The protein TAZ sends ‘mixed signals’ to stem cells
Credit: Image by Xingliang Zhou/Ying Lab, USC Stem Cell Just as beauty exists in the eye of the beholder, a signal depends upon the interpretation...
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New book on disaster risk governance in India
Credit: Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) While Dr. Indrajit Pal serves in Disaster Preparedness, Mitigation and Management, in AIT's Department of Development and Sustainability, co-editor...
New strategy for vaccinating pregnant mothers against malaria holds promise for protecting infants
Washington, DC - September 5, 2017 - A mother and infant in Malawi have the same repertoire of antibodies to Plasmodium falciparum, the malaria parasite....
Heparin stimulates food intake and body weight gain in mice
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine and South China Agricultural University Heparin is a medication widely used to prevent blood clotting; it is named after and...
New book on Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine from CSHLPress
Credit: Joseph P. Vacanti Cold Spring Harbor, NY -- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press (CSHLP) announced the release of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, available...
NYIT biologist receives NIH support for bone-healing research
Credit: NYIT NYIT (New York Institute of Technology) has been awarded $442,000 to pursue research into a gene critical in the formation and healing of...
Longer, stronger summers in the Gulf of Maine
Credit: University of Maine Summer is coming to the Gulf of Maine, longer and warmer than ever -- as much as two months longer. That's...
Researchers develop Lassa fever treatment effective eight days after infection
GALVESTON, Texas - A collaborative team of scientists, led by a group at The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, have successfully protected nonhuman...
NYU Bluestone Center discovers that skin color affects skin sensitivity to heat, mechanical stimuli
Researchers at the Bluestone Center for Clinical Research at the New York University College of Dentistry (NYU Dentistry) have identified a novel molecular mechanism which...
Professor Julien van Grevenynghe receives award from the Banting Research Foundation
Assistant Professor Julien van Grevenynghe from INRS-Institut Armand-Frappier Research Centre has received a 2017 Discovery Award from the Banting Research Foundation. The award comes with...
Split-brain fruit fly research gives new insight into autism
Credit: Photo by Mike Wolterbeek, University of Nevada, Reno. A better understanding of the cause of autism may come from an unlikely source, neurological studies...
Newly-discovered semiconductor dynamics may help improve energy efficiency
Researchers examining the flow of electricity through semiconductors have uncovered another reason these materials seem to lose their ability to carry a charge as they...
Deforestation long overlooked as contributor to climate change
ITHACA, N.Y. - When it comes to tackling climate change, the focus often falls on reducing the use of fossil fuels and developing sustainable energy...
On a quest to improve treatments for inflammatory bowel disease
SAN FRANCISCO, CA--September 5, 2017--Scientist Shomyseh Sanjabi, PhD, joined the Gladstone Institutes seven years ago, and she brought with her a special type of mice...
Longtime antidepressant could slow Parkinson’s
EAST LANSING, Mich. - Michigan State University scientists now have early proof that an antidepressant drug that's been around for more than 50 years could...
