Credit: University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus. AURORA, Colo. (August 21, 2018) - The University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus has received a $120 million gift, the largest private philanthropic commitment in its history,…
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Credit: Vranish et. al. A sedentary lifestyle can cause an impairment of the transport of blood around the body, which increases the risk of disease in the heart and blood vessels. New research published in Experimental Physiology…
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Credit: Patrick Bolger Researchers at RCSI and Trinity College Dublin have revealed insights into how the body clock controls the inflammatory response, which may open up new therapeutic options to treat excess inflammation in…
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Credit: Sandia National Laboratories ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Each year in the U.S., at least 23,000 people die from infections caused by antibiotic resistant bacteria, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Using…
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Credit: University of Houston University of Houston researcher Chandra Mohan is set to make a breakthrough in predicting and monitoring inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). With $347,490 from the Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of…
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Credit: Mattheau Comerford/Rice University Early this spring, Rice University evolutionary biologist Scott Egan stood in a patch of live oak scrub habitat in South Florida and scanned the trees for something he'd never seen outside…
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Credit: Michael Daniele A new biosensor allows researchers to track oxygen levels in real time in "organ-on-a-chip" systems, making it possible to ensure that such systems more closely mimic the function of real organs. This is essential…
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Credit: Douglas Benedict/Academic Image Xiaoji Xu, an assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry at Lehigh University, has been named a Beckman Young Investigator, earning a prestigious grant awarded by the Arnold and Mabel…
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Credit: Roth Lab CHAPEL HILL, NC - Serotonin, known as the "happiness" neurotransmitter, is a chemical found in the body responsible for feelings of well-being. But serotonin isn't the only chemical that binds to the 13 serotonin…
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Credit: New York Genome Center NEW YORK, NY (August 20, 2018) - Researchers at the New York Genome Center (NYGC) and Columbia University have uncovered a molecular mechanism behind one of biology's long-standing mysteries: why…
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Credit: Eurosurveillance More than half of the severe listeriosis cases in the European Union belong to clusters, many of which are not being picked up fast enough by the current surveillance system, suggests a new article published in…
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Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, August 20, 2018--Gene therapy using an optimized adeno-associated virus (AAV) to deliver the human factor VIII gene to cynomolgus macaques showed a substantial increase in…
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Credit: NFCR ROCKVILLE, MD - The National Foundation for Cancer Research (NFCR) is one of 13 local and regional organizations to be the recipient of a grant by Safeway Foundation supporting cancer research and treatment efforts. The…
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Credit: © Dr. Jeff Shields/VIMS. An earlier spring may sound nice, unless you're a New England lobster. New findings reveal that as coastal waters in the northeastern U.S. continue to warm--bottom temperatures in Long Island Sound…
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Credit: ©Science China Press Mother or father who has a stronger influence on their children's language has puzzled linguists for many years? Mother tongue hypothesis refers to that the language usage follows matrilineal inheritance.…
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Credit: Department of Laboratory Molecular Genetics of Hematology,TMDU Tokyo Medical and Dental University(TMDU) study shows that ruxolitinib-induced inhibition of STAT3 activity blocks survival and reduces pro-inflammatory cytokine…
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Credit: Mai Mitoma Researchers at Tohoku University in Japan have identified the gene related to the greenish flower mutation in the Habenaria orchid. Associate Professor Akira Kanno and PhD candidate Mai Mitoma have discovered that the…
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Credit: Aarti Sharma /Columbia University ALS -- amyotrophic lateral sclerosis -- is a neurodegenerative disease that attacks motor neurons in the brain and spinal cord, slowly robbing its victims of their ability to walk, talk, breathe…
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Credit: Alastair Key and Metin Eren This research is the first to link a stone tool production technique known as 'platform preparation' to the biology of human hands. Demonstrating that without the ability to perform highly…
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Credit: Nedivi Lab/Picower Institute A new study provides fresh evidence that the decline in the capacity of brain cells to change, called "plasticity," rather than a decline in total cell number may underlie some of the sensory and…
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