IMAGE: Dr. Rama K. Mallampalli is professor and chair of the Department of Internal Medicine at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and The Ohio State University College of Medicine. view more Credit: The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center…
A multidisciplinary team of researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst’s Institute for Applied Life Sciences (IALS) have developed a technique to replicate bone tissue complexity and bone remodeling processes. This breakthrough could help researchers further their study of bone…
Our cells are filled with ‘bones,’ in a sense. Thin, flexible protein strands called actin filaments help support and move around the bulk of the cells of eukaryotes, which includes all plants and animals. Always on the go, actin filaments…
IMAGE: Young mice in green, old mice in red view more Credit: Simon Melov, PhD A compound that extends lifespan in a tiny nematode worm slows bone loss in aging mice. That surprising result comes from a longitudinal and functional study…
Black children have significantly higher rates of shellfish and fish allergies than white children, confirming that race plays an important role in how children are affected by food allergies, researchers at Rush University Medical Center have found. Results of the…
A research team from the CHUM Research Centre (CRCHUM) has shown that women who have had serious complications during pregnancy are twice as likely to die up to three decades later. Serious conditions such as stroke, cardiac complications, acute kidney…
IMAGE: University of Utah Health geneticist Clement Chow, Ph.D., studies NGLY1 deficiency in the fruit flies and its interaction with other genes. Understanding these interactions could help illuminate how NGLY1 deficiency… view more Credit: Photo credit: Charlie Ehlert/University of Utah Health…
IMAGE: Doctoral student Andrew Yockey is one a a team of reserachers at the UC School of Human Services who study substance abuse causation and prevention. view more Credit: provided by Yockey A recent study of drugged driving, by a team…
Chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) results from a degeneration of the hematopoietic stem cells (leukemia stem cells), thereby leading to the uncontrolled formation of specific white blood cells, the so-called granulocytes. Research work at the Department of Medical Oncology at the…
IMAGE: The RV Mirai navigating the ice-free Arctic Ocean in October 2019. view more Credit: Jun Inoue (NIPR) As the climate warms and Arctic sea ice retreats, research vessels and commercial ships are sailing into the Arctic Ocean more and more,…
