Into the wild for plant genetics
Credit: Alex Papadopolous In a paper published today in Scientific Reports (Nature Publishing Group), researchers at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, detail for the first...
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Have flowers devised the ultimate weapon of distraction?
Credit: Professor Scott Armbruster Nectar, the high-energy 'honey' produced by flowers, might be a brilliant distraction technique to help protect a flower's reproductive parts, accord..
Sugars in human mother’s milk are new class of antibacterial agents
Credit: Barbara Cramer/Zack Eagles, Vanderbilt University Mother's milk, which consists of a complex and continually changing blend of proteins, fats and sugars, helps protect babies...
Wood frogs research clarifies risks posed to animals by warming climate
Credit: Staci Amburgey, Penn State As conditions warm, fish and wildlife living at the southern edge of their species' ranges are most at risk, according...
UH receives $3.3 million from state cancer research program
Credit: Rohith Reddy The University of Houston has received $3.3 million from the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas. A $2 million recruitment grant...
Study of California kidney cancer shows declining incidence, end of a trend
(SACRAMENTO, Calif.) -- A review of kidney cancer in California from 1988 through 2013 by the UC Davis Institute for Population Health Improvement (IPHI) has...
Under the redwoods, UC Santa Cruz fights kids’ cancer using computers
Credit: City of Santa Cruz Economic Development Office SANTA CRUZ, CA - August 17 , 2017 - When you hear the words "Santa Cruz," you...
Special issue of Future Medicinal Chemistry explores immunotherapy edit article
The field of immunotherapy is moving forward at an unprecedented rate, and a range of therapeutic approaches are now used in clinical practice, often with...
New Bioimaging technique is fast and economical
Credit: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, N.Y. - A new approach to optical imaging makes it possible to quickly and economically monitor multiple molecular interactions in...
Ocean channel in Bahamas marks genetic divide in Brazilian free-tailed bats
Credit: Florida Museum of Natural History photo by Verity Mathis GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Brazilian free-tailed bats are expert flyers, capable of migrating hundreds of miles...
Research reveals how physical exercise protects the heart
Regular exercise is considered an important form of treatment for heart failure, a condition in which the heart is unable to pump enough blood to...
Mechanisms explaining positional diversity of the hindlimb in tetrapod evolution
Credit: Takayuki Suzuki Nagoya, Japan - In the evolution of tetrapods, the position of the hindlimb has diversified along with the vertebral formula, which is...
GA4GH 5th Plenary Meeting
Francis Collins, Director of the US National Institutes of Health (NIH), and Harold Varmus, former Director of the NIH and of the National Cancer Institute,...
GIST tumors linked to NF1 mutations, genetic testing needed
Researchers at UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center, with colleagues from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Fox Chase Cancer Center, have determined that a...
Paper: Clinical signs best predictors of mortality in critically ill calves
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Clinical signs such as gastrointestinal problems or septic arthritis may be better predictors of mortality in...
