In a step toward deciphering the “splicing code” of the human genome, researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have…
The scientists discovered that blocking the activity of the enzyme IKK2, which helps activate the body's inflammation response, slowed the growth of tumors in…
This year’s theme is “international ants,” and along with traditional IFFF activities, including face painting, an art exhibit and views of magnified insects…
In a research lab at Wake Forest University, biophysicist and computer scientist Samuel Cho uses graphics processing units (GPUs), the technology that makes…
The study shows how important basic research is to our understanding of possible side effects from drug candidates interacting with various target proteins.The…
Experts from industry and research institutions have compiled 60 pages with the current status of safety research and give an overview on national and European…
A UCSF stem cell study conducted in mice suggests a novel strategy for treating damaged cardiac tissue in patients following a heart attack. The approach…
Their article in ACS' journal Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research indicates that nanomaterial dust could explode due to a spark with only 1/30th the…
University of Central Florida Engineering Assistant Professor Shaojie Zhang used a complex computer program to analyze RNA motifs – the subunits that make up…
The smallest of the four new species, Brookesia micra, reaches 24 mm in total length including tail and thus ranges among the smalles known reptile species in…
Methicillin resistant staph aureus (MRSA) infections are resistant to antibiotics and can cause a myriad of problems — bone erosion, or osteomyelitis, which…
When rabbis from the Orthodox Union started finding worms in cans of sardines and capelin eggs, they turned to scientists at the American Museum of Natural…
Now, a new report from the American Academy of Microbiology, “Incorporating Microbial Processes into Climate Models”, offers a plan for integrating the latest…
The current production of ethanol relies on the use of expensive enzymes that break down complex plant materials to yield sugars that are fermented into…
By altering which genes are expressed, cells with identical genomes like these yeast clones are able to survive in new environments or even perform different…
Chemists at The University of Texas at Austin have created a molecule that's so good at tangling itself inside the double helix of a DNA sequence that it can…
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