A whole-genome sequenced rice mutant resource for the study of biofuel feedstocks
Credit: Guotian Li and Rashmi Jain/Berkeley Lab Rice is a staple food for over half of the world's population and a model for studies of...
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Small-molecule therapeutic boosts spatial memory and motor function in Rett syndrome mice
New research into Rett syndrome therapeutics suggests that a small molecule already reported to improve respiratory problems associated with the disease may also improve spatial...
Researchers make significant progress in engineering digestive system tissues
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - Researchers at Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine have reached important milestones in their quest to engineer replacement tissue in the lab...
Powerful new technique can clone thousands of genes at once
Credit: Jennifer E. Fairman/Johns Hopkins University Scientists at Johns Hopkins, Rutgers, the University of Trento in Italy, and Harvard Medical School report they have developed...
‘Nanolock’ detects cancer mutation; could lead to early diagnoses, personalized therapies
The moment when healthy cells turn into cancer cells is a critical point. And if caught early enough, many cancers can be stopped in their...
The comeback kid — black phosphorus and its new potential
When it was discovered over a century ago, black phosphorus was considered relatively useless. Over the past five years, however, the engineers and chemists have...
Quantum dots make the leap from TVs to antibacterial eye drops
Quantum dots are transforming electronic displays on TVs and tablets. But now, one group reports in ACS Nano that these tiny structures may someday provide...
Allen Discovery Center for Human Brain Evolution announced $10 million grant will create Center to understand how the human brain evolved and what makes it unique
Credit: Boston Children's Hospital The Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group announced today the creation of an Allen Discovery Center for Human Brain Evolution at Boston...
The Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group announces Allen Discovery Center at UW Medicine
Credit: Jay Shendure The Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group announced today the creation of an Allen Discovery Center for Cell Lineage Tracing at UW Medicine,...
Alcohol consumption putting vast majority of Europeans at risk of digestive cancers
Credit: UEG (Vienna, 4 July, 2017) Citizens across the EU are consuming an average of 2 alcoholic drinks per day, placing drinkers at a 21%...
Advance directive and medical power of attorney are often missing
COLOGNE. For most patients in intensive care, the patient records contain neither an advance directive nor a medical power of attorney. This is the finding...
Combining antibiotics proves more effective against common infection
The common and highly resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacterium is a fatal threat to weakened and ill patients. A new study from Lund University in Sweden...
Who’ll win at Wimbledon? Just listen to the pitch of the grunts
Never mind counting aces and killer shots. If you want to predict the outcome of a tennis match, pay attention to the players' grunts. As...
Genome sequence of a diabetes-prone rodent
The sand rat Psammomys obesus is a gerbil species native to deserts of North Africa and the Middle East, and is constrained in its ecology...
Local views key to unlocking ways to fairer and more successful nature conservation
New research led by the University of East Anglia (UEA) shows how a policy aimed at ensuring the world's protected areas are "equitably managed" has...
