The first vaccine against atherosclerosis is not far away in the future, according to Jan Nilsson, professor of Experimental Cardiology at Lunds Universitet in…
Chris Austin, assistant curator of herpetology at LSU's Museum of Natural Science, or LSUMNS, and adjunct professor in biological sciences, recently discovered…
Researchers hope to make amylase the first of a panel of biomarkers that will aid diagnosis and treatment of sleep disorders and may one day help assess the…
The responsible genes have so far remained elusive, but one of the research teams that had been on a pancreatic cancer gene hunt for years now reports success:…
Recent CASCADE research has shown that lignans affect the estrogen signalling system. Earlier results by several research groups have shown that lignans delay…
The research may lead to a greater understanding of the development of the nervous system and the processes that control nerve cell regeneration following…
Enzymologist Alan Berry and chemist Adam Nelson used ‘directed evolution’ to adapt a natural enzyme to make analogues of the anti-flu drug, Relenza™. The…
The collaboration between VIB and AlgoNomics has yielded a biological test that supplements the current computer simulations. The additional data enable a more…
The assay is currently in the final stages of validation at Lab 21’s advanced testing laboratory based at its Cambridge facility and will be available to all…
The Ebola virus has killed some 1,300 people in Central Africa over the last 30 years. In most of these cases where it has been possible to trace the source of…
Danforth and George Poinar of Oregon State University found the bee embedded in amber from a mine in northern Myanmar (Burma). A report on this major fossil…
Now, Cornell researchers have made the first identification of a pair of genes in any species that are responsible for problems unique to hybrids….
An international research team announced today the completion of a genome-wide map that charts the genetic variability of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium…
Under the project name “Boost Biosystems”, a ScanBalt BioRegion consortium creates the basis for an intensive integration of researchers and small enterprises…
EMBO Installation Grants are financed entirely by the EMBC Member States hosting the grantees. Each scientist will receive 50,000 euro annually for three to…
How does an organism know when it must produce a protein and in what amount? Clever control mechanisms are responsible for the regulation of protein…