Bioengineers have developed a simple, highly sensitive and efficient test for the diarrheal disease cryptosporidiosis…
Month: February 2014
New combined therapy to treat cancer proposed
Researchers have discovered how etoposide — a drug widely used in the treatment of lung…
Pacific salmon inherit magnetic sense of direction
A team of scientists last year presented evidence of a correlation between the migration patterns…
Scientists reprogram skin cells into insulin-producing pancreas cells
A cure for type 1 diabetes has long eluded even the top experts. Not because…
Birds of a different color: Three major genes set feather hue in pigeons
Scientists have identified mutations in three key genes that determine feather color in domestic rock…
New microchip demonstrates how metastasis takes place
Nearly 70 percent of patients with advanced breast cancer experience skeletal metastasis, in which cancer…
Millions of Canadians still struggle to afford food: Report
Four million Canadians, including 1.15 million children, are living in households where it is sometimes…
New, surprising link between chloracne and molecule that protects cells against stress
Researchers have discovered a new, surprising link between chloracne and a molecule that protects cells…
RNA sequencing of 750-year-old barley virus sheds new light on the Crusades
Scientists have for the first time sequenced an ancient RNA genome — of a barley…
Proteins snap those wrinkly fingers back into shape: Physicists model skin from wet to dry
You know how your fingers wrinkle up in the bath? The outer layer of your…