Based on a ranking list that was established by the EU Scientific Evaluation Committee, the E-Rare funding bodies recommended the European young investigators…
A new study by University of Pennsylvania scientists provides new evidence underlining the significance of bitter taste perception. Their work suggests that a…
In the current issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, a Michigan State University researcher shows that the detailed scent posts of…
Cardiovascular disease is the number one cause of death in both men and women, and most adverse cardiovascular events tend to happen in the morning. In new…
A specialized type of brain cell that tamps down stem cell activity ironically, perhaps, encourages the survival of the stem cells' progeny, Johns Hopkins…
Called methane hydrates, these crystals are a potential energy source, but they are also a potential source of global warming if massive amounts of methane…
The findings, published in the journal Nature Chemistry, could further our knowledge on how better to control and exploit bacteria in the future and will have…
Starting with a severely affected family, a research research team led by Jeanette Erdmann, Christian Hengstenberg and Heribert Schunkert (Institut für…
“We uncovered a novel mechanism that allows proteins that direct pre-mRNA splicing – RNA-binding proteins – to induce a regulatory effect from greater…
The system can construct its own network of tracks spanning tens of micrometres in length, transport cargo across the network and even dismantle the tracks.The…
For the first time, scientists have used new technology which analyses the whole genome to find the cause of a genetic disease in what was previously referred…
Coding variants in immune disease-related genes play only a small part in the overall genetic risk for psoriasis, according to a new study led by Anhui Medical…
Researchers led by bioengineers at the University of California, San Diego have generated the most complete genome sequences from single E. coli cells and…
Montana State University researchers have now overcome those challenges, allowing them to verify it for the first time, said Matthew Fields, an associate…
That is the conclusion of a “proof of concept” experiment described in the Dec. 2 issue of the journal Current Biology. The study found that when the…
Every year gastro-intestinal diseases have lethal consequences for more than five million individuals. Researchers from Braunschweig have now discovered what…