‘Buying time’ for natural killer cells could enhance cancer immunity
Credit: Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research A team of researchers from Australia and France have uncovered new insights into how to prolong...
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New research study creates new opportunities for treating brain diseases
Immunotherapy has proven to be effective against many serious diseases. But to treat diseases in the brain, the antibodies must first get past the obstacle...
Inactive B2M gene is recurrent in lung cancer and may condition response to immunotherapy
Credit: IDIBELL Researchers from the Genes and Cancer research group at the Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL) have identified inactivating mutations in a number of...
Climate change forecast: More intense deluges and downpours Down Under
Dorothy Mackellar's now classic view of Australia as a country of droughts and flooding rains is likely to get a further boost with just a...
Light source discovery ‘challenges basic assumption’ of physics
A widely-held understanding of electromagnetic radiation has been challenged in newly published research led at the University of Strathclyde. The study found that the normal...
KAIST to participate in the 2017 Davos Forum
Daejeon, Republic of Korea, January 16, 2017 - KAIST President Sung-Mo Kang and Distinguished Professor Sang Yup Lee of the Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Department...
Liverpool scientists to develop liquid antennas
University of Liverpool researchers have been awarded £578k funding from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) to develop liquid antennas which have the...
Lessons learned when commercialization of a new soft robot fails
Credit: ©Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, January 16, 2017--Commercializing a new, innovative product is often the greatest challenge across the research and...
Benzodiazepines and related drugs increase stroke risk among persons with Alzheimer’s disease
The use of benzodiazepines and benzodiazepine-like drugs was associated with a 20 per cent increased risk of stroke among persons with Alzheimer's disease, shows a...
Targets and patented drugs for chemotherapy of Chagas disease
Chagas diseaseis a parasitic infection typically spread by triatomine vectors, affecting millions of people all over Latin America. Existing chemotherapy is centered on benznidazole and...
Solar power plan set to bring fresh water to out-of-reach villages
A solar-powered purification system could provide remote parts of India with clean drinking water for the first time. Researchers at the University of Edinburgh are...
Researchers found that certain anti-influenza compounds also inhibit Zika virus infection
Globalization, environmental changes, population growth and urbanization make emerging virus diseases a major threat to public health. An example of such epidemics is the Zika...
Basel physicist Daniel Loss receives the King Faisal International Prize
Credit: University of Basel, Department of Physics Professor Daniel Loss from the University of Basel's Department of Physics and the Swiss Nanoscience Institute has been...
Malaria drug successfully treats 26-year-old brain cancer patient
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center After her brain cancer became resistant to chemotherapy and then to targeted treatments, 26-year-old Lisa Rosendahl's doctors gave her...
Risk of tree species disappearing in central Africa ‘a major concern,’ say researchers
Credit: Morin-Rivat et al. Human disturbance may often be criticised for harming the environment, but new research suggests a persistent lack of human attention in...