Early Marine Turtles Benefited from Crocodilian Extinction Event
March 10, 2024 9:47 am | by Greg Watry, Digital Reporter | News | CommentsMillions of years ago, the Earth’s marine and terrestrial environments played host to all sorts of carnivorous creatures with sharp teeth. Among these behemoths were a variety crocodyliforms, some of them growing to as much as 12 meters.
Research Could Lead to Next-Gen Cancer Therapy
March 10, 2024 9:40 am | by Ryan Bushey, Digital Editor | News | CommentsThe scientists studied two lung cancer patients where they found immune cells in the tumors that corresponded with the aforementioned antigens.
Massive Genetic Database Opens to The Public
March 10, 2024 9:32 am | by Ryan Bushey, Digital Editor | News | CommentsIt was engineered to help support President Obama’s Precision Medicine program, which was launched last year to help find cures for diseases based on an individual’s genetic signatures.
Researchers Trace Spread of Ancient Viruses
March 10, 2024 9:22 am | by Greg Watry, Digital Reporter | News | CommentsViruses have been present for billions of years, affecting the gamut of life from single celled to multicellular organisms. But these diminutive infectious agents don’t leave behind fossils. Therefore, understanding their origin and evolution has proven difficult.
Recurrent Miscarriages, Affecting Millions, Caused by Lack of Stem Cells in Womb
March 10, 2024 9:11 am | by Seth Augenstein, Digital Reporter | News | CommentsThe heartbreak of losing multiple pregnancies is known to countless women worldwide. But a British team of doctors says they’ve made a breakthrough that will not only explain the recurrent loss – but may also fix it. Read more...
Fukushima Site Still Leaking Radioactivity As Fifth Anniversary Approaches
March 10, 2024 9:05 am | by Seth Augenstein, Digital Reporter | News | CommentsA major earthquake in the Pacific pushed a massive tsunami across Japan, prompting the meltdown of three nuclear cores, at the Fukushima Daiichi plant, on March 11, 2011.
Matched Antibodies & Primer Sets
March 9, 2024 10:57 am | by Chromatrap | Product Releases | CommentsChromatrap's high quality ChIP-validated antibodies can now be supplied with optimized matching primer sets. Using this out-of-box solution there is now no need to waste your valuable time searching databases and designing your own forward and reverse primers.
Amputee Feels Texture with a Bionic Fingertip
March 9, 2024 10:54 am | by Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne | News | CommentsAn amputee was able to feel smoothness and roughness in real-time with an artificial fingertip that was surgically connected to nerves in his upper arm. Moreover, the nerves of non-amputees can also be stimulated to feel roughness, without the need of surgery, meaning that prosthetic touch for amputees can now be developed and safely tested on intact individuals.
WHO: Sexual Transmission of Zika More Common than Thought
March 9, 2024 10:48 am | by Jamey Keaten and Maria Cheng, Associated Press | News | CommentsSexual transmission of the Zika virus is more common than previously thought, the World Health Organization said Tuesday, citing reports from several countries.
Creating 3D Tissue and its Potential for Regeneration
March 9, 2024 10:14 am | by Harvard University | News | CommentsResearchers are one step closer to embedding vascular networks into thick human tissues, which could result in tissue repair and regeneration — and ultimately even replacement of whole organs.
How Cancer Cells Fuel their Growth
March 9, 2024 9:57 am | by Anne Trafton, MIT News Office | News | CommentsScientists had believed that most of the cell mass that makes up new cells, including cancer cells, comes from that glucose. However, biologists have now found, to their surprise, that the largest source for new cell material is amino acids, which cells consume in much smaller quantities.
Studies: Beyond Scales, Fitness and Body Fat Key for Health
March 9, 2024 9:38 am | by Lauran Neergaard, AP Medical Writer | News | CommentsThe bathroom scale may show a good number but how much of that weight is fat, not muscle? New studies are adding to the evidence that the scale doesn't always tell the whole story when it comes to weight-related health risks.
Video Games Strengthen Neural Connections in People with MS
March 9, 2024 9:32 am | by Bevin Fletcher, Associate Editor | News | CommentsA new study has found that playing cognitive video games may help improve brain connections in multiple sclerosis (MS) patients, by increasing thalamus activity.
MS Accessory Brings Faster Analysis
March 8, 2024 10:52 am | Product Releases | CommentsZipChip is an innovative system that provides high-quality separation capabilities as a front-end for mass spectrometry (MS), resulting in fast analysis for a broad range of biomolecules.
AP Investigation: American Company Bungled Ebola Response
March 8, 2024 10:45 am | by Raphael Satter and Maria Cheng, Associated Press | News | CommentsAn American company that bills itself as a pioneer in tracking emerging epidemics made a series of costly mistakes during the 2014 Ebola outbreak that swept across West Africa - with employees feuding with fellow responders, contributing to misdiagnosed Ebola cases and repeatedly misreading the trajectory of the virus, an Associated Press investigation has found.
