Newborn genomic screening may detect hundreds of additional childhood conditions
Adding genomic sequencing to newborn blood screening would detect hundreds of additional childhood conditions, providing much earlier diagnosis…
Plant Futures Facility – The University of Queensland / m3architecture
East elevation / entry. The pixelated pattern illustrates Queensland’s soil profile. This is the same soil which support…
Chlorinated compounds from slime mold show strong antibacterial activity
The cellular slime mold Dictyostelium discoideum is a soil microbe that produces diverse natural products with potential antibiotic…
Researchers discover how plants produce cancer-fighting mitraphylline
Researchers at UBC Okanagan have uncovered how plants produce mitraphylline, a rare natural compound that may help fight…
Largest study of African American brain tissue reveals key Alzheimer gene activity
The prevalence of Alzheimer disease (AD) is approximately two times higher in African Americans (AA) compared to White/European-ancestry…
Dark matter may end our universe in a ‘Big Crunch’
Astrophysicists have presumed for nearly a century that the universe will just keep expanding for all eternity, driven…
Smoking and sex found to shape early cellular changes linked to bladder cancer
Bladder cancer is one of the most common cancers worldwide. Men are around four times more likely to…
Red dwarf stars are unlikely to host planets with advanced life and civilizations
For all the talk about life across the cosmos, Earth remains the only confirmed example. That single data…
New computer-driven method helps understand how membrane proteins work at the atomic level
Cellular membrane proteins play many important roles throughout the body, including transporting substances in and out of the…
New ‘unusual’ side effect of weight-loss drugs becoming more common, research suggests
A new “unusual” side effect of weight-loss drugs is becoming more common, research has suggested. Weight-loss drugs such…
SMOC1 gene plays a surprising role in the development of type 2 diabetes
Scientists at City of Hope®, one of the largest and most advanced cancer research and treatment organizations in…
Tramadol found to offer limited relief for chronic pain while raising risk of serious side effects
The strong opioid painkiller, tramadol, is not that effective at easing chronic pain for which it’s widely prescribed,…