New study by Clemson scientists could pave way to cure of global parasite
Credit: College of Science CLEMSON, South Carolina - Clemson University scientists have taken another step forward in their quest to ...
Tag: Biology
What does drought mean for endangered California salmon?
Drought threatens salmon habitat, but strategic conservation efforts could keep essential streams flowingCredit: California Sea Grant Increased frequency and severity ...
Smoking increases SARS-CoV-2 receptors in the lung
Credit: CSHL New research from CSHL scientists suggests that cigarette smoke spurs the lungs to make more ACE2 (angiotensin-converting enzyme ...
Releasing molecular ‘brake’ kick-starts immune cell function
Credit: Courtesy of Van Andel Institute GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (May 18, 2020) -- The immune system's ability to marshal specialized ...
Stitching together the structure of the DNA replication toolbelt
Credit: © 2020 Simply Science Illustration The molecular machinery responsible for replicating human DNA has come into sharper focus and ...
PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitors treatment in lung cancer: Brightness and challenge
Credit: ©Science China Press Lung Cancer is a leading cause of death worldwide, accounting for an estimated 2.09 million new ...
A new epigenetic editing tool is developed to activate silenced genes
Credit: University of Córdoba Although all cells in an organism have the same genetic information, not all perform the same ...
Light drives injection
By coupling a bacterial injection system with a light-controlled molecular switch, scientists are able to inject proteins into eukaryontic cellsCredit: ...
Technology makes tissues elastic and lasting for easier imaging
Credit: Chung Lab/MIT When there's a vexing problem to be solved, people sometimes offer metaphorical advice such as "stretching the ...
A new tool to map the flow of info within living cells
UNC School of Medicine and University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center researchers reveal the inner workings of cellular communication and ...
Identification of a determining factor in luminal cancer cells
Luminal cancer cells cause the greatest number of breast cancer casesCredit: (IRB Barcelona) Barcelona, 18 May 2020.- The Translational Control ...
Mother roundworms have ultra-protective instincts
New study shows animals pass signals to future offspring to warn them of dangerCredit: Catherine Dvorak, University of Iowa Talk ...
Clinical trial shows ability of stem cell-based topical solution to regrow hair
Credit: AlphaMed Press Durham, NC - The results of a clinical trial released today in STEM CELLS Translational Medicine demonstrate ...
Fish feces reveals which species eat crown-of-thorns
Great Barrier Reef research finds the destructive starfish is eaten more often than thoughtCredit: D.Westcott/CSIRO Crown-of-thorns starfish are on the ...
Pensoft signs with Senckenberg Nature Research Society to publish three journals on ARPHA
Credit: Pensoft and Senckenberg Nature Research Society Recently, the scholarly publisher and technology provider Pensoft signed with one of the ...
Mussel reefs heighten risk of microplastic exposure and consumption
Credit: University of Plymouth Commercially important seafood species are at greater risk of microplastic contamination depending how they clump together ...
Ocean ‘breathability’ key to past, future habitat of West Coast marine species
Credit: CalCOFI Marine life off the West Coast, from Mexico up through Canada, inhabit the California Current. The cool, nutrient-rich ...
Food webs determine the fate of mercury pollution in the Colorado River, Grand Canyon
Floods can shift animal populations, altering mercury passed to fish and other wildlifeCredit: Credit: US Geological Survey/Freshwaters Illustrated-Dave Herasimtschuk (Millbrook, ...
Global cooling event 4,200 years ago spurred rice’s evolution, spread across asia
Scientists use genomics, archeology, and climate data to reconstruct history of riceCredit: Rafal Gutaker, New York University A major global ...
New technology will show how RNA regulates gene activity
Credit: Alessandro Bonetti et al./Nature Communications The discovery of a huge number of long non-protein coding RNAs, aka lncRNAs, in ...
