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TUM scientists explore link between gastrointestinal microbiota and dietary fats

Gut bacteria play a little-understood role in the body’s energy balance, which is influenced by diet. However, the crucial nutritional components are unknown. A team at the Technical University of Munich was able to demonstrate for the very first time that mice without gastrointestinal microbiota grow obese when fed with dietary fat from plant sources, but not from animal sources.

25 Nov 2016

Study shows power of haptic interfaces, web computing to create shareable scientific environment in crystallography

Haptic interfaces have been readily adopted because of their intuitive ease of use and convenience.

25 Nov 2016

Research provides insights into how molecular adaptations can lead to differential circadian timing

The non-biting marine midge Clunio marinus lives along Europe's tide-shapen coasts, where precise timing is of existential importance: Reproduction and oviposition must occur when the tide is at its lowest.

24 Nov 2016

ASGCT seeks to educate public and policy-makers on fundamentals of gene editing

On Nov. 21, 2016, the American Society of Gene & Cell Therapy released Therapeutic Gene Editing: an ASGCT White Paper, intended to provide policy-makers, patient advocates, and the interested public with the necessary background information in anticipation of an upcoming consensus report on human gene editing from the National Academy of Sciences and National Academy of Medicine (NAS), expected to be released in early 2017.

24 Nov 2016

Study shows essential role of new receptor in protecting against obesity

The team of scientists from King's College London and Imperial College London tested a high-fat diet, containing a fermentable carbohydrate, and a control diet on mice and looked at the effect on food intake of those with and without the FFAR2 receptor.

24 Nov 2016

Tissue damage plays crucial role in cell reprogramming

Cell reprogramming does not happen exactly as we thought. In the pages of the journal Science, a team from the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre has shown that tissue damage is a relevant factor for cells to go back to an embryonic state.

24 Nov 2016

Social status affects immune regulation and health status in rhesus monkeys

The richest and poorest Americans differ in life expectancy by more than a decade. Glaring health inequalities across the socioeconomic spectrum are often attributed to access to medical care and differences in habits such as smoking, exercise and diet.

24 Nov 2016

New cell reprogramming mechanism could pave way for potential therapies to boost tissue repair

Researchers have identified a mechanism by which cells undergo reprogramming in live mice, a phenomenon that had previously been poorly understood.

24 Nov 2016

Hungry bacteria can harvest energy from domestic sewage

New research shows that sewage contains a source of energy that can be harvested by using hungry bacteria.

24 Nov 2016

Organic chemists develop method for rapid formation of optically active α-aminocarbonyl therapeutics

A team of organic chemists at ITbM, Nagoya University, has developed a new reaction to directly install amines into carbonyl compounds using their unique phase-transfer catalyst.

24 Nov 2016

Experts come together to develop plan for managing and sharing neuroscience data

Three years ago the White House launched the Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative to accelerate the development and application of novel technologies that will give us a better understanding about how brains work.

24 Nov 2016

Research identifies presence of neuron-producing stem cells in meninges

A multidisciplinary research, conceived by Dr. Francesco Bifari, Department of Medical Biotechnology and Translational Medicine, University of Milan, Italy and Dr. Ilaria Decimo University of Verona, Italy, found that meninges - the protective membranes that enclose the brain - contain of a pool of neural stem cells.

24 Nov 2016

Scientists take one step forward by finding how antibody neutralizes Zika infection

As Zika spreads throughout the world, the call for rapid development of therapeutics to treat Zika rings loud and clear.

24 Nov 2016

VIB researchers develop new tool to diagnose Familial Mediterranean Fever

Researchers at VIB and Ghent University have developed a tool to diagnose Familial Mediterranean Fever (FMF).

24 Nov 2016

Research shows mechanism that induces heart arrhythmias in diabetic mice

One of the most serious complications of diabetes, heart arrhythmias, is now on its way to be prevented and combated.

24 Nov 2016

New ULB study shows how cancer cell of origin controls malignant transition

Researchers at the Université libre de Bruxelles, ULB define for the first time how the cancer cell of origin controls invasive and metastatic properties of tumor cells.

24 Nov 2016

Mesolens microscope uses Prior Scientific's precision stages and focusing systems for 3D imaging of biomedical specimens

Prior Scientific reports on how its precision stages and focusing systems have been adopted by Mesolens Ltd. as part of their ground breaking microscope system that delivers faster, deeper, wider and more sensitive imaging than current methods.

From Prior Scientific Instruments Ltd. 24 Nov 2016

Researchers engineer cells with 'built-in genetic circuit' that can inhibit tumour growth

Researchers at the University of Southampton have engineered cells with a 'built-in genetic circuit' that produces a molecule that inhibits the ability of tumours to survive and grow in their low oxygen environment.

24 Nov 2016

Low-dose chemotherapy regimens may be more effective at treating certain breast and pancreatic cancer types

Conventional, high-dose chemotherapy treatments can cause the fibroblast cells surrounding tumors to secrete proteins that promote the tumors' recurrence in more aggressive forms, researchers at Taipei Medical University and the National Institute of Cancer Research in Taiwan and University of California, San Francisco, have discovered.

24 Nov 2016

Understanding nucleation process could be critical for treating Alzheimer's disease or Type 2 diabetes

Whether it is clouds or champagne bubbles forming, or the early onset of Alzheimer's disease or Type 2 diabetes, a common mechanism is at work: nucleation processes.

24 Nov 2016

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TUM scientists explore link between gastrointestinal microbiota and dietary fats

Study shows power of haptic interfaces, web computing to create shareable scientific environment in crystallography

Research provides insights into how molecular adaptations can lead to differential circadian timing

ASGCT seeks to educate public and policy-makers on fundamentals of gene editing

Study shows essential role of new receptor in protecting against obesity

Tissue damage plays crucial role in cell reprogramming

Social status affects immune regulation and health status in rhesus monkeys

New cell reprogramming mechanism could pave way for potential therapies to boost tissue repair

Hungry bacteria can harvest energy from domestic sewage

Organic chemists develop method for rapid formation of optically active α-aminocarbonyl therapeutics

Experts come together to develop plan for managing and sharing neuroscience data

Research identifies presence of neuron-producing stem cells in meninges

Scientists take one step forward by finding how antibody neutralizes Zika infection

VIB researchers develop new tool to diagnose Familial Mediterranean Fever

Research shows mechanism that induces heart arrhythmias in diabetic mice

New ULB study shows how cancer cell of origin controls malignant transition

Mesolens microscope uses Prior Scientific's precision stages and focusing systems for 3D imaging of biomedical specimens

Researchers engineer cells with 'built-in genetic circuit' that can inhibit tumour growth

Low-dose chemotherapy regimens may be more effective at treating certain breast and pancreatic cancer types

Understanding nucleation process could be critical for treating Alzheimer's disease or Type 2 diabetes

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