Tag: Biology

Protective protein in the eye lens affects protein oxidationCredit: Christoph Kaiser / TUM The lens of the human eye comprises ...

UTEP introduces bachelor’s degree in ecology and evolutionary biology

Credit: UTEP Communications/Ivan Pierre Aguirre The University of Texas at El Paso's College of Science opened the spring 2020 semester ...

Are you ‘at risk’ of being a habitual tofu eater?

Credit: RIKEN Researchers at the RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences (IMS) in Japan and colleagues at Osaka University have ...

NYUAD researchers develop new approach to more efficiently store and preserve human cells

Credit: Mohammad A. Qasaimeh/NYU Abu Dhabi Fast facts: Scientists at NYU Abu Dhabi have developed a new technique that allows ...

Brain networks come ‘online’ during adolescence to prepare teenagers for adult life

Credit: Frantisek Vasa New brain networks come 'online' during adolescence, allowing teenagers to develop more complex adult social skills, but ...

Researchers identify mechanism that triggers a rare type of muscular dystrophy

Credit: IBB-UAB Limb-girdle muscular dystrophy (LGMD) is the term given to a group of rare hereditary diseases characterised by the ...

Single-cell sequencing of CLL therapy: Shared genetic program, patient-specific execution

Credit: Ella Marushchenko Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) is the most common form of blood cancer (leukemia) in the Western world, ...

Identified a determinant protein for tumor progression and metastasis in Rhabdomyos

LOXL2 protein levels are increased in the cells from this type of sarcomaCredit: Dr. Òscar M. Tirado group Rhabdomyosarcoma is ...

Missing link in rare inherited skin disease exposed

Credit: Yamamoto H., et al., Proceedings of the National Academic of Sciences of the United States of America, January 23, ...

Helsinki declaration on planetary health calls for commitment from the EU

Credit: Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare Scientific evidence shows that human activities impact global warming, biodiversity loss, land degradation, ...

Pollination is better in cities than in the countryside

Plants benefit from more bees, especially bumble beesCredit: Henryk Niestrój /Pixabay Flowering plants are better pollinated in urban than in ...

Organoids (in vitro brains) to study pediatric brain tumors

A large-scale production of in vitro tumors could make it possible to perform large drug screenings to identify new brain ...

Scientists create listeriosis-immune mice by turning off gene in myeloid cells

The study provides exciting material for understanding the mechanisms of the immune response to pathogenic microorganisms.Credit: ITMO University An international ...

Chan Zuckerberg initiative awards $1.3 million to advance biomedical imaging

New grant will increase collaboration between imaging centers worldwide and fuel scientific discoveryCredit: Photo by Daniel Gütl, winner of the ...

Methanogenic microorganisms as workhorses of the industrial bioeconomy

Credit: (c) Nicole Matschiavelli The Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) is funding the research consortium with a grant ...

UT microbiologist receives DOE grant to investigate Peatland carbon processes

Credit: Oak Ridge National Laboratory/Department of Energy A University of Tennessee, Knoxville, microbiologist has received a portion of a $3.1 ...

Second of its kind ‘sharpshooter’ leafhopper from Brazil ‘strikes’ with its colouration

Credit: Gabriel Mejdalani When, in 2014, Brazilian researchers stumbled across a never-before-seen red-eyed leafhopper feeding inside the rosettes of bromeliads, ...

Rethinking land conservation to protect species that will need to move with climate change

Credit: University of Washington All plants and animals need suitable conditions to survive. That means a certain amount of light, ...

Major Asia gene study to help doctors battle disease

Credit: Dan Addison | UVA Communications An ambitious new study of genes in Asian populations is filling in big gaps ...

Non-invasive electrostimulation leads to improved memory in mice