Unique structure of African swine fever virus enzyme may allow drug development
Credit: Dan Belanescu, Flickr A DNA-copying protein from a lethal pig virus has a unique structure that may offer a target for drugs designed to...
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Road salt alternatives alter aquatic ecosystems
Credit: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, N.Y. - Organic additives found in road salt alternatives -- such as those used in the commercial products GeoMelt and...
Lead dressed like gold
Credit: C. Todd Reichart, Department of Chemistry at Princeton University Since the Middle Ages, alchemists have sought to transmute elements, the most famous example being...
NYU researchers coax colloidal spheres to self-assemble into photonic crystals
BROOKLYN, New York - Colloidal particles, used in a range of technical applications including foods, inks, paints, and cosmetics, can self-assemble into a remarkable variety...
As radiation therapy declined so did second cancers in childhood cancer survivors
Loading video... Credit: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Childhood cancer survivors are living longer. Now research shows they are also less likely to develop second...
Risk of subsequent malignancies reduced among childhood cancer survivors
Although the risk of subsequent malignancies for survivors of childhood cancer diagnosed in the 1990s remains increased, the risk is lower compared with those diagnosed...
Study finds no evidence of common herpes type virus in aggressive brain cancer tissue
Credit: Angelo De Marzo In a rigorous study of tumor tissue collected from 125 patients with aggressive brain cancers, researchers at Johns Hopkins say they...
A minimally invasive tool to measure muscle impairment
Credit: Young et al./Biophysical Journal 2017 A minimally invasive, fiber-optic technique that accurately measures the passive stretch and twitch contraction of living muscle tissue could...
Researchers discover new combination therapy strategy for brain, blood cancers
Credit: University of Cincinnati CINCINNATI--Researchers at the University of Cincinnati (UC) College of Medicine have discovered a new potential strategy to personalize therapy for brain...
Cell ‘stickiness’ could indicate metastatic potential
Credit: Afsheen Banisadr and Pranjali Beri How strongly tumor cells adhere to the surrounding tissue could indicate the likelihood that cancer will spread to other...
Liver tumor growth in mice slowed with new chemo-immunotherapy treatment
Credit: Justin Kelley/MU Health COLUMBIA, Mo. (Feb. 28, 2017) -- Hepatocellular carcinoma is the most common form of liver cancer, but treatment options are limited...
NMR spectroscopy platform to target the development of new therapeutic agents
Implementation of a new nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy platform will provide professors Nicolas Doucet and Steven LaPlante of Centre INRS-Institut Armand-Frappier with a powerful...
Male poison frogs become cannibals after taking over territories
Credit: Andrius Pasukonis In general, male poison frogs of the species Allobates femoralis are observed as very caring and attentive fathers. Eva Ringler and her...
NeuroVision announces participation in landmark Alzheimer’s A4 study
Credit: NeuroVision Imaging LLC SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA - NeuroVision Imaging LLC ("NeuroVision") today announced its participation in a new substudy with investigators at the University of...
Open Science Prize goes to software tool for tracking viral outbreaks
After three rounds of competition -- one of which involved a public vote -- a software tool developed by researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research...
