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Texas A&M expert: New clues revealed about Clovis people
IMAGE: Clovis spear points from the Gault site in Texas. view more Credit: Center for the Study of the First...
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SPOTlight supercharges cell studies
IMAGE: Researchers at Rice University and Baylor College of Medicine have developed a platform, SPOTlight, that speeds...
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Study reveals details behind transplant disparities experienced by black patients
Highlights In an analysis of information on patients with kidney failure, Black patients are less likely than white...
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The effects of social determinants of health on kidney transplant candidates
Highlights Social determinants of health are associated with patient-reported outcomes in adults who are eligible to undergo...
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Globalized economy making water, energy and land insecurity worse: Study
The first large-scale study of the risks that countries face from dependence on water, energy and land resources has found...
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Indian and Pakistani women diagnosed with more aggressive breast cancer at younger age
Indian and Pakistani women are diagnosed with breast cancer, including more aggressive forms of the disease, at a younger...
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Next generation BRAF inhibitor cancer drug shows promise in early patient trial
A new drug designed to work on cancers with an altered BRAF gene has shown promise in an early patient trial presented at...
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Targeted inhibitor of mutated KRAS gene shows promise in lung, bowel, & other solid tumors
IMAGE: Pasi A. Jänne, MD, PhD view more Credit: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute A novel agent that targets...
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Inhibitor of KRAS gene mutation shows promise in lung, bowel and other solid tumors
IMAGE: Patient CT scans before and after treatment with adagrasib. Yellow arrow marks location of main tumor. ...
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Oncotarget: Survival after resection of brain metastases: A matched cohort analysis
IMAGE: This figure depicts overall survival and local in-brain recurrence-free survival in the study’s subgroups. ...
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Protective shield: Membrane-attached protein protects bacteria & chloroplasts from stress
IMAGE: Multiple IM30 proteins form large, oligomeric ring structures. IM30 rings bind to stressed membrane surfaces,...
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Coastal permafrost more susceptible to climate change than previously thought
IMAGE: Micaela Pedrazas (left) and Cansu Demir, both graduate students at The University of Texas at Austin Jackson...
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Residents of U.S. counties with more connections to China or Italy were more likely to follow early pandemic restrictions
Residents of U.S. counties with more social connections (measured as Facebook friends) to China or Italy – the first...
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Mathematical modeling suggests optimal timing for antiviral therapies against COVID-19
A new mathematical modeling study by Ashish Goyal and colleagues, informed by data collected from 25 patients hospitalized...
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RUDN University chemist created a catalyst from orange peel for organic compounds production
IMAGE: N-heterocycles are organic substances used in the chemical industry and medicine. To produce them, expensive...
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Media alert: new articles in the CRISPR Journal
IMAGE: The Journal is dedicated to validating and publishing outstanding research and commentary on all aspects of...
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Model predicts acute kidney injury requiring dialysis in patients with COVID-19
Highlights In a recent study, a new algorithm achieved good performance for predicting which hospitalized patients...
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New model predicts which patients with kidney disease may develop heartbeat irregularities
Highlights * A new model that incorporates a type of artificial intelligence can accurately predict which individuals...
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Cause of Alzheimer’s disease traced to mutation in common enzyme
IMAGE: The mutant MARK4 creates a form of tau which accumulates easily in brain cells, causing neurons to die. ...
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Oncotarget: Evaluation of cellular alteration & inflammatory profile of cells
IMAGE: Percentage of apoptosis in PMC, A549 and/or MCF7 after 24 hours exposed to talc. PMC = pleural mesothelial cells;...
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New imaging method reveals HIV’s sugary shield in unprecedented detail
IMAGE: An artistic rendering–based on cryo-EM maps and computer simulations–shows how glycans create a...
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PTSD and alcohol abuse go hand-in-hand, but males and females exhibit symptoms differently
LA JOLLA, CA–Through intricate experiments designed to account for sex-specific differences, scientists at Scripps...
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Metal deposits from Chinese coal plants end up in the Pacific Ocean, USC research shows
Emissions from coal-fired power plants in China are fertilizing the North Pacific Ocean with a metal nutrient important for...
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Chemists develop framework to enable efficient synthesis of ‘information-dense’ molecules
LA JOLLA, CA–A team led by scientists at Scripps Research has developed a theoretical approach that could ease the...
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Stars and planets grow up together as siblings
IMAGE: The dense L1709 region of the Ophiuchus Molecular Cloud, mapped by the Herschel Space Telescope, which surrounds...
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Researchers create human airway stem cells from patients’ cells
BOSTON – For the first time, researchers have successfully created airway basal stem cells in vitro from induced pluripotent...
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Fipronil, a common insecticide, disrupts aquatic communities in the U.S.
IMAGE: Ecologist Janet Miller collects rock trays in the Cache La Poudre River in Colorado. view more Credit:...
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Exploring the source of stars and planets in a laboratory
IMAGE: Physicist Himawan Winarto with figures from paper behind him. view more Credit: Collage by Elle Starkman/PPPL...
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Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. to publish Journal of Correctional Health Care
IMAGE: Journal focusing on this complex and evolving field. An invaluable resource for clinicians, allied health practitioners,...
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Elkhorn coral actively fighting off diseases on reef, study finds
IMAGE: Disease transmission. view more Credit: Photo: Margaret Miller, SECORE International MIAMI–As...