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Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, April 11, 2017 — Bicycle Day on April 19 honors not the two-wheeled mode of transportation, but the colorful...
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Novel small antibody fragment: A valuable tool in crystallography
Credit: Osaka University Osaka – Antibodies are a powerful weapon system in defending our body against invaders such as bacteria and viruses. Each antibody consists...
First photoactive drug for pain treatments
Credit: UB A team of the Institute of Neurosciences of the University of Barcelona has participated in the design of the first light-activated drug -the...
Study finds recipes with hand-washing, temperature reminders improve…
Credit: Kansas State University MANHATTAN, KANSAS — Kansas State University researchers have discovered the secret ingredient to improving kitchen food safety: include hand-washing reminders and...
New way to detect human-animal diseases tested in lemurs
IMAGE: A diademed sifaka lemur perches on a tree trunk with her infant in Andasibe-Mantadia National Park, Madagascar. Researchers are using RNA sequencing to identify...
NIST study suggests frailty makes elderly more likely to die in home fires
Credit: US Fire Administration A new study by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) shows scientifically for the first time that an individual's...
Study shows effectiveness of switching antiretroviral therapy for HIV-infected children
November 4, 2015 — A study led by Louise Kuhn, PhD, professor of Epidemiology at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health, evaluated whether HIV-infected...
Researchers map molecular interaction that prevents aggressive breast…
Credit: : Colaluca et al., 2018 Researchers in Italy have discovered how specific versions of a protein called Numb protect the key tumor suppressor p53...
3-D packaging of DNA regulates cell identity
Credit: Artwork by Kate Isenberg (www.kateisenberg.com) PHILADELPHIA –The fundamental mechanisms governing how cells form an identity such as becoming a muscle cell or a nerve...
June Martin, RN, of Newport Hospital, receives national Press Ganey…
Credit: Press Ganey NEWPORT, R.I. – June Martin, RN, a 40-year veteran of the Newport Hospital nursing staff, is the recipient of the Press Ganey...
Latest clinical information on zika virus available at info centers on Elsevier connect…
New York, NY, Feb. 10, 2016 – To help healthcare professionals, medical researchers and the public understand the ongoing outbreak of the Zika virus, Elsevier...
Research team discovers a pathogen’s motility triggers immune response
Credit: Rada Lab/by Madison Floyd Until now, a pathogen's ability to move through the body has been overlooked as a possible trigger of immune response,...
Mechanisms explaining positional diversity of the hindlimb in tetrapod…
Credit: Takayuki Suzuki Nagoya, Japan – In the evolution of tetrapods, the position of the hindlimb has diversified along with the vertebral formula, which is...
Mesenchymal stem cells offer novel treatment approach for…
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, Sept. 14, 2017–A growing body of clinical evidence shows that transplantation of a patient's own mesenchymal...
UVA discovers powerful defenders of the brain — with big implications for disease
Credit: Sachin Gadani | University of Virginia School of Medicine UVA researchers discover an influential type of immune cell in the membranes around the brain;...
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