Tag: Biology

EAST LANSING, Mich. -- For HIV patients, treatments that control the infection have come a long way. But many still ...

TARA Biosystems and Insilico Medicine announce collaboration for cardiac disease

Credit: Insilico Medicine Rockville, Maryland, Monday, January 7, 2019 - Insilico Medicine, an artificial intelligence company developing end-to-end drug discovery ...

2019 Times Higher Education Research Excellence Summit: Asia-Pacific

UNSW Sydney to host international summit exploring the impact of research on society The Times Higher Education Research Excellence Summit: ...

CytoReason and Pfizer Inc. sign drug discovery collaboration agreement

CytoReason signs collaboration agreement with Pfizer Inc. to utilize CytoReason's machine learning model of the immune system for drug discovery ...

Scientists call for more diversity in genomic research

A growing number of genomic studies have generated important discoveries regarding human health and behaviour, but new research from the ...

Revised Brazilian forest code may lead to increased legal deforestation in Amazon

Researchers show that up to 15 million hectares of forest risk losing protection owing to a new clause in the ...

The Mark Foundation for Cancer Research funds eight high-risk, high-reward projects

Announcing the inaugural cohort of The Mark Foundation's Emerging Leader Awards NEW YORK, NY -- The Mark Foundation for Cancer ...

Essential amino acid in humans, methionine, controls cell growth programs

A recent study from the Laxman lab at inStem, Bangalore, elucidates how a small metabolite and amino acid, methionine, acts ...

Engineers create an inhalable form of messenger RNA

Patients with lung disease could find relief by breathing in messenger RNA molecules Messenger RNA, which can induce cells to ...

Fungi cause brain infection and impair memory in mice

Credit: Baylor College of Medicine Fungal infections are emerging as a major medical challenge, and a team led by researchers ...

Forest soundscapes monitor conservation efforts inexpensively, effectively

Recordings of the sounds in tropical forests could unlock secrets about biodiversity and aid conservation efforts around the world, according ...

'Christmas berry' plant compound could fight Uveal melanoma

A molecule derived from a type of primrose could prove to be a potent inhibitor of metastatic growth for a ...

DNA on auto-pilot

Credit: The Biodesign Institute at ASU Nature has made extravagant use of a simple molecule--DNA, the floorplan of all earthly ...

Slime proves valuable in developing method for counting salmon in Alaska

CORVALLIS, Ore. - Scientists have published a novel method for counting Pacific salmon - analyzing DNA from the slime the ...

Does mountaintop removal also remove rattlesnakes?

Mining operations in Appalachia permanently alter habitat availability for rattlesnakesCredit: Photo courtesy of Thomas Maigret. On the Cumberland Plateau in ...

Gut immune cells cut inflammation in multiple sclerosis

Credit: Jim Oldfield Researchers at the University of Toronto and UC San Francisco have discovered that the intestine is the ...

DNA design that anyone can do

Computer program can translate a free-form 2-D drawing into a DNA structure Researchers at MIT and Arizona State University have ...

Cancer cells steer a jagged path

Rice, Duke researchers define a small protein's central role in tumor mechanicsCredit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University A jagged little protein appears ...

Bulldogs' screw tails linked to human genetic disease

Credit: Katy Robertson With their small size, stubby faces and wide-set eyes, bulldogs, French bulldogs and Boston terriers are among ...

Microplastics and plastic additives discovered in ascidians all along Israel's coastline