Original story from the National Research Council of Science & Technology (Sejong City, South Korea). A protein that plays a key role in mediating the health benefits of exercise has been discovered.

Autoimmune diseases are a group of disorders that cause the immune system to mistakenly attack healthy cells, tissues or organs. Central to the process are cytokines, which exhibit dual functionality ...

Research funding can come from various sources, each with different focus areas, eligibility and application processes. Finding relevant opportunities can be time-consuming and has been made more ...

A graph-based computational tool for detecting previously invisible genetic mutations has been developed. Researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA; USA) and the University of ...

The Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening (SLAS)’s international and European conferences feature Innovation AveNEW, an area of the exhibition dedicated to startups and emerging companies.

Original story from Penn State University (PA, USA). The molecular mechanisms driving honey bee fate have been revealed. Despite having identical genetic instructions, female honey bee larvae can ...

Hormonal contraceptives are one of the most highly prescribed drug classes in the world. Despite their prevalence, research on how hormonal contraceptives impact the brain is lacking. Carina Heller ...

Original story from Columbia University Irving Medical Center (NY, USA). A novel method has been developed to help rapidly diagnose rare genetic diseases. A new laboratory method developed by ...

To develop the nanocarrier system, the researchers started by conjugating a polyphenol compound, tannic acid (TA), with PEG to form PEG–TA. PEG is a polymer with high biocompatibility and stealth ...

Original story from Institute of Science Tokyo (Japan). To simulate blood flow inside brain aneurysms, a computational method that combines 4D flow MRI, computational fluid dynamics and data ...

Original story from the University of Pennsylvania School of Engineering and Applied Science (PA, USA). A toxic fungus has been transformed into a potent cancer-fighting compound. Penn-led researchers ...

Autoimmune diseases represent a wide range of disorders affecting specific organs or the entire body, all characterized by the immune system’s misrecognition of self-antigens. These conditions arise ...