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Phys.org / A minimalist bacterial defense strategy: Scientists discover single protein that disrupts viral assembly
University of Toronto researchers have expanded our understanding of bacterial immunity with the discovery of a new protein that can both sense and counteract viral infections. In the study, published in Nature, researchers ...
Medical Xpress / A double-edged sword: Chronic cellular stress promotes liver cancer—but also makes tumors vulnerable to immunotherapy
A key molecular mechanism drives the growth of liver cell cancer while simultaneously suppressing the body's immune response to the tumor. This has been published in the journal Nature by a team led by researchers from the ...
Medical Xpress / Scientists build a 'Rosetta Stone' to decode chronic pain neurons
Researchers from the Center for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) and the Institute of Neurophysiology at Uniklinik RWTH Aachen in Germany have deciphered the molecular signature of so-called sleeping nociceptors—a type ...
Medical Xpress / Methadone treatment for opioid use is rising, but better access is needed to reach more in need
Methadone treatment for opioid use—which cuts the risk of death by overdose in half—among individuals insured by Medicaid-insured increased substantially after 2010, according to a new Penn Medicine analysis. But researchers ...
Phys.org / Nanobodies: A cure for treatment-resistant depression depression?
A new study led by the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine's Kirill Martemyanov, Ph.D., and international collaborators highlights a new approach to treating depression that bypasses many limitations of traditional ...
Medical Xpress / Strengthening radiology education during a time of workforce shortages and financial constraints
Radiologists are struggling to balance the pressure to provide high-quality, high-volume care while training the next generation of physicians. With this in mind, the Journal of the American College of Radiology's Focus on ...
Medical Xpress / Pigs and grizzlies, not monkeys, hold clues to youthful human skin
The secret to youthful appearance and repairing scars may lie in a microscopic skin structure humans share with pigs and grizzly bears—but, surprisingly, not monkeys.
Phys.org / CFC replacements behind vast quantities of global 'forever chemical' pollution, research reveals
Chemicals brought in to help protect our ozone layer have had the unintended consequences of spreading vast quantities of a potentially toxic "forever chemical" around the globe, a new study shows. Atmospheric scientists, ...
Medical Xpress / Study shows that key protein can slow aging
The United States is a rapidly aging country. By the year 2050, nearly 1 in 4 Americans will be 65 or older, and many will live into their 90s and beyond. This leads to health care and social support concerns and also begs ...
Phys.org / Stacking the genetic deck: How some plant hybrids beat the odds by erasing lethal genes
In the plant world, when two different species mate, their offspring often don't survive. The reason lies in their DNA: incompatible genes often mix in their offspring, triggering a fatal breakdown known as hybrid lethality ...
Phys.org / How cities primed spotted lanternflies to thrive in the US
Spotted lanternflies are adapting to the pressures of city life such as heat, pollution, and pesticides, according to genomic analyses of the invasive insects in the US and their native China. The findings, published in the ...
Medical Xpress / Battling the other 'Alzheimer's protein': What drives neurodegenerative tauopathies and how to treat them
In the quest to cure Alzheimer's, the protein known as beta-amyloid has long taken center stage, driving development of a long list of drugs aimed at breaking up amyloid plaques in the brain.
