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pH comes from the term “power of Hydrogen”, or the hydrogen ion concentration present in a given solution. It helps to measure the acidity or alkalinity of a substance.

Researchers Publish a Detailed Protocol for Making Three Cell Types From iPSCs

Researchers at NIH's National Eye Institute have published a detailed protocol for making three cell types that are key components to form blood vessels and capillaries.

17 May 2023

Liver Cancers With Key Epigenetic Alteration Tend to Have a Poor Clinical Prognosis

Researchers at the Josep Carreras Leukaemia Research Institute, led by Dr. Manel Esteller, have discovered a key epigenetic alteration that anticipates the clinical course of liver cancer.

17 May 2023

Study Finds Methylated CD Derivatives as Effective Stabilizers for Supersaturated Drugs

In the medicine market, most newly introduced drugs and drug candidates show poor water solubility, which prevents their absorption in the body. This, in turn, limits their therapeutic efficiency.

16 May 2023

Heat-Loving Marine Bacteria can Help Reduce Asbestos' Toxicity

Asbestos materials were once widely used in homes, buildings, automobile brakes and many other built materials due to their strength and resistance to heat and fire, as well as to their low electrical conductivity.

16 May 2023

Targeting Respiratory Viral Infections with a New Immunotherapy Treatment

A researcher at the University of Central Florida College of Medicine has created a novel, more effective therapy for acute respiratory viral infections, a significant global cause of illness each year.

16 May 2023

New Probabilistic Model Unifies the Generation and Inference for Single-Cell, Spatial Omics Data

UCLA researchers have developed an "all-in-one," next-generation statistical simulator capable of assimilating a wide range of information to generate realistic synthetic data and provide a benchmarking tool for medical and biological researchers who use advanced technologies to study diseases and potential therapies.

12 May 2023

New Insights Into How Diverse Chromosomal Alterations Form and Drive Cancer Development

The goal of every dividing cell is to accurately segregate its genome into two genetically identical daughter cells.

12 May 2023

New Method for Analyzing Protein Crystals Could Open Up Applications for Drug Discovery

A new method for analyzing protein crystals – developed by Cornell researchers and given a funky two-part name – could open up applications for new drug discovery and other areas of biotechnology and biochemistry.

12 May 2023

Researchers Elucidate the Molecular Mechanism of Protein Degradation by Extracellular Chaperones

When exposed to stressful conditions, several proteins tend to misfold and form aggregates inside or outside cells.

12 May 2023

NSU Research Unlocks How Bacteria "Work Together" to Exacerbate Infections

"Know thy self; know thy enemy" - Sun Tzu. That quote is from centuries ago, but it is applicable in so many ways.

9 May 2023

Understanding How Interleukin-6 Contributes to Suppress Allergic Asthma and Atopy

The immune system has a biological telecommunications system -; small proteins known as interleukins that send signals among the leukocyte white blood cells to control their defense against infections or nascent cancer.

8 May 2023

Discovering Novel Senolytic Compounds with the Power of Artificial Intelligence

A new publication in the May issue of Nature Aging by researchers from Integrated Biosciences, a biotechnology company combining synthetic biology and machine learning to target aging, demonstrates the power of artificial intelligence (AI) to discover novel senolytic compounds, a class of small molecules under intense study for their ability to suppress age-related processes such as fibrosis, inflammation and cancer.

8 May 2023

Speeding Up Forest Restoration Using New Biotechnological Approaches

Investigators from Brazil reveal that Amazonian dark earth (ADE), soils enriched by Amerindian people thousands of years ago, enhances the establishment and growth of seedlings of tree species vital for reforestation.

8 May 2023

Researchers Create a Computational Tool to Gain New Insights From Multi-Omics Data

Despite the astounding advances made in understanding the biologic underpinnings of cancer, many cancers are missing obvious genetic drivers.

5 May 2023

Innate Tumor Suppression Mechanism Uncovered

The p53 gene is one of the most important in the human genome: the only role of the p53 protein that this gene encodes is to sense when a tumor is forming and to kill it.

5 May 2023

New CAR T Strategy Offers a Dual-Targeting Mechanism to Fight Bone Metastatic Prostate Cancer

Prostate cancer frequently metastasizes to the bone and is incurable. Moffitt Cancer Center researchers are working to identify new treatment options for this subset of patients.

4 May 2023

Markers Indicating Early Signs of Schizophrenia Identified

For the first time, a global study group headed by investigators at Virginia Commonwealth University has found markers that might point out early if a person is susceptible to schizophrenia in the early stage itself.

28 Apr 2023

3D Genome Mapping may Lead to Targeted Therapeutic Options for Ependymoma

Researchers led by Sanford Burnham Prebys assistant professor Lukas Chavez, Ph.D., are leveraging the latest technology to take a never-before-seen look at ependymoma, one of the deadliest pediatric brain tumors.

28 Apr 2023

Study Shows Profound Fluctuations in Gut Microbiome Throughout the Day and Across Seasons

The balance of microbes in the human gut varies substantially from morning to night and even more by season -; with profound fluctuations completely transforming the microbiome from summer to winter, according to a study to be presented at Digestive Disease Week 2023.

28 Apr 2023

Study Finds Link Between Chemical "Marks" on DNA in Father’s Sperm and Autistic Traits in Children

Among families with children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, Johns Hopkins University researchers say they have found a link between chemical "marks" on DNA in the sperm of fathers and autistic traits in their 3-year-old children.

28 Apr 2023

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Researchers Publish a Detailed Protocol for Making Three Cell Types From iPSCs

Liver Cancers With Key Epigenetic Alteration Tend to Have a Poor Clinical Prognosis

Study Finds Methylated CD Derivatives as Effective Stabilizers for Supersaturated Drugs

Heat-Loving Marine Bacteria can Help Reduce Asbestos' Toxicity

Targeting Respiratory Viral Infections with a New Immunotherapy Treatment

New Probabilistic Model Unifies the Generation and Inference for Single-Cell, Spatial Omics Data

New Insights Into How Diverse Chromosomal Alterations Form and Drive Cancer Development

New Method for Analyzing Protein Crystals Could Open Up Applications for Drug Discovery

Researchers Elucidate the Molecular Mechanism of Protein Degradation by Extracellular Chaperones

NSU Research Unlocks How Bacteria "Work Together" to Exacerbate Infections

Understanding How Interleukin-6 Contributes to Suppress Allergic Asthma and Atopy

Discovering Novel Senolytic Compounds with the Power of Artificial Intelligence

Speeding Up Forest Restoration Using New Biotechnological Approaches

Researchers Create a Computational Tool to Gain New Insights From Multi-Omics Data

Innate Tumor Suppression Mechanism Uncovered

New CAR T Strategy Offers a Dual-Targeting Mechanism to Fight Bone Metastatic Prostate Cancer

Markers Indicating Early Signs of Schizophrenia Identified

3D Genome Mapping may Lead to Targeted Therapeutic Options for Ependymoma

Study Shows Profound Fluctuations in Gut Microbiome Throughout the Day and Across Seasons

Study Finds Link Between Chemical "Marks" on DNA in Father’s Sperm and Autistic Traits in Children

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