How do zebrafish get their stripes? New data analysis tool could provide an answer
Credit: Brown University PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The iconic stripes of zebrafish are a classic example of natural self-organization. As zebrafish ...
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Early intervention following traumatic brain injury reduces epilepsy risk
UC Riverside-led rat study finds an immune receptor in the hippocampus is responsible for the onset of the disease after ...
Newly identified cellular trash removal program helps create new neurons
Credit: Image by Christopher Morrow MADISON - New research by University of Wisconsin-Madison scientists reveals how a cellular filament helps ...
New immunotherapeutic strategy shows promise in eradicating infectious biofilms
Communities of bacteria known as biofilms are notorious for forming on implanted medical devices and tissues in the body, where ...
SNIPRs take aim at disease-related mutations
Credit: The Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University A typo appearing in the draft of a novel is no great ...
A new strategy to prevent the most aggressive tumors from generating resistance to chemotherapy
This strategy can open new avenues to improve the effectiveness of therapies in thousands of patients who are currently being ...
Research project aims to make experiments on red blood cells more realistic
Credit: Saarland University/Thorsten Mohr Red blood cells (erythrocytes) are the pack animals of the human circulatory system. They transport oxygen ...
A tadpole with a twist: Left-right asymmetric development of Oikopleura dioica
Researchers at Osaka University find that a tadpole-like tunicate with nonconventional left-right patterning lacks the Nodal gene found in other ...
Bacteria loop-the-loop
Research team with participation from the University of Göttingen analyses flagellar locomotionCredit: Sarah Mohammadinejed, University of Göttingen The magnetotactic bacterium ...
How enzymes build sugar trees
Credit: Joël Bloch / ETH Zurich Many of the membrane proteins in eukaryotic cells are decorated with complex sugar trees ...
New study allows brain and artificial neurons to link up over the web
Credit: University of Southampton Research on novel nanoelectronics devices led by the University of Southampton enabled brain neurons and artificial ...
Cellular metabolism regulates the fate decision between pathogenic and regulatory T cells
Manipulating cellular metabolism may provide a promising therapeutic intervention in autoimmune diseasesCredit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Patients with autoimmune diseases ...
Structural framework for tumors also provides immune protection
Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University Aggressive colorectal cancers set up an interactive network of checkpoints to keep the ...
Insulin signaling suppressed by decoys
C. elegans study from the lab of Matthew Gill, PhD, presents new direction for research on type 2 diabetes, insulin ...
Tel Aviv University researchers discover unique non-oxygen breathing animal
The tiny relative of the jellyfish is parasitic and dwells in salmon tissueCredit: American Friends of Tel Aviv University Researchers ...
‘Lab in your phone’ lets you play the scientific life
Credit: Pocket Sized Hands The scientist inside your phone is having a stressful day. Trying to finish a research paper ...
Simple blood test could help reduce heart disease deaths
Credit: Newcastle University, UK Scientists at Newcastle University have revealed how a simple blood test could be used to help ...
Research identifies how new cancer treatments can activate tuberculosis infection
Credit: University of Southampton Researchers at the University of Southampton have identified how new checkpoint inhibitor treatments for cancer can ...
Extra chromosomes in cancers can be good or bad
Credit: Sheltzer lab/CSHL, 2020 Cancer cells are notorious for their genetic disarray. A tumor cell can contain an abundance of ...
Transport protein efficiently uses three independent lifts to shuttle the goods
Scheme of the transport cycle of glutamate transporters. Four states enclosed in dashed blocks represent structures observed in this work. ...
