Tag: Biology

Credit: McCain Lab The golden-mantled ground squirrel (Callospermophilus lateralis) is a popular sight among tourists in the Rocky Mountains--the small ...

New study reveals biodiversity important at regional scales

Findings from long-term, landscape-level analyses can help enhance conservationCredit: © C. Patrick/VIMS. New research shows that biodiversity is important not ...

Ebola is a master of disguise

Faculty of Medicine team from University of Ottawa have discovered a druggable pathway the virus uses to trick its way ...

A new strategy to destroy cancer cells using magnetic nanoparticles and fields

Scientists offered a new method for treating leukemia using nanomaterialsCredit: IKBFU Scientists from Scientific and Educational Center «Smart Materials and ...

Protected areas see continued deforestation but at a reduced rate, OSU research shows

Credit: Oregon State University CORVALLIS, Ore. - A survey of more than 18,000 land parcels spanning 2 million square miles ...

Study finds even the common house sparrow is declining

Citizen scientists provide the research dataCredit: Donald Metzner, courtesy Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Ithaca, NY--The European House Sparrow has a ...

Compounds from apples may boost brain function

Credit: German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases, Dresden, Germany Natural compounds found in apples and other fruits may help stimulate the ...

Small is big: the need for a holistic approach to manage cerebral small vessel disease

Cerebral small vessel disease manifests as a wide range of symptoms, requiring a holistic approach for identification and interventionCredit: Gerd ...

Infectious disease causes long-term changes to frog’s microbiome

Credit: Andrea Jani Just as beneficial microbes in the human gut can be affected by antibiotics, diet interventions and other ...

Protein sequences provide clues to how SARS-CoV-2 infects cells

Credit: Rayne Zaayman-Gallant/EMBL In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, it was established that SARS-CoV-2 infects cells by binding ...

Cold sores: Discovery reveals how stress, illness and even sunburn trigger flareups

Credit: Courtesy Cliffe lab at UVA Researchers at the University of Virginia School of Medicine have shed light on what ...

Common pipistrelle bats attracted to wind turbines

Credit: Fiona Mathews One of the most abundant bats in Europe may be attracted to wind turbines, a new study ...

Family ties explain mysterious social life of coral gobies

Credit: Jim Greenfield The strange social structure of tiny fish called emerald coral gobies may be explained by family loyalty, ...

Researchers explore how to protect gut integrity to improve outcomes in blood cancers

Cancer researchers at MUSC Hollings Cancer Center discovered that a single strain of Bacteroides fragilis significantly reduced graft-versus-host disease by ...

Hidden conflict in the mutually beneficial relationship between legumes and rhizobia

Credit: K. Quides Orange, Calif. - The mutually beneficial relationship between legumes and rhizobia, the nitrogen-fixing soil bacteria that make ...

RUDN University veterinarians tested a new drug against pneumonia in calves

Credit: RUDN University Respiratory tract diseases in young animals of the cattle are a big issue for world agriculture and ...

Preventing COVID-19 and aging: geroprotector to enhance resilience and vaccine response

Clinical trial to explore the potential of rapalogs to enhance resilience against SARS-CoV-2 infection and reduce the severity of COVID-19 ...

Oncotarget: Evaluation of cancer-derived myocardial impairments using a mouse model

'The established mouse cachexia model can therefore be considered useful for analyzing cancer-derived myocardial damage'Credit: Correspondence to - Yi Luo ...

Adult neurogenesis may hold clues for more effective treatment of alcoholism

New research and analysis examine how alcohol exposure impacts many aspects of neuroplasticity in a special issue of Brain PlasticityCredit: ...

Anti-cancer drug’s mode of operation deciphered