Tag: Biology

Credit: Syracuse University Congenital heart defects are the most common type of birth defect, affecting nearly 1% of births in ...

New bacterial culture methods could result in the discovery of new species

The culture-dependent study allowed to isolate a surprisingly large number of diverse and previously unreported bacterial strains from the Tabernas ...

Novel method identifies areas most suitable for conservation of black lion tamarin

The researchers used modeling to show which areas are suitable in terms of forest cover and climate for occupation by ...

Evolving the surgical microscope

The first comprehensive review of surgical microscopy details technical history and prospects for the evolving surgical microscopeCredit: D. Lee et ...

Integrator: A guardian of the human transcriptome

Credit: Søren Lykkke-Andersen In a joint collaboration, Danish and German researchers have characterized a cellular activity that protects our cells ...

New clues why gold standard treatment for bipolar disorder doesn’t work for majority of patients

Salk researchers find decreased activation of gene called LEF1 is more common in neurons of people with bipolar disorder who ...

Mid-term clinical trial results show similar outcomes in promising cell therapies for CLI

Credit: AlphaMed Press Durham, NC - Mid-term results of the first clinical trial designed specifically to evaluate the safety and ...

UC-MSC transfusion helps repair COVID-19 damage in severe cases

'Like smart bomb technology to the lung,' randomized trial showsCredit: © Dr. Camillo Ricordi Dr. Camilo Ricordi, director of the ...

Eurasian eagle owl diet reveals new records of threatened giant bush-crickets

Credit: Dragan Chobanov Bird diets provide a real treasure for research into the distribution and conservation of their prey, such ...

Bacteriophage has important role in agriculture and aquaculture

Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publications New Rochelle, NY, January 4, 2021--Crop plants and animals can be infected by bacterial ...

Uncovering how plants see blue light

Credit: Nitzan Shabek Plants can perceive and react to light across a wide spectrum. New research from Prof. Nitzan Shabek's ...

WVU mycologists receive National Geographic Explorers grant to study fungal diversity of millipedes

Credit: West Virginia University Millipedes represent some of the earliest known terrestrial animals and are highly understudied, but two West ...

Pandas’ popularity not protecting neighbors

Credit: Fang Wang, Michigan State University Center for Systems Integration and Sustainability Forgive Asiatic black bear if they're not impressed ...

Scientists discover how mother-of-pearl self-assembles into a perfect structure

Opposites attractCredit: © Igor Zlotnikov Mollusks build shells to protect their soft tissues from predators. Nacre, also known as the ...

Neuroscientists seek Parkinson’s, addiction insights by tracking gene expression

Credit: Preston Ge/MIT Picower Institute Two MIT neuroscientists have received grants from the G. Harold and Leila Y. Mathers Foundation ...

Subscriptions to satellite alerts linked to decreased deforestation in Africa

Credit: Fanny Moffette / University of Wisconsin-Madison MADISON, Wis. -- Deforestation dropped by 18 percent in two years in African ...

Study of 50,000 people finds brown fat may protect against numerous chronic diseases

Credit: Courtesy of MSKCC radiologists Andreas G. Wibmer and Heiko Schöder. Brown fat is that magical tissue that you would ...

Brain cancer linked to tissue healing

Brain tumours might arise when tissue does not heal properly-- a finding that opens up new ideas about how cancer ...

Risk of extinction cascades from freshwater mussels to a bitterling fish

Decline of unionid mussels heightens hybridisation of native and introduced bitterling fishCredit: Hiroki Hata (Ehime University) Bitterling fishes (Subfamily: Acheilognathinae) ...

How to identify heat-stressed corals