How does one species become two? If you’re a biologist, that’s a loaded question. The consensus is that, in most
Month: August 2024
New pancreatic cancer treatment proves effective in shrinking, clearing tumors
Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and UMass Chan Medical School have demonstrated in mice a new method to
Researchers take inspiration from viruses to improve delivery of nucleic acid-based therapies to cancer cells
A researcher in Purdue University’s College of Science is developing a patent-pending platform technology that mimics the dual-layer structure of
Scientists discover how the body’s killer cells attack cancer
Scientists are on the verge of a cancer breakthrough after working out how the body’s immune system targets cells devastated
How beetle juice led to the discovery of a virus and solved the mystery of a superworm die-off
Rutgers University-New Brunswick scientists have discovered a virus that caused a nationwide die-off of superworms, a common food for birds,
Drug may stop migraines before headache starts
When taken at the first signs of a migraine, before headache pain begins, a drug called ubrogepant may be effective
A bacterial defense with potential application in genome editing
Scientists who have described in a new study the step-by-step details of a bacterial defense strategy see the mechanism as
Seeing the future: Zebrafish regenerates fully functional photoreceptor cells and restores its vision
Blinding diseases lead to permanent vision loss by damaging photoreceptor cells, which humans cannot naturally regenerate. While researchers are working
Molecular mechanism behind MS and other autoimmune diseases
More than two decades ago, a research team in the lab of David Hafler, a Yale researcher who at the
Protein mutant stability can be inferred from AI-predicted structures
Researchers at the Center for Algorithmic and Robotized Synthesis within the Institute for Basic Science have taken a significant step