Tag: Biology

Longevity Vision Fund comes out of stealth during the Longevity Leaders forum in LondonCredit: Insilico Medicine Monday, February 4th, London, ...

The Caucasus: Complex interplay of genes and cultures

Genetic studies of ancient populations in the Caucasus region testify to the complex interaction of populations from the Eurasian steppe ...

Announcing 7 new GA4GH Driver Projects for 2019

GEnome Medical alliance Japan (GEM Japan), H3Africa, Swiss Personalised Health Network (SPHN), the Autism Sharing Initiative, EpiShare, EUCANCan, and the ...

Revealing the path of a metallodrug in a breast cancer cell

Credit: ESRF Some types of cancer cannot be treated with classical chemotherapy. Scientists from Inserm, CNRS, Sorbonne University, PSL university, ...

Poor diet may have caused nosedive in major Atlantic seabird nesting colony

Credit: Roger Dickey The observed population crash in a colony of sooty terns, tropical seabirds in one of the UK ...

Everything in moderation

Strategies for growing biomass for fuel can have economic, ecological and environmental benefitsCredit: George Furey/UMN In efforts to curb our ...

SFU researchers find new clues to controlling HIV

Credit: SFU The immune system is the body's best defense in fighting diseases like HIV and cancer. Now, an international ...

60+ health care groups urge CMS to maintain coverage for medically necessary cancer testing

Overly broad interpretation of national coverage determination for next generation sequencing restricts Medicare beneficiary access to vital testing and adversely ...

Palm oil not the only driver of forest loss in Indonesia

Wildfire and mining join plantations as threat to forests; conservation policies and practices should reflect thisCredit: (Credits: 1) CNES/Airbus; 2) ...

Microbes help make the coffee

Washington, DC - February 1, 2019 - When it comes to processing coffee beans, longer fermentation times can result in ...

How shaving cream works (video)

Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, Feb. 1, 2019 -- Whether you rock sideburns or baby-smooth legs, all shavers share ...

Butterflies thrive in grasslands surrounded by forest

Credit: Karl-Olof Bergman For pollinating butterflies, it is more important to be close to forests than to agricultural fields, according ...

How plants cope with iron deficiency

Researchers have discovered a new switch that plants use to control their responses to iron deficiencyCredit: HHU / Tzvetina Brumbarova ...

Researchers determine seasonal risk threshold for patients with folate deficiency

Researchers from the University of Malaga (UMA) evidence that levels of this vitamin in the body decrease in those months ...

Adaptive models capture complexity of the brain and behavior

Scientists reveal rich details of dynamical systems by breaking them down into simpler components which change over timeCredit: OIST, António ...

The delicate balance of treating growing but brittle bones

Credit: Sato et al., Bone, November 2018 Turning off a bone receptor protein could potentially treat osteoporosis in children without ...

UH marine mammal research captures rare video of newborn humpback whale

Credit: Photo: UH Manoa Marine Mammal Research Program, NOAA permit: #20311-01 The humpback whale calf is so new that its ...

When mucus can be key to treating colon and airway diseases

Researchers have identified proteins that control mucous production and suggest clues to treating colon and airway diseasesCredit: Gerard Cantero -Recasens, ...

Crunching the data: New liver cancer subtypes revealed immunologically

Credit: Department of Molecular Oncology,TMDU A research team based at Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) has used an integrated ...

How whipworms wreak havoc on the gut