In recent weeks, the intensive critical care units at University Health Network’s Toronto General Hospital…
Month: January 2013
Lack of key enzyme in the metabolism of folic acid leads to birth defects
Researchers have discovered that the lack of a critical enzyme in the folic acid metabolic…
Commonly prescribed PAH medications could have adverse effects
Scientists have reported findings that significantly improve understanding of how widely used drugs in Pulmonary…
New key to organism complexity identified
Researchers have discovered that the transcription factor protein TFIID coexists in two distinct structural states,…
Hearing-loss-prevention drugs closer to reality thanks to new test
A new way to test anti-hearing-loss drugs in people could help land those medicines on…
Cheating to create the perfect simulation: Physicists on way to describing inside of neutron stars
Scientists have succeeded in simulating the strong atomic nuclear interactions to enable its calculability while…
Method for more sensitive electrochemical sensors
Scientists have recently developed a new method for amplifying signals in graphene-based electrochemical sensors, a…
Quail really know their camouflage
When it comes to camouflage, ground-nesting Japanese quail are experts. That’s based on new evidence…
Learning the alphabet of gene control
Scientists have made a large step towards the understanding of how human genes are regulated….
‘Jet-lagged’ fruit flies provide clues for body clock synchronization
New research has found evidence of how daily changes in temperature affect the fruit fly’s…