Tumor-promoting enzymes USP25 and USP28: Substantial differences identified
Researchers have solved the structures of the cancer-promoting enzymes USP25 and USP28, and identified significant differences in their activities. Both enzymes promote the growth...
Crop damage: Researchers advance effort to manage parasitic roundworms
Roundworms that feed on plants cause approximately $100 billion in annual global crop damage. Now researchers have made a patent-pending discovery that certain enzymes...
A simple strategy to improve your mood in 12 minutes
We all have a remedy -- a glass of wine or a piece of chocolate -- for lifting our spirits when we're in a...
New medication gives mice bigger muscles
Researchers have studied a new group of medicinal products which increase the muscle- and bone mass of mice over a few weeks. This offers...
Social media has remarkably small impact on Americans’ beliefs, research finds
Social media had only a small influence on how much people believed falsehoods about candidates and issues in the last two presidential elections, a...
Gene transfer improves diabetes-linked heart ailment
Researchers have shown that a gene transfer technique can combat heart dysfunction caused by diabetes.
GRAVITY instrument breaks new ground in exoplanet imaging
The GRAVITY instrument on ESO's Very Large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI) has made the first direct observation of an exoplanet using optical interferometry. This method...
Low-dose radiation therapy improves delivery of therapeutic nanoparticles to brain tumors
Radiation therapy may increase the uptake of therapeutic nanoparticles by glioblastomas, raising the possibility of using both growth-factor-targeted and immune-system-based therapies against the deadly...
Researchers optimize aptamer with enhanced myelin-binding properties for MS treatment
A new study has demonstrated the enhanced ability of an optimized 20-nucleotide derivative of a larger DNA aptamer to bind myelin in a mouse...
Are no-fun fungi keeping fertilizer from plants?
Research explores soil, fungi, phosphorus dynamics.
