Climate change blamed for collapse of Hawaiian forest birds
Native forest birds on the Hawaiian island of Kauai are rapidly dying off and facing the threat of extinction as climate change heats up their habitat and allows mosquito-borne diseases to thrive,...
View ArticlePersonal genomic data makes a bigger impact when it portends well, a new...
Personal genomics lets people evaluate their risk levels for many diseases. But how do they respond to that data? A unique new study co-authored by investigators from MIT and Brigham and Women's...
View ArticleSingapore scientists develop DNA-altering technology to tackle diseases
Researchers in Singapore have developed a new protein that can alter DNA in living cells with much higher precision than current methods.
View ArticleScientists enhance ability of antibiotics to defeat resistant types of...
Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have developed a strategy to overcome a key defense that drug-resistant bacteria use to fend off antibiotic attack.
View ArticleHolographic imaging and deep learning diagnose malaria
Duke researchers have devised a computerized method to autonomously and quickly diagnose malaria with clinically relevant accuracy—a crucial step to successfully treating the disease and halting its...
View ArticleInvasive species may unexpectedly reduce disease prevalence
Humans are remarkably good at moving species around: We unwittingly carry stowaway organisms in our luggage when we fly, in our cars when we take a road trip, and on our bodies when we're simply taking...
View ArticleNew imaging method developed for lipid with many functions
An essential molecule in cells, called phosphatidic acid (PA), is at the center of a cellular biology mystery.
View ArticleEnzyme research opens doors to developing new inhibitors for arthritis
Biologists at The University of Texas at Arlington have demonstrated that removing water molecules can deactivate caspase-3 enzymes, which opens new doors for treatment of autoimmune diseases like...
View ArticleReading the rules of gene regulation with CRISPR
We have barely begun to crack open the rulebook for the vast noncoding regions of the genome. Two new methods, building on CRISPR advances, may help reveal some of the pages.
View ArticleDog poop microbiome predicts canine inflammatory bowel disease
Our gut microbiomes—the varieties of microbes living in our digestive tracts—may play a role in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Since dogs can also suffer from IBD, researchers at University of...
View ArticlePrions can pass on beneficial traits, study finds
Prion proteins, best known as the agents of deadly brain disorders like mad cow disease, can help yeast survive hard times and pass the advantageous traits down to their offspring, according to a new...
View ArticleComputer taught to intuitively predict chemical properties of molecules
Scientists from MIPT's Research Center for Molecular Mechanisms of Aging and Age-Related Diseases, together with Inria research center, Grenoble, France, have developed a software package called Knodle...
View ArticleEuropeans and Africans have different immune systems, and Neanderthals are...
It's long been clear that people from different parts of the world differ in their susceptibility to developing infections as well as chronic inflammatory and autoimmune diseases. Now, two studies...
View ArticleResearch on rare genetic disease reveals new stem cell pathway
How do you improve a Nobel Prize-winning discovery? Add a debilitating disease-causing gene mutation.
View ArticleResearch group suggests using guppies to control mosquitoes be abandoned
(Phys.org)—A team of researchers with members from the U.S., the West Indies, Canada and Brazil has conducted a survey of research efforts looking into the effectiveness and safety of releasing guppies...
View ArticleMystery of tropical human parasite swimming solved
For several years Manu Prakash, an assistant professor of bioengineering, has gone to field sites to test new, low-cost microscopes as a tool for diagnosing the parasitic disease schistosomiasis. The...
View Article'Molecular commando' identified to tackle hypoxia pathway
Scientists at the University of Dundee have identified a 'molecular commando' which can be stealthily deployed to activate a hypoxic response, a process which can help to fight a range of conditions...
View ArticleWhat makes Francisella such a bad actor?
Scientists are gaining an insider's look behind the notorious infectivity of Francisella tularensis. This bacterium is an equal opportunity pathogen. It causes the disease tularemia in humans, rabbits...
View ArticlePrecaution and governance of emerging technologies
Precautionary approaches to governance of emerging technology, which call for constraints on the use of technology whose potential harms and other outcomes are highly uncertain, are often criticized...
View ArticleSkin bacteria could protect against disease
There are more and more examples of the ways in which we can benefit from our bacteria. According to researcher Rolf Lood from Lund University in Sweden, this is true for the skin as well. He has shown...
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