Warren Alpert Foundation honors five pioneers in cancer immunology
The 2017 Warren Alpert Foundation Prize has been awarded to five scientists for transformative discoveries in the field of cancer immunology. Collectively, their work has...
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Stem cells may be the key to staying strong in old age
University of Rochester Medical Center researchers have discovered that loss of muscle stem cells is the main driving force behind muscle decline in old age...
Why do Antarctic krill stocks fluctuate?
Oldenburg/Bremerhaven (Germany), 6th June 2017. It is only six centimetres long, but it plays a major role in the Antarctic ecosystem: the small crustacean Euphausia...
How soil bacteria can protect against corrosion in steel
The cell surface of a common soil bacteria (Streptomyces sp.) is not only hydrophobic but it protects the organism from desiccation and therefore the movement...
Invasive alien plant control assessed for the Kruger National Park in South Africa
Credit: Brian W. van Wilgen Along with urban and agricultural encroachment and pollution mitigation, managing invasive alien species is a key intervention needed to protect...
Safety of gene transfer to treat heart failure supports further clinical development
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, June 6, 2017--Based on the encouraging safety data that has emerged from multiple clinical trials that...
Chemistry life hacks: Food edition (video)
Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, June 6, 2017 -- Reactions is back with another round of chemistry life hacks. Our latest episode brings chemistry...
Genetic study shakes up the elephant family tree
Credit: Graphic by Asier Larramendi Eskorza and Julie McMahon CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- New research reveals that a species of giant elephant that lived 1.5 million...
A novel approach to seeing dengue infection in the body
Credit: Chacko AM et. al., Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore Singapore, 6 June 2017 - Commonly used to detect solid tumours, positron emission tomography (PET) paired...
Brain damage can make sideways faces more memorable, and give us ’emotion blindness’
People with damage to a crucial part of the brain fail to recognise facial emotions, but they unexpectedly find faces looking sideways more memorable researchers...
Young at heart: Restoring cardiac function with a matrix molecule
Credit: Weizmann Institute of Science Heart disease remains the leading cause of death worldwide, yet the few available treatments are still mostly unsuccessful once the...
New surgical techniques help save patients from life-threatening heart condition
Chicago, IL, June 6, 2017 - Cardiac surgeons are successfully performing more extensive surgical repairs of type A aortic dissection -- one of the highest...
New data for old bones: How the famous Cleveland-Lloyd dinosaur bone bed came to be
Credit: Wikipedia The Cleveland-Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry is the densest collection of Jurassic dinosaur fossils. Unlike typical Jurassic bone beds, it is dominated by the famous...
Alectinib potential new standard of care for ALK-positive non-small lung cancer
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center Results of a 303-patient, multi-national phase III clinical trial known as ALEX published today in the New England Journal...
What the hair of a fly tells us about cancer
Credit: © UNIGE / Marcos Gonzalez-Gaitan Things couldn't be simpler at the start: the cells divide into two identical cells that then divide in turn,...
