New research uncovers biological drivers of heart disease risk

byBrigham and Women’s HospitalCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainOver the past 15 years, researchers have identified hundreds of regions in the human genome associated with heart attack risk. How

Updated on: March 13,2024

New research uncovers biological drivers of heart disease risk

byBrigham and Women’s HospitalCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainOver the past 15 years, researchers have identified hundreds of regions in the human genome associated with heart attack risk. How

Updated on:March 13,2024

New insights on kidney disease in African Americans could lead to therapies

by Sarah Avery,Duke UniversityCredit:Journal of Clinical Investigation(2024). DOI: 10.1172/JCI172262In a finding that could help reduce the racial disparity in kidney disease, Duke H

Updated on: March 14,2024

New insights on kidney disease in African Americans could lead to therapies

by Sarah Avery,Duke UniversityCredit:Journal of Clinical Investigation(2024). DOI: 10.1172/JCI172262In a finding that could help reduce the racial disparity in kidney disease, Duke H

Updated on:March 14,2024

Study finds ancestry-driven disparities in pathogenic variation

by Molly Chiu,Baylor College of MedicinePathogenic variants by ancestry. 1a shows the rates of pathogenic variation, broken down by predicted genetic ancestry groups. 1b shows the breakdown of p

Updated on: March 13,2024

Study finds ancestry-driven disparities in pathogenic variation

by Molly Chiu,Baylor College of MedicinePathogenic variants by ancestry. 1a shows the rates of pathogenic variation, broken down by predicted genetic ancestry groups. 1b shows the breakdown of p

Updated on:March 13,2024

New hydrogel features enhanced capabilities for treating aneurysms and halting their progression

by Terasaki Institute for Biomedical InnovationThe standard non-invasive treatment for patients with aneurysms is to insert a stent graft, a mesh-lined tube, into the affected blood vessel to shore up

Updated on: March 27,2024

New hydrogel features enhanced capabilities for treating aneurysms and halting their progression

by Terasaki Institute for Biomedical InnovationThe standard non-invasive treatment for patients with aneurysms is to insert a stent graft, a mesh-lined tube, into the affected blood vessel to shore up

Updated on:March 27,2024

The Human Tumor Atlas Network: Mapping Cancer's Complexity and Evolution

The Human Tumor Atlas Network (HTAN) stands at the forefront of cancer research, representing a groundbreaking initiative funded by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) as part of the ambitious Cancer Moonshot℠ program. Launched in 2018, HTAN's primary mis

Updated on: November 07,2024

The Human Tumor Atlas Network: Mapping Cancer's Complexity and Evolution

The Human Tumor Atlas Network (HTAN) stands at the forefront of cancer research, representing a groundbreaking initiative funded by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) as part of the ambitious Cancer Moonshot℠ program. Launched in 2018, HTAN's primary mis

Updated on:November 07,2024

Novel compound protects against infection by virus that causes COVID-19, preliminary studies show

JANUARY 5, 2024 Editors' notesbyDana-Farber Cancer InstituteDesign and screening of stapled lipopeptide inhibitors of SARS-CoV-2.aSchematic of the six-helix bundle (6-HB) fusion

Updated on: March 15,2024

Novel compound protects against infection by virus that causes COVID-19, preliminary studies show

JANUARY 5, 2024 Editors' notesbyDana-Farber Cancer InstituteDesign and screening of stapled lipopeptide inhibitors of SARS-CoV-2.aSchematic of the six-helix bundle (6-HB) fusion

Updated on:March 15,2024

Lipid traffic jam: Scientists reveal how dAcsl orchestrates lipid transport in Drosophila

FEBRUARY 5, 2024by Higher Education PressWorking model for the role of dAcsl in the regulation of circulating lipoprotein level. Credit: Jie Li, Yue Dong, Tianxing Zhou, He Tian, Xiahe Huang, Yong Q Z

Updated on: March 30,2024

Lipid traffic jam: Scientists reveal how dAcsl orchestrates lipid transport in Drosophila

FEBRUARY 5, 2024by Higher Education PressWorking model for the role of dAcsl in the regulation of circulating lipoprotein level. Credit: Jie Li, Yue Dong, Tianxing Zhou, He Tian, Xiahe Huang, Yong Q Z

Updated on:March 30,2024

Baseline findings among hospitalized mucormycosis patients: A multicentric ambispective cohort study in India

FEBRUARY 6, 2024by Tsinghua University PressDirected acyclic graph demonstrating the relationship between potential risk factors of mortality due to mucormycosis. Credit: Dr. Rizwan Suliankatchi Abdul

Updated on: March 25,2024

Baseline findings among hospitalized mucormycosis patients: A multicentric ambispective cohort study in India

FEBRUARY 6, 2024by Tsinghua University PressDirected acyclic graph demonstrating the relationship between potential risk factors of mortality due to mucormycosis. Credit: Dr. Rizwan Suliankatchi Abdul

Updated on:March 25,2024

Research shows spike gene mutations do not correlate with increased SARS-CoV-2 variant severity

byUniversity of North Carolina at CharlotteA visual representation of the novelin silicomethodology used in the study: prediction of protein structure, molecular docking simulations,

Updated on: July 30,2024

Research shows spike gene mutations do not correlate with increased SARS-CoV-2 variant severity

byUniversity of North Carolina at CharlotteA visual representation of the novelin silicomethodology used in the study: prediction of protein structure, molecular docking simulations,

Updated on:July 30,2024

New potential avenues for cancer therapies through RNA-binding proteins

byKing's College LondonGraphical abstract. Credit:iScience(2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2024.109288A new paper describes the role of two RNA-binding proteins in the development of

Updated on: April 28,2024

New potential avenues for cancer therapies through RNA-binding proteins

byKing's College LondonGraphical abstract. Credit:iScience(2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2024.109288A new paper describes the role of two RNA-binding proteins in the development of

Updated on:April 28,2024

Researchers develop model to assess biology of human placental barrier

by Tokyo Medical and Dental UniversityPlacental organoids generated from human placental stem cells (left), a front view of the placental barrier model (center), and a side view of the barrier mo

Updated on: March 07,2024

Researchers develop model to assess biology of human placental barrier

by Tokyo Medical and Dental UniversityPlacental organoids generated from human placental stem cells (left), a front view of the placental barrier model (center), and a side view of the barrier mo

Updated on:March 07,2024

Different autism risk genes, same effects on brain development

by Harvard UniversityMicroscopy image of a brain organoid showing neuron precursors (magenta) and deep-layer projection neurons (green), which are one of the cell types affected by autism risk ge

Updated on: February 05,2024

Different autism risk genes, same effects on brain development

by Harvard UniversityMicroscopy image of a brain organoid showing neuron precursors (magenta) and deep-layer projection neurons (green), which are one of the cell types affected by autism risk ge

Updated on:February 05,2024