A 3-D print of influenza virus. The virus surface (yellow) is covered with proteins called hemagglutinin (blue) and neuraminidase (red) that enable the virus to enter and infect human cells. In this study, Worobey and his collaborators show that...
A graphic shows the simulated aggregation of proteins implicated in Huntington’s and other neurological diseases.Credit: Mingchen Chen/Rice University
Rice University scientists have uncovered new details about how a repeating nucleotide sequence in the gene for a mutant protein may trigger...
USB stick that tests for HIV. Credit: Imperial College London / DNA Electronics
Scientists have developed a type of HIV test on a USB stick.
The device, created by scientists at Imperial College London and DNA Electronics, uses a drop of...
The brain-spine interface uses a brain implant like this one to detect spiking activity in the brain's motor cortex. Seen here, a microelectrode array and a silicon model of a primate's brain, as well as a pulse generator used...
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People who sleep five or fewer hours a night are likely to also drink significantly more sugary caffeinated drinks, such as sodas and energy drinks, according to a new study of more than 18,000 adults led by...
Researchers at the University of Michigan have transplanted lab-grown mini lungs into immunosuppressed mice where the structures were able to survive, grow and mature.
"In many ways, the transplanted mini lungs were indistinguishable from human adult tissue," says senior study...
STUDY OF CHIKUNGUNYA IN BANGLADESHI VILLAGE OFFERS INSIGHT INTO OTHER DISEASES SPREAD BY THE SAME MOSQUITO, INCLUDING ZIKA
Outbreaks of the mosquito-borne disease chikungunya appear to be driven by infections centered in and around the home, with women significantly more...
Monobody NS1 binds to H-RAS or K-RAS protein and blocks RAS function by disrupting the protein's ability to form active molecular pairs. Credit: John P. O'Bryan, et al. Published in Nature Chemical Biology.
Researchers at the University of Illinois at...
The findings may also aid efforts to develop an effective anti-Zika vaccine, said James Crowe Jr., M.D., director of the Vanderbilt Vaccine Center. Credit: Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Washington University School of Medicine...
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Substantial weight gain over many years increases the risk of obesity-related cancers in men by 50 per cent and in women by almost 20 per cent, according to new research presented at the National Cancer Research...
Scientists from Children's Health Research Institute, a program of Lawson Health Research Institute, and Western University have developed a new blood test that identifies with greater than 90 per cent certainty whether or not an adolescent athlete has suffered...
