Although the relationship between alcohol and esophageal squamous cell carcinoma is well established, studies investigating the association between alcohol…
“We hope that these stem cells will form the basis for treatment for many diseases and conditions that are currently considered incurable,” said Dr. Nagy,…
Researchers at the Emory Vaccine Center and Yerkes National Primate Research Center have discovered that dendritic cells can respond to the same compound,…
“There are currently no drugs to target the proteins that trigger melanoma,” said Gavin Robertson, associate professor of pharmacology, pathology and…
“This finding will have important implications in vaccine science and autoimmune disease therapy development,” said Michael Gunn, M.D., an immunologist and…
In an evaluation of 84 cases of dog bites in children over an eight-year period, the authors found that most injuries were caused by family pets (27%), with a…
Previous studies have raised questions regarding differences in quality of care for patients hospitalized on a weekend compared to weekdays. In fact, a growing…
A key item in the developmental agenda of a plant leaf is the establishment of an axis that makes a leaf's top half distinct from its bottom half. This…
Magnesium will become the material of choice as designers strive to improve energy efficiency in transportation.Magnesium and its alloys are being considered…
Fossil fuel use, ranging from electricity generating power plants to automobiles, pumps billions of tons of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere annually,…
The new strain of HIV has already been used to demonstrate one method for preventing infection and, with a little tweaking, could be a valuable model for…
Mudslides wipe away plants and topsoil, depleting terrain of nutrients for plant regrowth and burying swaths of vegetation. Buried vegetable matter decomposes…
To reach these aims and to demonstrate the feasibility of laser manufacturing processes in photovoltaics ten companies and institutes are cooperating in the €…
Induced by global warming, regions of oxygen-poor water – so-called oxgen minimum zones – are expanding in the world's oceans. That has significant…
Beginning in the mid 90s the Horse Chestnut Leafminer has started to spread and damage horse chestnut trees in most parts of Central and Eastern Europe. So…
The new agents are based on special polymers, which strongly inhibit fungal growth, but can not be taken up by humans. Additional wood-improving…
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