Smelling in tiny houses: how ciliary electric currents keep olfaction reliable
Model provides new insight into the biological design and function of cilia, dendrites, and other small spaces within the nervous ...
Month: December 2018
Community-based HIV testing effective in reaching undiagnosed populations, new study finds
Lay provider HIV testing in Vietnam offers new model to connect at-risk populations with antiretroviral therapy, PATH-led study showsCredit: PATH ...
NYUAD study suggests that 'Actin' is critical in genome regulation during nerve cell formation
Research holds potential for the development of personalized medicines (December 31, 2018--Abu Dhabi) -- A new NYU Abu Dhabi study ...
Scientists: 'Time is ripe' to use big data for planet-sized plant questions
Credit: Florida Museum photo by Jeff Gage GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- A group of Florida Museum of Natural History scientists has ...
Patients now living a median 6.8 years after stage IV ALK+ lung cancer diagnosis
According to the National Cancer Institute, patients diagnosed with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) between the years 1995 and 2001 ...
Unmuting large silent genes lets bacteria produce new molecules, potential drug candidates
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- By enticing away the repressors dampening unexpressed, silent genes in Streptomyces ...
Thriving on teamwork: new research shows how brain cells filter information in groups
Salk discovery could help to better understand how neurons work together in networks to shape our perceptions of the worldCredit: ...
Researchers discover a metamaterial with inherently robust sound transport
The novel property may enable acoustic and ultrasound devices that are more resilient to noise, disorder and fabrication imperfections NEW ...
A new 'atlas' of genetic influences on osteoporosis
Identifying more than 500 genetic determinants of bone mineral density, researchers expect to provide new opportunities for the development of ...
Physicists record ‘lifetime’ of graphene qubits
First measurement of its kind could provide stepping stone to practical quantum computing CAMBRIDGE, MA -- Researchers from MIT and ...
Wireless 'pacemaker for the brain' could offer new treatment for neurological disorders
Device fine-tunes treatment by stimulating and and recording electric current in the brain at the same timeCredit: Rikky Muller, UC ...
Early protostar already has a warped disk
Using observations from the ALMA radio observatory in Chile, researchers have observed, for the first time, a warped disk around ...
Don’t go breaking my heart
Engineers create delicate sensor to monitor heart cells with minimal disruptionCredit: © 2018 Someya Group. For the first time, engineers ...
Study points to increased risk of harm from cannabis across Europe
University of Bath press release Cannabis resin and herbal cannabis have significantly increased in potency and in price, according to ...
Frontiers in Anti-Cancer Drug Discovery
Frontiers in Anti-Cancer Drug Discovery is a book series devoted to publishing the latest advances in anti-cancer drug design and ...
Some tensions are good for life
It's not love, but the tension in your cells that governs lifeCredit: Joseph Jose Thottacherry Like every animal has its ...
The immune system’s fountain of youth
Helping the immune system clear away old cells in aging mice helped restore youthful characteristicsCredit: Weizmann Institute of Science If ...
Scientists produce 'designer triacylglycerols' in industrial microalgae
Credit: QIBEBT Molecules of triacylglycerol (TAG), formed by attaching three molecules of fatty acid (FA) to a glycerol backbone, are ...
From a molecule of natural origin new therapeutic opportunities against hypertension
A peptide extracted from the cyanobacterium 'spirulina' may contrast high blood pressure by dilating blood vessels Spirulina is more and ...
New study shows link between secondhand smoke and cardiac arrhythmia
Credit: Copyright UC Regents 2018 Continuous indoor exposure to second-hand tobacco smoke triggers changes in the heart's electrical activity, known ...
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Small NIH study reveals how immune response triggered by COVID-19 may damage the brain
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Scientists discover cancer trigger that could spur targeted drug therapies
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Researchers uncover life’s power generators in the Earth’s oldest groundwaters
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COVID-19 fattens up our body’s cells to fuel its viral takeover
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Study shows convalescent plasma doesn’t benefit severely ill patients hospitalized with COVID-19
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Do early therapies help very young children with or at high likelihood for autism?