Funding to lead team-based investigation of gynecologic cancer therapies
Credit: Perelman School of Medicine, Univeristy of Pennsylvania PHILADELPHIA – E. John Wherry, PhD, a cancer and immunology researcher at the Perelman School of Medicine...
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Developing new molecular methods for synthetizing treatments for…
Credit: Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) Worcester, Mass. – Anita Mattson, associate professor of chemistry and biochemistry at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), has received a $1.7...
CD4 T cells, xenobiotic transporters, and metabolites in inflammatory bowel diseases
Credit: Osaka University Osaka – Our immune system protects our bodies from numerous pathogenic microbes and toxins in the environment. The system comprises innate (non-specific)...
A super resolution view of chemical reactions
Credit: IPC PAS, Grzegorz Krzyzewski Researchers from the Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences have demonstrated, using a super resolution microscopic...
Zebrafish brain repair following concussion
Credit: Maheras et al., eNeuro (2018) A simple and inexpensive zebrafish model of concussion, reported in eNeuro, reveals the genetic pathways underlying the animal's remarkable...
Retreating Yukon glacier caused a river to disappear
Credit: Jim Best/University of Illinois The massive Kaskawulsh Glacier in northern Canada has retreated about a mile up its valley over the past century. Last...
Amid environmental change, lakes surprisingly static
Credit: Courtesy of Samantha Oliver MADISON, Wis. — In recent decades, change has defined our environment in the United States. Agriculture intensified. Urban areas sprawled....
Clock protein controls daily cycle of gene expression by regulating chromosome loops
Credit: Yong Kim and Mitch Lazar, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania PHILADELPHIA – It's well known that the human body functions on a...
Microscopic chariots deliver molecules within our cells
Credit: Danielle Grotjohn, Lander Lab LA JOLLA, CA – Feb. 9, 2018 – On the cellular highway, motor proteins called dyneins rule the road. Dyneins...
The wrong first step to revive athletes in cardiac arrest
Credit: Viskin Philadelphia, PA, Sept. 19, 2017 – About three million people have viewed the YouTube video of the death of American collegiate basketball player...
Scientists reveal the ‘Lego pieces’ that form complex…
Credit: João Marques In order to survive in a changing environment, animals and humans must integrate sensory information and their experience to select the most...
Microscopic chariots deliver molecules within our cells
Credit: Danielle Grotjohn, Lander Lab LA JOLLA, CA – Feb. 9, 2018 – On the cellular highway, motor proteins called dyneins rule the road. Dyneins...
How mice babies ensure mother’s protection
Credit: Image: Luis Hernandez-Miranda, MDC The calls of new-born mice draw the attention of their mother. A group of neuronal cells in the brain stem,...
ERC advanced grant for Carl-Philipp Heisenberg
Credit: IST Austria With two newly awarded Advanced Grants, the total number of ERC-funded projects at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (IST Austria)...
TCGA findings provide molecular background for second most common kidney cancer
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (Nov. 5, 2015)–Scientists with The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA), a National Institutes of Health-funded project, have molecularly characterized two types of the...