Human immune response in the fruit fly: Discovery opens door to efficient research model
Washington State University researchers have seen how both humans and fruit flies deploy a protein that plays a critical role […]
For middle-aged men, eating higher amounts of protein was associated with a slightly elevated risk for heart failure than those […] Researchers at Oregon State University have developed a computer program that represents a key step toward better understanding the connections […] Australian researchers have made a surprise discovery that could rewrite our understanding of the role programmed cell death plays in […] Nearly half a century ago scientists have noticed an interesting phenomenon that small particles flowing through a long tube can […] Not all of your genome needs to be active at any given time. Some regions are prone to hopping around […] Researchers at the European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), the University of Dundee and the Wellcome Sanger Institute have used human and […] A Brazilian study published April 26 in the journal Cancer Research shows for the first time in vivo that Zika […] Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most common and aggressive form of brain cancer. Response to standard-of-care treatment is poor, with a […] Researchers from Charité — Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin’s university hospital, have discovered a new mechanism by which live vaccines induce immunity. […]Biotechnology
High protein diet associated with small increased heart failure risk in middle-aged men
Annotation tool provides step toward understanding links between disease, mutant RNA
Surprise cell death discovery provides birth defect clues
Flowing cells in a wavy microchannel for effective size-based cell sorting
Understanding how DNA is selectively tagged with ‘do not use’ marks
New insights into the origins of mutations in cancer: Scientists use data from human cancers and C. elegans to understand mutational causes of cancer
Zika virus eliminates advanced human tumor in central nervous system of rodents: A group of Brazilian researchers confirmed for the 1st time in vivo the efficiency of Zika virus in infecting CNS tumor cells – tests even showed that the resulting viral particles were less harmful than the ones created from infection of healthy cells
The role of ‘extra’ DNA in cancer evolution and therapy resistance: Extrachromosomal DNA can change levels of oncogene amplification
How live vaccines enhance the body’s immune response: New findings point the way to more efficient vaccines