Limiting protein reduces post-heart attack injury in mice
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, approximately 735,000 Americans experience a heart attack each year. Opening a blocked coronary artery to restore...
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New study resolves the structure of the human protein that causes cystic fibrosis
Credit: Laboratory of Membrane Biology and Biophysics at The Rockefeller University/Cell Scientists at The Rockefeller University have mapped the three-dimensional structure for one of the...
New tools to study the origin of embryonic stem cells
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have identified cell surface markers specific for the very earliest stem cells in the human embryo. These cells are thought to...
Preterm births more common in mothers who are cancer survivors
CHAPEL HILL -- For young women facing a new cancer diagnosis, fertility preservation can be an important consideration in treatment planning. Now a University of...
Study examines birth outcomes for adolescent & young adult cancer survivors
Do female adolescent and young adult (ages 15 to 39) survivors of cancer have more adverse birth outcomes than women without a cancer diagnosis? A...
Encouraging results for patients with aggressive brain cancer
Credit: McGill University Health Center Being diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor is devastating news for patients and their loved ones. Whereas some types of...
Virtual environment education reduces anxiety prior to radiation therapy
PHILADELPHIA -- Radiation therapists and physicians know that education can reduce anxiety before radiation treatment but lack a standardized tool. In an effort to solve...
Mass. General team identifies mechanisms behind resistance to FGFR inhibitor drug
Investigators at the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Cancer Center have identified the first genetic mechanisms conferring acquired resistance to a promising group of targeted cancer...
New study shows circular RNA can encode for proteins
Credit: Image courtesy Sebastian Kadener A group of scientists in Israel and Germany, led by Prof. Sebastian Kadener from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, have...
Stress may protect — at least in bacteria
Credit: IST Austria Antibiotics harm bacteria and stress them. Trimethoprim (TMP), an antibiotic, inhibits the growth of the bacterium Escherichia coli and induces a stress...
Cracking the code of Huntington’s disease
Credit: Anass Chiki/EPFL Huntington's disease is a neurodegenerative disorder that causes patients to lose their ability to move, speak, and even think. It is caused...
Astronomers find unexpected, dust-obscured star formation in distant galaxy
Credit: Original image by NASA, European Space Agency and the Hubble Space Telescope Frontier Fields team. Color composite from Wikimedia Commons/Judy Schmidt; annotations and zoom...
MSU lands NIH grant to study connection between fish genes and human medicine
Credit: Courtesy of MSU EAST LANSING, Mich. - Michigan State University has landed a $727,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health to improve the...
Strong interaction between herbivores and plants
Credit: commonfree In the past decades, we have seen a dramatic decline in biodiversity around the world. Every day, species are irrecoverably lost on an...
Climate change and an ‘overlooked’ nutrient: Silica
Among ecologists, carbon gets all the glory. Scientists examine its critical role in plant growth and decay, they chart its contributions to greenhouse gases, and...
