11-01-25 A research effort designed to prevent the introduction of viruses to blue crabs in a research hatchery(孵化场) could end up helping Chesapeake Bay watermen improve their bottom line by reducing the number of soft shell crabs perishing(死亡,毁灭...
11-01-10 A Jackson Laboratory research team led by Professor Patsy Nishina, Ph.D., has identified a mutation(突变) in a gene that's essential for correct protein-processing in cells. Defects in protein folding are associated with a variety of abnormalities...
11-01-09 In the Old West, camps sent smoke signals across distances to share key developments or strategy. Likewise, two important signaling molecules communicate across nerve cells to regulate electrical and chemical activity, neuroscientists from the UT He...
11-01-07 They are the most widely produced fruit in the world and now scientists in Japan have discovered that tomatoes contain a nutrient which could tackle the onset of vascular diseases(血管疾病) . The research, published in the journal Molecular Nutrit...
11-01-06 Mayo Clinic researchers have determined the lifetime risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis(风湿性关节炎) and six other autoimmune rheumatic(风湿病的) diseases for both men and women. The findings appear online in Arthritis and Rheumatism. VIDE...
10-12-29 Diseases caused by a species of fungus called Phytophthora(疫病菌) syringae are responsible for significant economic losses on a wide range of plants, including pear. In the Pacific Northwest region of the United States, disease occurs during the...
10-12-05 Around one in a hundred deaths worldwide is due to passive smoking, which kills an estimated 600,000 people a year, World Health Organization (WHO) researchers said on Friday. 世界卫生组织的研究人员周五称,全球每100例死亡中就有1例是死于被动吸烟,每...
10-12-01 A new report in the December Cell Metabolism identifies a protein without which diets high in saturated fat(饱和脂肪) lead to a massive inflammatory(炎症的) response that can prove fatal. The studies in mice suggest that deficiencies in this pro...
10-11-03 Researchers at the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet have shown that they may be able to monitor the aging process in the brain, by using MRI technique to measure the brain lactic acid(乳酸) levels. Their findings suggest that the l...
10-10-19 Scientists at the University of Michigan Heath System and their collaborators have found four new DNA hotspots that may one day help guide new treatments for psoriasis(牛皮癣) , one of the most common autoimmune diseases in the country. Using cutt...