Environmental Science
Traces of Stone Age Hunters and Gatherers Discovered in the Baltic Sea
In the autumn of 2021, geologists uncovered an odd row of stones nearly 1 kilometer long at the bottom of Mecklenburg Bay. The site is…
News
Health
Scientists created a Low-cost Gadget to make Cell Treatment Safer
A tiny gadget developed by MIT scientists and the Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology could increase the safety and efficacy of cell therapy treatments…
Health
Using Cancer’s Power to Combat It
Understanding the mechanisms that drive cancer’s growth and identifying vulnerabilities particular to cancer cells are necessary for combating it. Scientists at UC San Francisco (UCSF)…
Health
Clues to the Cancer Drug’s Fatal side effects may make it Safer
For some leukemia patients, the only available treatment option is a medication that has a substantial risk of heart failure. This means that some cancer…
Health
How may One Type of Lung Cancer Turn into Another?
Lung cancers known as adenocarcinomas can sometimes respond to initially effective treatments by converting into a much more aggressive small cell lung cancer (SCLC), which…
Biology
In Elderly Men, specialized T Cells may cause Severe Asthma Attacks
Scientists from the University of Southampton and the La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI) in California have discovered a type of immune cells that may…
Biology
The Evolution of Vertebrate Brains was Heavily influenced by Ancient Retroviruses
Researchers report February 15 in the journal Cell that ancient viruses may be to thank for myelin — and, by extension, our large, complex brains.…
Biology
Researchers Identify a Novel Cell that Recalls Allergens
Researchers at McMaster University and the Danish pharmaceutical company ALK-Abello A/S have discovered a remarkable discovery: a novel cell that recalls allergies. The discovery provides…
Chemistry
Arsenic Pentachloride
Arsenic pentachloride is a chemical compound that contains arsenic and chlorine. In 1976, this chemical was created by irradiating arsenic trichloride (AsCl3) with UV light…
Health
How Fasting may Prevent Inflammation
Cambridge scientists may have identified a new approach for fasting to reduce inflammation, a potentially harmful side effect of the immune system that underpins a…
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