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UK Study Advances New Target for CNS Drug Development
Researchers led by Royce Mohan, associate professor of ophthalmology and visual science in the UK College of Medicine, found that the small molecule withaferin…
Cellular communication in the cancer microenvironment
The paper will be made available online ahead of print at www.genesdev.org.Innate immune cells, including macrophages, comprise a large fraction of the…
Punishment important in plant-pollinator relationship
In exchange for the pollination service provided by the wasp, the fig fruit provides room and board for the wasp's developing young. However, wasps do not…
Seeing a diagnosis: How an eye test could aid Alzheimer's detection
The research, led by Professors Francesca Cordeiro & Stephen Moss and published today in Cell Death & Disease, demonstrates a new technique that enables…
Genome of parasitic wasps released
When fully grown they have a diminutive size of only 1-2 mm: the “Nasonia” wasps. But great hopes are drawn from them. Nasonia are parasitic insects infesting…
NIST Scientists Quantify Nanoparticle-Protein Interactions
Nanoparticles show promise as vehicles for drug delivery, as medical diagnostic tools, and as a cancer treatment agent in their own right. Gold nanoparticles,…