Using large-scale zebrafish drug-screening models, researchers have identified a potent group of chemicals that helps…
Month: July 2015
Modified DNA building blocks are cancer’s Achilles heel
In studying how cells recycle the building blocks of DNA, scientists have discovered a potential…
Atomic view of cellular pump reveals how bacteria send out proteins
The structure of a simple but previously unexamined pump that controls the passage of proteins…
Long-sought discovery fills in missing details of cell ‘switchboard’
A biomedical breakthrough reveals never-before-seen details of the human body’s cellular switchboard that regulates sensory…
Ankle-brachial index associated with mild cognitive impairment
Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) occurred significantly more often, in a recent study, in individuals diagnosed…
Diagnostic test developed for enterovirus D68
A diagnostic test to quickly detect enterovirus D68, a respiratory virus that caused unusually severe…
Computer security tools for journalists lacking in a post-Snowden world
Despite heightened awareness of surveillance tactics and privacy breaches, existing computer security tools aren’t meeting…
Pacific reef growth can match rising sea, study suggests
The coral reefs that have protected Pacific Islanders from storm waves for thousands of years…
Increasing prevalence of autism is due, in part, to changing diagnoses
The greater than three-fold increase in autism diagnoses among students in special education programs in…
Readiness of America’s biology teachers questioned
Data spanning 1987 to 2007 show changing demographics among public high school biology teachers. The…