new 2 3

Tag: "new" at biology news

Researchers shed light on shrinking of chromosomes

...ication of Nature Cell Biology they report crucial new insights into timing, function and molecular basis of chromosome condensation. What happens when chromosomes are not correctly separated and distributed during cell division we know very well; two daughter cells with either broken chromosomes or dif...

U-M researchers discover gene switched off in cancer can be turned on

...hensive Cancer Center. The finding could lead to a new class of targeted cancer therapies with potential to benefit many different cancer types. Popular new drugs such as Herceptin and Gleevec more effectively treat cancer by targeting genetic mutations tha...

Now, self-healing materials can mimic human skin, healing again and again

... human skin by healing itself time after time. The new materials rely upon embedded, three-dimensional mi...rs blood flow to promote healing, a crack in these new materials will trigger the flow of healing agent to repair the damage,” said Nancy Sottos, a Willett...

Migration alert -- How tumor cells home in on the lymphatic system

A Swiss-based research team has published a new mechanistic description of how tumor cells migrate...stem in the early stages of tumor metastasis. This new understanding holds significant potential for developing anti-metastasis therapies. Scientists kno...

Undergraduate research shows leaderless honeybee organizing

...s discovery has to do with detecting a significant new detail concerning the behavior of the European hon...s the bees need to make the queen fly again once a new nest site has been selected. “Drew Pierce did this project last summer,” Schneider explained. ...

Newly discovered antibody may be body's natural defense against Alzheimer's

...d Intravenous Immunoglobulin (IVIG) as a potential new treatment for Alzheimer's. IVIG is made from the b... in Alzheimer's and therefore a prime target for a new generation of disease-modifying treatments. To further confirm that these natural antibodies bin...

Researchers shed light on mechanism of action used by anti-cancer drug

... Massey Cancer Center researchers have uncovered a new mechanism of action of the anti-cancer drug sorafe...ents with blood cancers and solid tumors. In the new study, led by Steven Grant, M.D., Massey’s associate director for translational research and co-lead...

ASU research shows connection between testosterone, dietary antioxidants and bird coloration

...t your veggies and good things will happen. In a new physiological study of birds, a researcher at Arizona State University has found that carotenoids, the pigments that color carrots orange and corn yellow, have even deeper health benefits than originally thought. They appear to fight off the negative...

Massive herds of animals found to still exist in Southern Sudan

...ues decided to return to Southern Sudan to conduct new surveys as part of a 2004 Wildlife Conservation So...rting several species, which will be proposed as a new protected area. (OVER) In an effort to protect this newly discovered natural resource, WCS has...

Researchers reveal structure of protein altered in autism

... that affect neurotransmission during development, new leads into drug therapies may emerge. “We really don’t know what causes autism, but this research represents a solid starting point,” said Sarah Dunsmore, Ph.D., program director with the National Institute of General Medical Sciences, part of t...

Women well informed about breast cancer, yet lacking knowledge about current treatments

According to a new GfK Roper Public Affairs survey sponsored by Cance...f four (23 percent) women ages 50-65 have heard of new therapies for breast cancer, revealing a gap between awareness and information that women can use to...

CT scan reveals ancient long-necked gliding reptile

...ior of these small creatures are now known. The new gliding reptile is named Mecistrotrachelos apeoros meaning "soaring, long-necked" and was found at the Solite Quarry that straddles the Virginia-North Carolina border. The researchers report in today's (June 12) issue of the Journal of Vertebrate Pa...

Genetic factors are linked to fever following smallpox vaccination

...to the body’s response to viral infections. The new study identified a total of eight haplotypes in four different genes that were associated with altered susceptibility to fever after vaccination. It is the first study to show that fever after smallpox vaccination is associated with specific gene clu...

Small, self-controlled planes combine plant pathology and engineering

...ve only in the atmosphere, and many of them may be new to science.” This and other fascinating results have led Schmale to hypothesize that some airborne microorganisms have “novel biochemical processes for interacting with each other as a community of organisms in the atmosphere.” He explained, “We k...

Study investigates 'divorce' among Galapagos seabirds

...majority of the females in this group gambled on a new mate, sometimes one that had never bred before. This is one of the few studies that addresses divorce in successfully breeding bird pairs, Maness said. “This study really predicts that the probability of divorce increases with the birds’ success ...

Could fungal collection hold the key to new life-saving drugs?

Scientists may be one step closer to finding new drugs to fight MRSA, cancers and other diseases, a...hip will prove the winning formula for discovering new pharmaceutical drugs to fight cancers, diseases and resistant strains of infections such as MRSA.” ...

Nurtured chimps rake it in

...nce chimpanzees’ cognitive abilities, according to new research from the Chimpanzee Cognition Center at The Ohio State University. The study (1) is the first to demonstrate that raising chimpanzees in a human cultural environment enhances their cognitive abilities, as measured by their ability to unders...

New findings challenge established views on human genome

...functional elements in the human genome, providing new perspectives on everything from DNA transcription ...d junk DNA that is not biologically active. The new data indicate the genome contains very little unused sequences and, in fact, is a complex, interwove...

Penn researchers link cell's protein recycling systems

...r, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Neurology. “The new finding directly challenges this thinking by showing that one system can be induced to compensate for the other. Cells are able to shift proteins between the systems. We think that this molecular link can be used to benefit a wide variety of neurodeg...

Bacteria ferry nanoparticles into cells for early diagnosis, treatment

... than previous alternatives," Bashir said. This new delivery system also is more efficient than other ...bacterium or virus particle," Akin said. In the new approach, bacteria can carry hundreds of nanoparticles, each of which can in turn carry hundreds of ...

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10