Biology

Insight into how three of the world's most devastating viruses interact with human cells opens the door for much-needed treatments SAN FRANCISCO, CA--December 13, 2018--No drugs are currently available to treat Ebola, Dengue, or Zika…
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Credit: Baylor College of Medicine Drs. Mary K. Estes, Bert O'Malley and Huda Zoghbi of Baylor College of Medicine were three of the 148 renowned academic inventors named fellows of the National Academy of Inventors this week. Fellows…
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Credit: Wikimedia Commons TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Hawksbill turtles aren't the only marine turtles threatened by the destabilizing effects of climate change, but a new study from researchers at Florida State University shows that this…
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Asian longhorned tick could find plenty of suitable habitat in North America similar to its native regionCredit: Ilia Rochlin, Ph.D., Rutgers University Center for Vector Biology Annapolis, MD; December 13, 2018--Since the arrival of the…
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International Boundary and Water Commission releases report on four-year scientific study by a University of Arizona-led binational teamCredit: Ernesto García Arvizu, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Four growing seasons after the…
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Credit: Wetzel and Shaefer, Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain, 2001 Of the 34 million people worldwide with HIV, and the 200 million with schistosomiasis, the majority live in Africa-- where millions of people are simultaneously infected…
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LA JOLLA, CA - For more than 20 years, scientists at Scripps Research have chipped away at the challenges of designing an HIV vaccine. Now new research, published in Immunity, shows that their experimental vaccine strategy works in…
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Researchers uncover how a microRNA cluster regulates synapse development and sociability Heidelberg, 14 December 2018 - The recent discovery of microRNAs as key regulators of biological processes has fueled an explosion of research…
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Credit: Antonio Iavarone / Columbia University Immunotherapy has proved effective in treating a number of cancers, but brain tumors have remained stubbornly resistant. Now, a new study suggests that a slow-growing brain tumor arising in…
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Artur Kadurin, Chief AI Officer and CEO of Insilico Taiwan, to present 'AI in Drug Discovery Creates the Best Era of Precision Medicine' at the 2018 Future Tech ForumCredit: Insilico Medicine Monday, December 10 - Insilico Medicine, a…
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The future of the world's coral reefs is uncertain, as the impact of global heating continues to escalateCredit: Justin Marshall The future of the world's coral reefs is uncertain, as the impact of global heating continues to escalate.…
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Key players in the marine nitrogen cycle can utilize cyanate and ureaCredit: © K. Kitzinger / Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology The ammonia oxidizing archaea, or Thaumarchaeota, are amongst the most abundant marine…
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Credit: Tian H, et al. (2018) Domestic dogs play a key role in the transmission and expansion of rabies in rural areas of China, according to a study published December 6 in the open-access journal PLOS Pathogens by Huaiyu Tian of…
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Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, December 10, 2018--A team of researchers developed a novel model of partial bladder outlet obstruction (pBOO) in female swine and used this model to show that even after…
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