Maryland’s 2011 increase in the alcohol sales tax appears to have led to fewer purchases…
Month: April 2016
Building Immunity: Team recreates a T-cell receptor signaling pathway
By successfully re-creating a T-cell receptor signaling pathway independent of the cell itself, scientists have…
Kidney stone patients hospitalized on the weekend may get delayed treatment
Patients with severe cases of kidney stones are 26 percent less likely to receive timely…
Whites receive more state funding for autism services than other racial/ethnic groups
Whites with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in California receive more state funding than Hispanics, African…
Solving a genetic mystery in type 1 diabetes
In type 1 diabetes, the immune system attacks the body’s own insulin-producing cells. Scientists understand…
Researchers find key to zinc rich plants to combat malnutrition
The diet in many developing countries is lacking zinc, but researchers have just solved the…
Fertilizer’s legacy: Taking a toll on land and water
For the first time, scientists have come up with a way to estimate on a…
Macrophages surrounding lymph nodes block the progression of melanoma, other cancers
A type of immune cell that appears to block the progress of melanoma and other…
Analysis of nearly 600,000 genomes for resilience project
Custom-built targeted sequencing panel proves essential in hunt for people naturally resistant to severe disease.
Novel mechanism of crizotinib resistance in a ROS1+ NSCLC patient
Molecular analysis of a tumor biopsy from a proto-oncogene 1 receptor tyrosine kinase positive (ROS1+)…