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Scientists Identify Key Molecule for Cancer Rejection

Using advanced multi-photon microscopy, the scientists have tracked the migration of immune cells called T cells within tumours in experimental models, and…

Life & Chemistry

Scientists Uncover How Deadly Fungus Evades Human Immunity

Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have discovered how a deadly microbe evades the human immune system and causes…

Health & Medicine

Novel Gene Linked to Restless Legs Syndrome in Family Study

This common neurologic disorder interrupts sleep because of unpleasant sensations in the legs at rest, especially in the evening, that are temporarily relieved…

Environmental Conservation

Conservation Progress: Key Findings from Germany’s New Report

Overall, however, the situation is alarming. This is the conclusion of the report on the state of the environment, which the German Cabinet has now adopted in…

Life & Chemistry

New Cancer Drug Class: Selective Inhibitors of PLD

The compounds are the first selective inhibitors of the protein phospholipase D (PLD), an enzyme that has been implicated in multiple human cancers including…

Life & Chemistry

New Schizophrenia Gene Neuregulin 3 Discovered by Researchers

“Neuregulin 3 is clearly one more gene to add to the few currently known to contribute to schizophrenia,” says David Valle, M.D., director of the…

Studies and Analyses

19% of women don’t receive recommended radiation after mastectomy

The study looked at 396 women who were treated with a mastectomy for breast cancer. The researchers found that 19 percent of women who fell clearly within…

Power and Electrical Engineering

NRL Unveils Compact Biosensor for Versatile Applications

NRL has developed a highly sensitive, portable biosensor system called the compact Bead Array Sensor System (cBASS®). This innovative instrument utilizes a…

Life & Chemistry

Caltech Researchers Unveil Insights on Gene Regulatory Networks

The collection of papers, “Gene Networks in Development and Evolution Special Feature, Sackler Colloquium,” was coedited by Caltech's Eric H. Davidson, the…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Hotter Conditions: Affects on Chile Pepper Health

Phytophthora blight, caused by Phytophthora capsici, is a major plant disease that affects many crop species worldwide, including chile peppers in New Mexico….

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Methyl Bromide Alternatives for North Carolina Tomato Farming

Methyl bromide (MeBr) is a highly effective broad-spectrum fumigant used extensively in U.S. agriculture to control a wide variety of pests.Under the Montreal…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Public Funding for Specialty Crops: A Critical Shortfall

These crops have continued to grow in production value, but this growth has not been matched by growth in public agricultural research spending. In fact,…

Physics & Astronomy

Cardiff Researchers Explore Gravitational Waves in Space

Cardiff University researchers who are part of a British-German team searching the depths of space to study gravitational waves, may have stumbled on one of…

Health & Medicine

New Gene-Targeting Therapy Shows Promise Against Herpes Virus

The gene-targeting approach uses a specially designed RNA enzyme to inhibit strains of the herpes simplex virus. The enzyme disables a gene responsible for…

Life & Chemistry

Fat-Free Diet Lowers Liver Fat in Mice, NIH Trial Launched

The findings in mice, appearing online today in Cell Metabolism, have led to the initiation of a National Institutes of Health-funded clinical trial to…

Life & Chemistry

The World's First Discovery of genes in jigsaw-like pieces from an archaeon living in hot spring

A new insight into the origin of genesJapanese researchers have announced the world's first discovery of genes in jigsaw-like pieces from an archaeon living in…

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