Taste, not appearance, drives corals to eat plastics
Credit: Alex Seymour, Duke University DURHAM, N.C. -- Scientists have long known that marine animals mistakenly eat plastic debris because the tiny bits of floating...
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Identifying the mechanism for a new class of antiviral drugs could hasten their approval
Credit: Penn State New research shows that a new class of antiviral drugs works by causing the virus' replication machinery to pause and backtrack, preventing...
Exposure to glyphosate, chemical found in weed killers, increased over 23 years
Analyzing samples from a prospective study, University of California San Diego School of Medicine researchers found that human exposure to glyphosate, a chemical widely found...
Study provides more clarity on the genetic causes of children’s food allergies
What role do genes play in egg, milk, and nut allergies? A study published in Nature Communications, led by the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular...
Does stem cell therapy offer the best hope for neurodegenerative diseases?
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, Oct. 24, 2017 -- As the brain has limited capability for self-repair or regeneration, stem cells...
Mysterious DNA modification seen in stress response
With advances in genomics, scientists are discovering additional components of the DNA alphabet in animals. Do these unusual chemical modifications of DNA have a special...
Pollutant emitted by forest fire causes DNA damage and lung cell death
When exposed in a laboratory to pollution levels comparable to those found in the atmosphere of the Amazon region during the forest and crop burning...
‘Wing prints’ may identify individual bats as effectively as fingerprints identify people
Credit: The image was used as Figure 1 in their study, 'Bat wing biometrics: using collagen-elastin bundles in bat wings as a unique individual identifier.'...
Swortwood to investigate prevalence of synthetic opioids in saliva
Credit: Harriet McHale HUNTSVILLE, TX (10/24/17) -- A research team at Sam Houston State University received a $311,000 National Institute of Justice grant to develop...
The New York Stem Cell Foundation announces 2017 class of NYSCF – Robertson investigators
The New York Stem Cell Foundation (NYSCF) announced the 2017 class of NYSCF - Robertson Investigators, welcoming six of the most talented stem cell researchers...
$65.5 million from NIH to create brain atlas
Credit: David Stafford and Rebecca Chance, UC Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley is partnering with the Allen Institute for Brain Science in Seattle on...
High-speed locomotion neurons found in the brainstem
A clearly defined subpopulation of neurons in the brainstem is essential to execute locomotion at high speeds. Interestingly, these high-speed neurons are intermingled with others...
New combination therapy of registered drugs shortens anti-Wolbachia therapy
Researchers from LSTM's Research Centre for Drugs and Diagnostics have found a way of significantly reducing the treatment required for lymphatic filariasis and onchocerciasis from...
UBC researchers create definitive method to detect wildfire tainted wine grapes
Credit: Nathan Skolski, UBC Okanagan Wine producers and grape growers have a new, powerful tool at their disposal to help manage the impact of grapes...
Novel histone modifications couple metabolism to gene activity
(Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health) Scientists of Helmholtz Zentrum München and Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich (LMU) have discovered that two new class..
