New insight into how telomeres protect cells from premature senescence
Researchers at the Institute of Molecular Biology (IMB) and Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) have further uncovered the secrets of telomeres, the caps that protect...
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Colon cancer nuclear pore dynamics are captured by HS-AFM
Credit: Kanazawa University One of the key reasons for cancer mortality is caused by the highly invasive behaviour of cancer cells, which is often due...
Subtle molecular changes along the upper digestive tract could guide cancer therapy
WASHINGTON (June 30, 2017) -- Based on a new molecular study of tissues biopsied from various parts of the upper digestive tract, researchers at Georgetown...
Negative density dependence explains tropical biodiversity
LOGAN, UTAH, USA-The diversity of woody plant species is one of the most notable aspects of forests worldwide. However, the mechanisms behind the high diversity...
Alzheimer’s disease patients with psychosis more likely to be misdiagnosed, study suggests
Credit: Courtesy of St. Michael's Hospital TORONTO, June 30, 2017--People with Alzheimer's disease who experience psychosis--including delusions and hallucinations--are five times more like..
Wayne State receives NIH award to study genetic factors that impact benefit of exercise
DETROIT - A team of researchers led by Robert Wessells, Ph.D., assistant professor of physiology in the School of Medicine at Wayne State University, has...
To buzz or to scrabble? To foraging bees, that’s the question
Credit: Keith Brust/UA Imagine going to the supermarket to stock up on groceries but coming home empty-handed because you just couldn't figure out how to...
Grapes linked to better health
NEW YORK, NY - A newly released book titled Grapes and Health: A Monograph offers a thorough review of the current science linking the consumption...
Dragonflies reveal how biodiversity changes in time and space
Credit: Brandon Martin/Rice University An ecological filter in a pond, such as voracious fish that feed on dragonflies and damselflies, can help ecologists predict how...
Inhibition of tau protein aggregation by rhodanine-based compounds
The design of tailored peptide-polymer conjugates as drug-specific formulation additives offers access to next generation precision additives that can render problematic small organic drugs water-solu..
Uniting lost voices
Credit: Bioarchaeology International Bioarchaeology is a young but quickly growing field that studies how people from the past lived and died, and is most often...
UTA 2017 interdisciplinary research grants focus on cancer, drug testing, helping youth
Credit: Jon Weidanz The University of Texas at Arlington has awarded three new seed grants for interdisciplinary research projects that propose new ways to treat...
In urban Baltimore, poor neighborhoods have more mosquitoes
Credit: BES Photo Archive (Millbrook, NY) A new study published in the Journal of Medical Entomology reports that in Baltimore, Maryland, neighborhoods with high levels...
New clues found to common respiratory virus
Credit: Daisy Leung By age 2, most children have been infected with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), which usually causes only mild cold symptoms. But people...
Singapore scientists uncover how the liver unclogs itself
Credit: Mechanobiology Institute, Singapore A multi-disciplinary team of researchers from the Mechanobiology Institute, Singapore (MBI) at the National University of Singapore (NUS), the Institute ..
