Washington, Jan 30 (ANI): Researchers at the University of Notre Dame and the Washington University School of Medicine have made a major advance in using a synthetic probe to target dead and ...

Washington, September 27 (ANI): Vikas Nanda, a scientist of Indian origin, has won the prestigious National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director's New Innovator Award this year.Dr. Nanda is assistant professor of biochemistry ...

Washington, September 26 (ANI): Vikas Nanda, a scientist of Indian origin, has won the prestigious National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director's New Innovator Award this year. Dr. Nanda is assistant professor of biochemistry ...

Washington, June 3 (ANI): Scientists at the University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) have shown that mice can be made to burn more fat by inserting a molecular shunt into their livers. The ...

Washington, March 20 (ANI): Two Syracuse University researchers in New York have created a new surface material that can resist the growth of biolfilm, a sticky build-up of bacteria, and thus ...

London, January 26 (ANI): Scientists at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University say that remarkable new tools, which spotlight individual cellular molecules, are helping advance biomedical research. They have ...

Sydney, Jan 16 (IANS) Infected mammalian cells kill themselves to prevent infection and ensure the greater good of its numbers. By killing itself, the cell can ensure that the virus does not ...

London, Dec 24 (ANI): Scientists have taken a major step towards the treatment for the dreaded ''viral tummy bug'' or rotavirus after finding a chink in the armour of these rotaviruses. Rotaviruses ...

Washington, December 3 (ANI): Johns Hopkins researchers say that they have gained significant insights into the mechanism whereby a single-celled fungus regulates its version of cholesterol. Writing about their work in the ...

Washington, Nov 20 (ANI): A new study has highlighted how the exploration of the ocean depths can benefit humankind in the field of biomedical research. Many marine organisms such as sea anemones ...

Washington, Nov 17 (ANI): Scientists have discovered a mechanism triggered by the misfolded proteins that could be one early trigger for cell death in Huntington''s disease. It''s long been known that Huntington''s ...

Washington, Oct 10 (ANI): After studying a bacterium called Photorhabdus asymbiotica, scientists at Universities of Bath and Exeter have developed a new method, called Rapid Virulence Annotation (RVA), for checking toxic ...

Washington, May 31 (IANS) Korean researchers have created an artificial virus able to replicate the function of the original - transporting both genes and drugs into cancer cells. But with a vital ...

London, May 23 (ANI): A new analysis of faeces from dozens of mammals, including humans, suggests that gut-dwelling microbes might shape animal evolution. According to a report in New Scientist, trillions of ...

Washington, March 19 (ANI): University of Toronto scientists say that they have identified several compounds that may pave the way for developing innovative therapies against cystic fibrosis, a serious disease that ...

Washington, Mar 9 (ANI): Researchers at the Stanford University suggest that synthetic peptoids, a class of manmade molecules similar to natural proteins can be a potential target for developing new class of ...

Washington , Mar 5 (ANI): Researchers at University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine have found a protein, known as ISG15, that inhibits the Ebola virus from budding - the process by ...

New York, March 4 (IANS) An Indian-American has developed a revolutionary new bio-sensor capable of simultaneously screening thousands of food samples for deadly pathogens. Besides taking the pain out of such analysis, ...

Washington, March 1 (ANI): Two West Bengal University of Animal and Fishery Sciences alumni, currently associated with Purdue University, have shown that a novel technique can help screen thousands of samples of ...

Washington, February 9 (ANI): An Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore alumnus has shown that the moss plant Physcomitrella patens has a surprising link with an amyloid plaque found in brains having Alzheimer's ...

London, January 23 (ANI): A cell biologist at the Medical College of Georgia is carrying out a study to gain deep understanding about the process of cell division, as he believes that ...