New CRISPR-based system targets amplified antibiotic-resistant genes
'Pro-active' genetics technology demonstrates 100-fold improved efficiency in targeting antibiotic-resistant bacteriaCredit: Bier Lab, UC San Diego Taking advantage of powerful ...
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Dartmouth study finds conscious visual perception occurs outside the visual system
Credit: Figure by Sirui Liu and Patrick Cavanagh. A Dartmouth study finds that the conscious perception of visual location occurs ...
Grant project aims to improve food security for remote indigenous populations in Australia
Credit: Marianne Stein URBANA, Ill. - An international research team has received a $1.4 million grant from the Australian National ...
Taking shape: Scientists propose new structure for shell of HIV-1 virus
A newly proposed model for the shape of the HIV-1 viral shell may change how we understand the diseaseCredit: Marcelo ...
Study probing visual memory, amblyopia unveils many-layered mystery
Credit: Bear Lab/ Picower Institute for Learning and Memory In decades of studying how neural circuits in the brain's visual ...
NIH renews funding for the Antibacterial Resistance Leadership Group
Network leads clinical trials that address antibacterial resistance threatsCredit: NIAID As antibiotic-resistant bacteria become more urgent threats worldwide, the National ...
Standard pathology tests outperform molecular subtyping in bladder cancer
Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University While trying to develop a comparatively easy, inexpensive way to give physicians and ...
Tracking titin in real time
Credit: Gotthardt Lab, MDC Using new high-resolution imaging techniques, MDC researchers and colleagues have tracked titin, the body's largest protein, ...
Bone bandage soaks up pro-healing biochemical to accelerate repair
Trapping adenosine at the site of a bone break speeds recovery in miceCredit: Shyni Varghese, Duke University DURHAM, N.C. -- ...
Bone bandage soaks up pro-healing biochemical to accelerate repair
Trapping adenosine at the site of a bone break speeds recovery in miceCredit: Shyni Varghese, Duke University DURHAM, N.C. -- ...
Rectal microbes influence effectiveness of HIV vaccine
Credit: CNPRC photo. Microbes living in the rectum could make a difference to the effectiveness of experimental HIV vaccines, according ...
Perinatal exposure to flame retardant alters epigenome, predisposing metabolic disease
UMass Amherst scientist expanding chemical exposure research to include humansCredit: UMass Amherst Studies have shown that perinatal exposure of rats ...
Breast cancer patients with government insurance at higher risk of death
Medicare and Medicaid patients with breast cancer also had an increased likelihood of stopping their clinical trial treatment early, same ...
Study shows novel protein plays role in bacterial vaginosis
UArizona College of Medicine -- Phoenix study increases understanding of most common bacterial infection in US womenCredit: Image Courtesy of ...
Saliva test shows promise for earlier and easier detection of mouth and throat cancer
A novel noninvasive technique may detect human papilloma virus-16, the strain associated with oropharyngeal cancer, in saliva samples, reports The ...
Is ivermectin safe during pregnancy?
A systematic review and meta-analysis led by ISGlobal concludes that there is not sufficient evidence to support the safety of ...
Research reveals how muscles talk to the brain to regulate feeding behavior
A study from St. Jude Children's Research Hospital sheds light on the mechanisms governing feeding behavior in fruit flies and ...
Innovative research seeks to improve walking for children with CP
Credit: LSU Health New Orleans New Orleans, LA - Noelle Moreau, Ph.D., PT, Associate Professor of Physical Therapy at LSU ...
Insight into the neglected tropical disease sleeping sickness
Credit: Mick Urbaniak Lancaster University researchers have shed light on how the parasite which causes sleeping sickness multiples inside its ...
Study pinpoints new drug targets to treat Nipah virus
Credit: Mallur Madhusudhan, CC BY 4.0 Nipah virus, which is transmitted to humans from bats and pigs, has a high ...
