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Breast cancer survivors have higher risk of new cancer diagnosis compared to healthy individuals

A new study finds breast cancer survivors in general have higher risk of new cancer diagnosis compared to healthy individuals. The article, which appears in CANCER, states that compared to the general population in the United States, the risk of new cancer diagnoses among survivors was 20% higher for those with hormone receptor (HR) positive cancers and 44% higher for those with HR-negative cancers.

19 May 2021

Trees under stress benefit from cooperative root graft networks

The fact that the roots of trees of the same or even different species grow together and thus connect to form networks is not new. However, the exact significance of this for forest ecology is still largely unknown.

19 May 2021

Wild relatives of modern peanut plants can withstand diseases

The wild relatives of modern peanut plants have the ability to withstand disease in ways that peanut plants can't. The genetic diversity of these wild relatives means that they can shrug off the diseases that kill farmers' peanut crops, but they also produce tiny nuts that are difficult to harvest because they burrow deep in the soil.

From University of Georgia 19 May 2021

Scientists discover five unknown and novel relatives of listeria species

While examining the prevalence of listeria in agricultural soil throughout the U.S., Cornell University food scientists have stumbled upon five previously unknown and novel relatives of the bacteria.

19 May 2021

System Performance Qualification - Removing Uncertainty from Your Results

TESTA Analytical Solutions e.K. reports on widespread interest from European laboratories for performance qualifying their particle size, zeta potential and GPC/SEC instruments.

From TESTA Analytical Solutions 19 May 2021

Successful class of therapeutics attack and shut down unique and harmful genes

A potential class of therapeutics that uses synthetic nucleic acids to attack and shut down harmful genes while preventing viral spread is gathering momentum.

18 May 2021

Exposure to even low levels of lead can trigger epigenetic changes

A research team from Brazil and Portugal has identified a link between a microRNA (miRNA) and the presence of lead in an organism.

18 May 2021

Study identifies new epigenetic control pathways in multiple myeloma growth

An international group of researchers from Japan, the United States, and the UK studied the role of the histone demethylase KDM5A in multiple myeloma.

18 May 2021

Refreshers develop new DNA sequencing method

An international research team headed by Michal Hocek of the Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences (IOCB Prague) and Charles University and Ciara K. O'Sullivan of Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV) in Spain have developed a novel method for labeling DNA, which in the future can be used for sequencing DNA by means of electrochemical detection.

18 May 2021

New kind of biomolecule could play a vital role in the biology of all living things

Stanford researchers have discovered a new kind of biomolecule that could play a significant role in the biology of all living things.

18 May 2021

Cells within the center of a tumor have the highest chance of spreading around the body

Researchers from the Francis Crick Institute, Royal Marsden, UCL and Cruces University Hospital have found that cells from different parts of kidney tumors behave differently, and surprisingly, cells within the center of a tumor are the most aggressive and have the highest chance of spreading around the body.

18 May 2021

Microorganisms isolated from soil samples could help identify potential new antibiotics

The 57 Valencian high school students who participated in the SWICEU team’s “En busca de nuevos Fleming” project present their findings.

17 May 2021

Researchers develop an unprecedentedly flexible new DNA staining probe

A team of scientists at Nagoya University in Japan has invented an extremely versatile DNA fluorescent dye called “Kakshine".

17 May 2021

Study shows that inactivation of BRG1 leads to high genetic instability

Following the p53 tumor suppressor gene, the genes encoding two proteins of the SWI/SNF chromatin remodeling complex are the most often identified mutated.

17 May 2021

Novel screening strategy can lead to microorganism-based crop protection methods

Certain microbes can trigger the immune responses of plants without damaging them, allowing these pathogens to behave similarly to plant vaccines.

From Tokyo University of Science 17 May 2021

Combination of Omega-3S in supplements may blunt the cardiovascular benefits of EPA

Doctors often recommend Omega-3s to help patients lower their cholesterol and improve heart health. Those Omega-3s can come from fatty fish like salmon and mackerel, or supplements that often contain a combination of the acids eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA).

17 May 2021

Plant eaters diversified quickly after mass extinctions to eat different kinds of plants

Researchers at the University of Bristol found that plant eaters diversified quickly after mass extinctions to eat different kinds of plants, and the ones that were able to chew harsher materials, which reflected the drying conditions of the late Triassic, became the most successful. These tougher herbivores included some of the first dinosaurs.

17 May 2021

Only 50 realistic scenarios left to mitigate climate change

Of the over 400 climate scenarios assessed in the 1.5°C report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), only around 50 scenarios avoid significantly overshooting 1.5°C.

17 May 2021

New probe allows real-time imaging of molecular orientations in live cells

Monitoring alignments of the building blocks of cells is important to understand how the cells are built. By collaborating with imaging scientists at the MBL, researchers from Japan have developed a new probe which they call POLArIS, allowing real-time imaging of molecular orientations in live cells.

17 May 2021

Scientists shed light on the origins of Mimivirus and other giant viruses

Researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay shed light on the origins of Mimivirus and other giant viruses, helping us better understand a group of unique biological forms that shaped life on earth.

17 May 2021

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Breast cancer survivors have higher risk of new cancer diagnosis compared to healthy individuals

Trees under stress benefit from cooperative root graft networks

Wild relatives of modern peanut plants can withstand diseases

Scientists discover five unknown and novel relatives of listeria species

System Performance Qualification - Removing Uncertainty from Your Results

Successful class of therapeutics attack and shut down unique and harmful genes

Exposure to even low levels of lead can trigger epigenetic changes

Study identifies new epigenetic control pathways in multiple myeloma growth

Refreshers develop new DNA sequencing method

New kind of biomolecule could play a vital role in the biology of all living things

Cells within the center of a tumor have the highest chance of spreading around the body

Microorganisms isolated from soil samples could help identify potential new antibiotics

Researchers develop an unprecedentedly flexible new DNA staining probe

Study shows that inactivation of BRG1 leads to high genetic instability

Novel screening strategy can lead to microorganism-based crop protection methods

Combination of Omega-3S in supplements may blunt the cardiovascular benefits of EPA

Plant eaters diversified quickly after mass extinctions to eat different kinds of plants

Only 50 realistic scenarios left to mitigate climate change

New probe allows real-time imaging of molecular orientations in live cells

Scientists shed light on the origins of Mimivirus and other giant viruses

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