In the paper (entitled "Microbial Production of Short-chain Alkanes") published online in Nature on Sept. 29, a Korean research team led by Distinguished Professor Sang Yup Lee of the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology...

As so many genome studies do, this study published online in the journal Nature Genetics began with a single patient and his parents who were in search of a diagnosis. Fuente : http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-09/bco...

Researchers have compiled the largest and most rigorously validated list to date of the genetic sites in fruit flies where RNA transcribed from DNA is then edited by an enzyme to affect a wide variety of fundamental biological functions. The list yielded several biological insights and can aid...

Highlighting an important but unexplored area of evolution, scientists at The Scripps Research Institute have found evidence that, over hundreds of millions of years, an essential protein has evolved chiefly by changing how it moves, rather than by changing its basic molecular structure. The work...

Sonja Hofer, Professor at the Biozentrum, University of Basel, has been honored with the Eric Kandel Young Neuroscientists Prize by the Hertie Foundation, for her research in the field of neuroscience. The award was presented on September 27, 2013, in Frankfurt am Main by the Nobel Prize laureate...

Sonja Hofer, Professorin am Biozentrum der Universität Basel, wurde für ihre Forschung auf dem Gebiet der Neurowissenschaften mit dem Eric Kandel Young Neuroscientists Prize der Hertie-Stiftung ausgezeichnet. Die Preisverleihung erfolgte am 27. September 2013 in Frankfurt am Main durch den...

Combining traditional forms of Chinese and Western medicine could offer new hope for developing new treatments for liver, lung, colorectal cancers and osteosarcoma of the bones. Fuente : http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/v...

“La influencia humana en el sistema climático es clara. Esto es evidente en la mayoría de las regiones del mundo”, asegura la evaluación llevada a cabo por el Grupo de Trabajo I del Grupo Intergubernamental de Expertos sobre el Cambio Climático (IPCC), que han presentado los últimos datos en una......

El pasado 15 de febrero de 2013, astrónomos de todo el mundo dirigieron sus telescopios al asteroide 2012 DA14. El objeto pasó a unos 27.700 kilómetros de la superficie de la Tierra, una distancia incluso menor que la de los satélites geoestacionarios, que orbitan a unos 35.800 kilómetros de la......

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Plant fossils provide important information on the interactions between plants and environmental change. A recent study in volume 58 of "Chinese Science Bulletin" showed that the plant traits were strongly affected by changing environment. By examining oak fossils from different geological periods...

For many years, patients with advanced thyroid cancer faced bleak prospects and no viable treatment options. But now, building on recent discoveries about the genetics and cell signaling pathways of thyroid tumors, researchers are developing exciting new weapons against the disease, using kinase...

Nitrogen fertilizer costs US farmers approximately $8 billion each year, and excess fertilizer can find its way into rivers and streams, damaging the delicate water systems. A new discovery could be the first step toward helping crops use less nitrogen, benefiting both farmers' bottom lines and the...

Three months after the flight of the solar observatory Sunrise -- carried aloft by a NASA scientific balloon in early June 2013 -- scientists have presented unique insights into a layer on the sun called the chromosphere. Sunrise provided the highest-resolution images to date in ultraviolet light...

Taking a 12-week yoga class and practicing at home was linked to less insomnia -- but not to fewer or less bothersome hot flashes or night sweats. The link between yoga and better sleep was the only statistically significant finding in this randomized controlled trial. Fuente :...

Younger patients with colorectal cancer that has spread (metastasised) to other parts of the body represent a high-risk group that is less likely to respond to anti-cancer treatments. Their disease is more likely to progress and they are at greater risk of death than other age groups. Fuente :...

The first Phase II study to investigate the use of the anti-cancer drug, everolimus, for the initial treatment of advanced papillary kidney cancer has shown that it is successful in slowing or preventing the spread of the disease. Fuente : http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/n...

Diabetes is linked to an increased risk of developing cancer, and now researchers have performed a unique meta-analysis that excludes all other causes of death and found that diabetic patients not only have an increased risk of developing breast and colon cancer, but an even higher risk of dying...

Giving radiation therapy to the lymph nodes located behind the breast bone and above the collar bone to patients with early breast cancer improves overall survival without increasing side effects. This new finding ends the uncertainty about whether the beneficial effect of radiation therapy in such...

Patients with advanced melanoma, who have been treated with the monoclonal antibody, ipilimumab, can survive for up to ten years, according to the largest analysis of overall survival for these patients. Fuente : http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/6...

The use of an intensified form of radiotherapy in patients with locally advanced head and neck cancers can improve overall survival rates compared with standard radiation therapy, according to results from a large study. Fuente : http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/e...

First results from a phase III clinical trial of the combination drug, T-DM1, show that it significantly improves the length of time before breast cancer worsens in women with advanced HER2 positive breast cancer whose cancer has recurred or progressed despite previous treatments, including...

IDF welcomes a new report released by The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) "Tackling Climate Change through Livestock, a Global Assessment of Emissions and Mitigation Opportunities", an update to the 2006 report, "Livestock’s Long Shadow". This report provides a broader...

The Center for Engineering and Industrial Development (CIDESI) developed software for a surveillance system that can detect the behavior of people and analyzes the movement of objects, a method that can distinguish when an unusual event is happening, as the case of an assault or an accident. Fuente...

An intravaginal ring effectively delivers HIV-preventing drugs for one month. Fuente : http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/5...

Gute Nachrichten für das Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung: Der Europäische Forschungsrat (European Research Council, ERC) fördert Professor Walter Thiel, den Leiter der Abteilung für Theoretische Chemie am Institut, mit einem ERC Advanced Grant. Er bekommt in den kommenden fünf Jahren...

Good news for the Max Planck Institut für Kohlenforschung: Prof. Walter Thiel, Head of the Theoretical Department at the institute, receives an Advanced Grant of the European Research Council (ERC). He will get a funding of 2 million euros during the next five years. The ERC has just announced that...

A professor wondered why some types of research were more apt to secure federal grants, while others -- especially exploratory science -- often didn't. Fuente : http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/a...

Simple toys like blocks feed into kids' spatial skill and offer a foundation for learning subjects like math and science, according to a new study. Fuente : http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/r...