A project aims to investigate the social case for gardens and what impact they have…
Category: Science
Rebalancing gut microbiome lengthens survival in mouse model of ALS
A bacterial by-product known to be important in maintaining gut health may slow the progression…
How protein production gets distorted in skin cancer
Researchers have shown that a shift in translation, the process by which cells produce proteins…
Delays in access to cancer medicines, unjustifiable price rises disadvantage patients
Cancer patients need speedy access to new drugs and fair prices for old ones, but…
Experts predict melanoma death rates will fall by 2050
By 2050 the death rates from malignant melanoma will have decreased from their current levels…
Immunotherapy, pembrolizumab, is active against mucosal melanoma tumors
Clinical trials of a new immunotherapy, pembrolizumab, have shown that it prolongs life significantly for…
New mercury threat to oceans from climate change
Rising temperatures could boost mercury levels in fish by up to seven times the current…
Seeds offer clue to domesticated plants’ larger size
The seeds of domesticated plants could offer clues as to why cultivated crops are larger…
Toxic mercury in aquatic life could spike with greater land runoff
A highly toxic form of mercury could jump by 300 to 600 percent in zooplankton…
A wolf’s stowaways
Since the year 2000, the Eurasian grey wolf, Canis lupus lupus, has spread across Germany….