Researchers have uncovered how cells remove unwanted components from the nucleus following mitosis.
Novel insights of how prostate cancer causes secondary tumors
An increased awareness on a molecular level of what mechanisms prostate cancer cells use to become mobile and start spreading…
Vitamin D deficiency may raise risk of getting COVID-19, study finds
In a retrospective study of patients tested for COVID-19, researchers found an association between vitamin D deficiency and the likelihood…
A 400-year-old chamois will serve as a model for research on ice mummies
Discovered in Val Aurina, South Tyrol (Italy) and now in the laboratory of Eurac Research’s mummy experts, the remains will…
Radiologists find chest X-rays highly predictive of COVID-19
Radiologists investigated the usefulness of chest X-rays in COVID-19 and found they could aid in a rapid diagnosis of the…
How we sleep today may forecast when Alzheimer’s disease begins
Neuroscientists have found a way to estimate, with some degree of accuracy, a time frame for when Alzheimer’s is most…
Investigational COVID-19 vaccine candidate prevents severe clinical disease in animals
New research demonstrates that a candidate COVID-19 vaccine elicited robust immune response in Syrian golden hamsters and prevented severe clinical…
Therapeutic testbed for age-related macular degeneration
As we get older, many of our body’s processes start slowing down. For instance, a cut on the hand will…
How to capture images of cells at work inside our lungs
Scientists have discovered how to capture ‘live’ images of immune cells inside the lungs. The group is the first in…
Is consciousness continuous or discrete? Maybe it’s both, argue researchers
Two major theories have fueled a now 1,500 year-long debate started by Saint Augustine: Is consciousness continuous, where we are…