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NIH: Scientists Identify Nutrient That Helps Prevent Bacterial Infection

Taurine, which helps the body digest fats and oils, could offer treatment benefit.

MIT: Model Analyzes How Viruses Escape the Immune System

Using this computational system, researchers can identify viral protein sequences that could make better vaccine targets.

Australian study discovers how a marsupial and a mammal have nearly the same skull shape

A new study has determined how two distinct orders of the animal kingdom, the extinct Tasmanian tiger and the gray wolf, developed nearly identical skull shapes, a unique example of convergent evolution, the independent development of similar features in non-related animals or plants.

New statistical method provides important genetic information while preserving patient privacy

An international group of biomedical researchers has developed a method of mining genetic information from multiple electronic medical records without compromising patient privacy.

ATP Synthase, the 'wonder of the molecular world'

In a recent paper published in Nature, researchers at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria, Klosterneuburg, Austria, led by professor Leonid Sazanov, determined the entire structure of F1Fo ATP synthase – the mammalian mitochondrial ATPase that generates ATP.

Customized assessments helping to reduce injuries in US military

Anne Silverman, Rowlinson Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Colorado School of Mines, is developing a project that is designed to make musculoskeletal predictions with a high degree of success to properly assess the risk of injury due to heavy backpack loads.

NIH: Researchers Identify New Genetic Disorder That Affects Brain, Craniofacial Skeleton

Analysis of patients with rare condition uncovers key pathway for human development.

MIT: Designing customized “brains” for robots

A new system devises hardware architectures to hasten robots’ response time.

The human brain has a mechanism to encode individual location and people around us

Scientists know a lot about how rats navigate their social environment, but not much about the process of human spatial navigation.

Bioclinica announces new product to help with sensitive patient information

Bioclinica has announced a product to help the redaction of sensitive patient information from videos, photos and PDFs.

NASA astronauts scheduled for spacewalks

Two NASA astronauts are expected to venture outside to install a European science platform on Wednesday, Jan. 27.

Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy invests $1 million to fight Duchenne

Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy (PPMD) has invested $1 million in Satellos Bioscience Inc. to help in the development of a regenerative medicine for therapeutic treatment of Duchenne, which the organization helps to fight.

Researchers discover promising compound for fighting brain-eating amoeba

Spanish researchers may have found the means for combatting a “brain-eating” amoeba that led to increased deaths in the U.S. and around the world in recent years.

Researchers look at impact of breastfeeding on COVID-19

Breast milk has long been accepted as a key way mothers bolster the immunities of infants to known diseases, but researchers at the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) recently set out to determine whether that benefit exists for the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19 as well, as well as whether there is any risk of transmitting the infection through breast milk.

Rice, UT researchers explore new models for measuring volcanic eruptions from debris

Geoscientists from Rice University and the University of Texas (UT) at Austin recently published an open-access study looking at the information about volcanic eruptions that can be derived from the study of nanoparticles.

Nebraska anglers prove to be more predictable than originally thought

Researchers have found that fishing behavior of Nebraska anglers may be less unpredictable than originally thought, with seven fishing spots in the state seeing little variation from spring to fall.

547 million year-old fossils show Cambrian animals had roots in earlier epoch

Discovery of the first fully preserved three-dimensional fossils of tiny animals 547 million years old is helping scientists understand the evolutionary link between the Ediacaran Period and the beginning of the Cambrian, 541 million years ago.

MSU: Scientists Conduct Largest Freshwater Insect Census in U.S.

When it comes to census taking, people are not the only ones who count.

UC DAVIS HEALTH: New Report Shows Critical Link Between Tobacco Use and Cancer Deaths

The impact tobacco use has on cancer deaths in the California is coming into sharper focus thanks to a new report by UC Davis Health researchers.