Federico Rey, a professor of...
Given the choice, zebrafish willingly dose themselves with opioids
Credit: University of Utah Health As the opioid crisis escalates, the science behind addiction remains poorly understood. To address this need, researchers at University of...
Study identifies genes linked to better immune response to flu vaccine
New Haven, Conn.-- Yale experts and their partners in a national research consortium have identified several genes and gene clusters associated with the immune response...
UNC-Chapel Hill reaches milestone in development of Kinase Chemogenomic Set
(CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - Aug. 25, 2017) - The Structural Genomics Consortium at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (SGC-UNC), in partnership with...
$4.5 million grant funds new disease-resistant strawberries
Credit: Gregory Urquiaga/UC Davis The Public Strawberry Breeding Program at the University of California, Davis, and colleagues in California and Florida have received a $4.5...
New research on Fragile X syndrome reinforces importance of early detection
Credit: Caleb Doll, Broadie Laboratory, Vanderbilt University Fragile X syndrome--the most common heritable cause of autism spectrum disorder--is something of a phantom. It interferes with...
Millions of novel genetic variants found in 1,000 Swedish individuals
An extensive exercise to map genetic variation in Sweden has found 33 million genetic variants, 10 million of which are novel. Large-scale DNA sequencing methods...
McIndoe awarded $12.8 million grant to continue to lead national consortium on diabetic complications
Credit: Phil Jones AUGUSTA, Ga. (Aug. 25, 2017) - Dr. Richard A. McIndoe, bioinformatics expert and associate director of the Center for Biotechnology and Genomic...
Magic enzymes
Little fungi pack a punch: "Magic mushrooms" of the Psilocybe species produce psychoactive compounds that alter perception when ingested. Recently, the effects on the neuronal...
A Galápagos seabird’s population expected to shrink with ocean warming
(Wake Forest University) Within the next century, rising ocean temperatures around the Galápagos Islands are expected to make the water too warm for a key...
NSF awards CCNY-led team inaugural convergence research grant
Credit: Ana Carnaval City College of New York biodiversity expert Ana Carnaval co-heads an interdisciplinary team of scientists that won a National Science Foundation Growing...
New wrapping material enables high quality bioimaging
(Hokkaido University) A nanosheet made of organic polymers has been developed to prevent the drying and deforming of biological samples, thus enabling high-quality imaging under...
