The research team used a dating technique called luminescence to determine the age of several artifacts found on the Caribbean island of Carriacou, in the West…
One treatment option for patients with late-stage melanoma involves removing natural cancer-fighting T cells from the tumor, expanding their numbers in culture…
Its potential, however, could still increase significantly due to an invention recently made by a team of interdisciplinary working physicists.Published as…
Although there is no definitive evidence that Ab plaques are the direct cause of Alzheimer's disease, there is much circumstantial evidence to support this….
Flaviviruses such as tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV), yellow fever, and dengue are dangerous human pathogens. These membrane-encircled viruses enter cells…
The team, led by Professor Peter Koopman and Dr Mathias François from the Institute for Molecular Bioscience at The University of Queensland (UQ), found that a…
When injected into rats' hearts after a simulated heart attack, the drug-embedded “microparticles” reduce inflammation and scarring, the researchers found….
Researchers have discovered a mechanism for the rapid growth seen in infantile hemangioma, the most common childhood tumor. The tumors, which are made up of…
In a disease like ALS – one that's always fatal and that has a long history of research-resistant biology – finding a proof of principle in animal models is…
The International Union for the Conservation of Nature's (IUCN) World Conservation Congress this week adopted a resolution urging nations to protect the…
The work was reported in the October 16 issue of the journal Cell Host & Microbe.The study described the suppression of this immune response in mice infected…
Engineers from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have created a “plug-and-play” synthetic RNA device–a sort of eminently customizable…
Analysis of twins discordant for early-onset depressive disorders confirm predictive associations of early-onset depressive disorders with smokeless tobacco…
Europe's response to the challenges and opportunities of boron chemistry in medicine was discussed at a recent workshop, Biobor – Exploring New Opportunities…
We usually have an image of scientists who study the Universe doing so peering through a telescope. And, effectively, this is what astrophysicists do: gather…
BIOMASS is one of six candidate Earth Explorer missions that has just completed assessment study and will be presented to the science community at a User…
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