Function of mysterious RNAs may often lie in their genes
PHILADELPHIA–A new genetic clue discovered by a team co-led by a researcher at the Perelman School of Medicine at the ...
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Tiny microscopes reveal hidden role of nervous system cells
LA JOLLA–(April 28, 2016) A microscope about the size of a penny is giving scientists a new window into the ...
Scientific advances in lung cancer in 2015 highlighted by IASLC
DENVER – Capturing and summarizing the remarkable progress in lung cancer prevention, diagnosis, staging, and treatment in 2015, the International ...
New method for exhaustively isolating olfactory receptors responding to specific odorants
A research group led by Osaka University and Panasonic Corporation developed a method for making a prompt, exhaustive isolation of ...
Medical literature may overemphasize role of hospital volume in patient outcomes
HOUSTON – (April 25, 2016) – Current medical research and literature may be overemphasizing the role that hospital volume plays ...
VCU Massey researchers uncover process that drives prostate cancer metastasis
Researchers at VCU Massey Cancer Center have uncovered a novel function of the gene PLK1 (polo-like kinase 1) that helps ...
Learning more about the brain
The question is straightforward enough: How does the brain learn to make sense of the visual world? The full answer ...
Promising new blood test is first of its kind to detect liver scarring
Newcastle scientists and medics have developed a new type of genetic blood test that diagnoses scarring in the liver – ...
3D-print synthetic spider webs
Spider silk has long been noted for its graceful structure, as well as its advanced material properties: Ounce for ounce, ...
A Nano-transistor Assesses Your Health Via Sweat
Imagine that it is possible, through a tiny adhesive electronic stamp attached to the arm, to know in real time ...
Soft-tissue engineering for hard-working cartilage
Focusing on the difficult case of restoring cartilage, which requires both flexibility and mechanical strength, the researchers investigated a new ...
Master orchestrator of the genome is discovered,
One of developmental biology's most perplexing questions concerns what signals transform masses of undifferentiated cells into tremendously complex organisms, a ...
A digital field guide to cancer cells
Using advanced technology and an approach that merges engineering and medicine, a Yale University-led team has compiled some of the ...
Is blood really thicker than water?
A duel between mathematical models supports the reigning theory of the genetics of altruism It isn’t that often that a ...
Neuroscientists identify new way several brain areas communicate
Carnegie Mellon University neuroscientists have identified a new pathway by which several brain areas communicate within the brain’s striatum. Published ...
The lower size limit of life – ultra-small bacteria
Scientists have captured the first detailed microscopy images of ultra-small bacteria that are believed to be about as small as ...
Simple paper strip can diagnose Ebola within 10 minutes
When diagnosing a case of Ebola, time is of the essence. However, existing diagnostic tests take at least a day ...
Bioplastic — Greener Than Ever
Plastic waste is one of today's major environmental concerns. Most types of plastic do not biodegrade but break up into ...
The Body’s Transformers
Like the shape-shifting robots of “Transformers” fame, a unique class of proteins in the human body also has the ability ...
Magnetic Nanoparticles To Stop Strokes
By loading magnetic nanoparticles with drugs and dressing them in biochemical camouflage, Houston Methodist researchers say they can destroy blood ...