Tag: Biology

Credit: University of Leeds Every picture tells a story... none more so than this detailed visualisation of a strain of ...

Gairdner Foundation recognizes Dr. Guy Rouleau with prestigious award

The Neuro's director has been a driving force in neurological disease research and Open Science leadershipCredit: The Neuro Since 1957, ...

Virus-scanning tool could detect previous COVID-19 infections

Credit: Steve Elledge HHMI scientists are joining many of their colleagues worldwide in working to combat the new coronavirus. They're ...

Children’s book ‘Battle Robots of the Blood’ launches

Sharing a child's view of immune disordersCredit: Dr Sonia Agüera-Gonzalez (Tenmei) Key points: A new children's book 'Battle Robots of ...

A pilot study of the sequencing of the intestinal microbiota for colon cancer

In this pilot study, they used colon biopsies samples and feces samples from nine patients to compare two sequencing methodsCredit: ...

Preservation of testicular cells to save endangered feline species

Testicular cells survive cryopreservation after dissociationCredit: Ex-situ Iberian Lynx Program A research team at the German Leibniz Institute for Zoo ...

Atomic magnetometer points to better picture of heart conductivity

Radio-frequency device maps electric currents in solutions that mimic the heart with enough resolutions to study the subtle aberrations related ...

Cancer research, the guardian of the genome has a new ally

A team of researchers of the University of Trento focused on a new molecular mechanism that works like a 'switch'Credit: ...

Needing a change? Researchers find GABA is the key to metamorphosis

Researchers from the University of Tsukuba demonstrate that the neurotransmitter GABA is a key regulator of metamorphosis using model sea ...

Bison in northern Yellowstone proving to be too much of a good thing

Credit: Bob Beschta, OSU CORVALLIS, Ore. - Increasing numbers of bison in Yellowstone National Park in recent years have become ...

‘Tequila’ powered biofuels more efficient than corn or sugar

Ethanol from agave could be used for transport fuel and hand sanitizerCredit: University of Sydney The agave plant used to ...

Cells must age for muscles to regenerate in muscle-degenerating diseases

Exercise and a cell-aging drug could help cases of chronic myopathyCredit: Yuki Saito et al., Nature Communications. February 14, 2020 ...

Untangling the social lives of spiders

Credit: Noa Pinter-Wollman The idea of a complex spider society--in which thousands of spiders live, hunt, and raise their young ...

New pathogen threatens fennel yield in Italy

Credit: Dalia Aiello A new fennel fungal disease caused by a new genus and species - Ochraceocephala foeniculi, was observed ...

Water pressure: Ancient aquatic crocs evolved, enlarged to avoid freezing

Study pinpoints minimum survivable size of Jurassic crocodilesCredit: Steve Castillo / Evolution: International Journal of Organic Evolution / Scott Schrage ...

Wastewater test could provide early warning of COVID-19

Credit: Cranfield University Researchers at Cranfield University are working on a new test to detect SARS-CoV-2 in the wastewater of ...

FDA approves first plasma therapy for Houston Methodist COVID-19 patient

Credit: Houston Methodist HOUSTON-(March 28, 2020) - Houston Methodist received FDA approval Saturday to become the first academic medical center ...

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