Low-Profile Air Shower
May 26, 2024 10:14 am | by Terra Universal Inc. | Product Releases | CommentsTerra Universal's Low-Profile Air Shower, is designed to fit in rooms with low ceilings. The HEPA filtration unit and electrical access are located along one side of the eight-foot-high shower rather than on top, as is standard with 10-foot showers.
Mismatch of Vascular and Neural Responses Suggests Limits of fMRI
May 26, 2024 10:11 am | by Medical University of South Carolina | News | CommentsInvestigators report that, during sensory stimulation, increases in blood flow are not precisely "tuned" to local neural activity, challenging the long-held view that vascular and local neural responses are tightly coupled.
Prenatal Fruit Consumption Boosts Babies' Cognitive Development
May 26, 2024 10:07 am | by University of Alberta | News | CommentsA new study found that mothers who consumed more fruit during pregnancy gave birth to children who performed better on developmental testing at one year of age.
Human Amyloid-beta Acts as Natural Antibiotic in Brains of Animal Models
May 26, 2024 10:03 am | by Massachusetts General Hospital | News | CommentsA new study provides additional evidence that amyloid-beta protein - which is deposited in the form of beta-amyloid plaques in the brains of patients with Alzheimer's disease - is a normal part of the innate immune system, the body's first-line defense against infection.
Itching for No Reason? Immune System May be at Fault
May 26, 2024 9:59 am | by Washington University in St. Louis | News | CommentsPeople who suffer itching with no clear cause may have previously unrecognized immune system defects. In a small study of such patients, researchers identified immune system irregularities that may prompt the urge to scratch.
Scientists Illuminate a Hidden Regulator in Gene Transcription
May 26, 2024 9:51 am | by Jennifer Chu, MIT News Office | News | CommentsNew super-resolution technique visualizes important role of short-lived enzyme clusters.
Is Aging Inevitable? Not Necessarily for Sea Urchins
May 26, 2024 9:47 am | by Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory | News | CommentsResearchers are studying the regenerative capacity of sea urchins in hopes that a deeper understanding of the process of regeneration, which governs the regeneration of aging tissues as well as lost or damaged body parts, will lead to a deeper understanding of the aging process in humans, with whom sea urchins share a close genetic relationship.
Why the Tiny Fruit Fly has Giant Sperm: Size Matters to Her
May 26, 2024 9:42 am | by Seth Borenstein, AP Science Writer | News | CommentsFor a long time, the debate has gone on: Does size matter to females? Biologists now say, definitively, that it does. Among fruit flies.
Gene-signature Linked to Deadly Brain Cancer Identified
May 26, 2024 9:15 am | by Bevin Fletcher, Associate Editor | News | CommentsA new Neurology study investigated genes in the immune system and identified eight immune genes that may be linked to patients’ length of survival after developing a common and deadly brain cancer.
New Way of Growing Blood Vessels Could Boost Regenerative Medicine
May 25, 2024 10:11 am | by University of Bath | News | CommentsIn addition the technique to grow the blood vessels in a 3D scaffold cuts down on the risk of transplant rejection because it uses cells from the patient.
Biden to Host National Cancer Research Summit in Washington
May 25, 2024 10:08 am | by Josh Lederman, Associated Press | News | CommentsVice President Joe Biden will bring together scientists, oncologists, donors and patients for a national conference on cancer research in Washington, the White House said Tuesday.
Harnessing Nature's Vast Array of Venoms for Drug Discovery
May 25, 2024 10:05 am | by Scripps Research Institute | News | CommentsThere are lessons to be learned from venoms.
Scientists Create World's Largest Coral Gene Database
May 25, 2024 10:00 am | by Rutgers University | News | CommentsAn international team of scientists has conducted the world's most comprehensive analysis of coral genes, focusing on how their evolution has allowed corals to interact with and adapt to the environment. A second study shows, for the first time, how stony corals create their hard skeletons, using proteins as key ingredients.
Methane-producing Microbes Discovered in California Rocks
May 25, 2024 9:50 am | by American Geophysical Union | News | CommentsDeep in vents on the ocean floor, methane-producing microbes feed off chemical reactions between water and rock. Now evidence of this process has been found on land in a freshwater spring in California.
Exercise, Future Anticancer Therapy?
May 25, 2024 9:42 am | by University of Montreal Hospital Research Centre | News | CommentsAt age 70, Alfred Roberts plays hockey twice a week. Nothing special, right? Except that for three years he has had advanced prostate cancer, which has spread to his bones.
