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Scientists Develop LDL Cholesterol-Lowering Vaccine

This image shows that high levels of active PCSK9 gene (green color) prevent LDL cholesterol (red color) from binding to the surface of liver cells. Image credit: Rockefeller University.
Nov 16, 2015 by Sergio Prostak

A new virus-like particle-based vaccine leads to dramatic reductions in ‘bad’ LDL cholesterol in mice and macaques, says a team of scientists led by the University of New Mexico and NIH’s Lung and Blood Institute. This image shows that high levels of active PCSK9 gene (green color) prevent LDL cholesterol (red color) from binding to the surface of liver cells. Image credit: Rockefeller University. LDL (low-density lipoprotein) cholesterol, also...

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The International Space Station is featured in this image photographed by an STS-132 crew member on board the Space Shuttle Atlantis after the station and shuttle began their post-undocking relative separation. Undocking of the two spacecraft occurred on May 23, 2010. Image credit: NASA / Crew of STS-132.

New Study Explores How Storage on ISS May Affect Medications

Nov 11, 2015 by News Staff

According to a new study published in the AAPS Journal, medication degradation in space does not differ from what is seen on the planet. The International...

The large-scale study discovers link between cancer and height.

Significant Link between Cancer and Height – Study

Oct 2, 2015 by News Staff

Cancer risk has been found to increase with height in both genders, says a large, long-term study from Sweden. The large-scale study discovers link between...

HIV-1 virion. Image credit: US National Institute of Health.

Scientists Identify Two Genes that ‘Shut Down’ HIV-1 Virus

Oct 1, 2015 by News Staff

An international group of researchers has identified genes that disable HIV-1, suggesting a promising new strategy for battling the virus that causes AIDS. HIV-1...

Beta-carboline compounds offer great promise for the treatment of alcoholism. Image credit: Imagens Evangelicas / CC BY 2.0.

Beta-Carbolines Could Reduce Alcoholics’ Impulse to Drink

Aug 24, 2015 by News Staff

A new animal study is offering hope that a class of compounds called beta-carbolines could treat alcoholism without many of the unwanted side effects caused...

The European chestnut (Castanea sativa), also known as the sweet chestnut, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fagaceae, native to Europe and Asia Minor, and widely cultivated throughout the temperate world. The tree attains a height of 100 feet (30 m). It has rugged, grooved bark and glossy, serrate, oblong-lanceolate leaves up to 11 inches (28 cm) in length. Image credit: Willow, Germany / CC BY-SA 3.0.

European Chestnut Leaf Extract Disarms Staphlococcus aureus

Aug 23, 2015 by News Staff

Leaves of the European chestnut (Castanea sativa) contain ingredients with the power to block the virulence and pathogenesis of Staphylococcus aureus without...

3D structure of Chrysalin. Image credit: Darrell Carney & Barbara Olszewska-Pazdrak, doi: 10.1517/14656560802401721.

Chrysalin: New Drug Mitigates Deadly Effects of Radiation

Aug 22, 2015 by News Staff

A research team in the U.S. says it has discovered a drug that successfully combats the deadly effects of radiation exposure. A single injection of a synthetic...

Dr Janda’s team analyzed a nicotine-degrading enzyme, NicA2. Image credit: Song Xue et al.

Nicotine-Eating Bacteria Could One Day Help Smokers Quit

Aug 15, 2015 by News Staff

People who smoke cigarettes know it’s bad for their health, but quitting is difficult. To make it easier, scientists are taking a novel approach –...

An atomic model of the immature retroviral lattice of RSV. Image credit: Boon Chong Goh / University of Illinois.

Scientists Construct Atomic Model of Immature Retrovirus

Aug 13, 2015 by News Staff

A team of computational and experimental researchers headed by Prof Klaus Schulten from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has constructed...

The ANC80 virus delivered genes to the mouse retina that fluoresce green when expressed. Pictured here, the delivered genes are active in the retina’s color-detecting cells. Image credit: Livia Carvalho.

Researchers Revive Ancient Adeno-Associated Virus

Aug 10, 2015 by News Staff

A team of scientists at the Schepens Eye Research Institute and Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary has resurrected an ancient adeno-associated virus that...

Streptococcus pyogenes under the electron microscope (false color). Image credit: Vincent Fischetti, Rockefeller University / CDC.

Scientists Discover New Dangerous Subtype of Streptococcus pyogenes

Jul 15, 2015 by News Staff

A team of scientists led by Imperial College London has discovered a new subtype of emm89 Streptococcus pyogenes that has contributed to a rise in disease...

Prevalence of diabetes worldwide in 2000 (per 1,000 inhabitants). Image credit: Lokal_Profil / CC BY-SA 2.5.

Scientists Discover New Genetic Form of Type 2 Diabetes

Jun 30, 2015 by News Staff

A new inherited form of type 2 diabetes and obesity has been discovered by a team of scientists co-led by Dr Anthony Goldstone and Prof Alexandra Blakemore...

Transmission electron micrograph (false-color) of negatively stained SIRV2 particles. Image credit: Nicole Steinmetz et al.

Extremophile Virus SIRV2 Could Help Kill Anthrax, Other Pathogens

May 27, 2015 by News Staff

An unusual virus called Sulfolobus islandicus Rod-shaped Virus 2 (SIRV2 for short) could be a new weapon in the fight against pathogens, says an international...

Scanning electron micrograph of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, yellow. Credit: NIAID.

Cigarette Smoke Makes Methicillin-Resistant Staphilococcus aureus More Aggressive

Apr 6, 2015 by News Staff

A new study, led by Dr Laura Crotty Alexander of the Veterans Affairs San Diego Healthcare System and the University of California San Diego, shows that...

Colorized scanning electron micrograph of HIV-1, grown in cultured lymphocytes; virions are seen as small spheres on the surface of the cells. Image credit: C. Goldsmith.

Two Lineages of HIV-1 Viruses Originated in Gorillas, New Study Finds

Mar 3, 2015 by News Staff

Two of the four lineages of HIV-1 viruses have originated in western lowland gorillas, a new study reported in the Proceedings of the National Academy...

Ebola virus virion. Image credit: Cynthia Goldsmith / CDC.

Tetrandrine: Compound from Japanese, Chinese Herbs Shows Promise for Blocking Ebola Virus

Feb 27, 2015 by News Staff

In a new study published in the journal Science, tetrandrine – an alkaloid found in Stephania tetrandra (commonly known as stephania root or ‘han...

This scanning electron micrograph shows macrophages infected with Bacillus anthracis (Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology)

Teixobactin: Powerful New Antibiotic Kills Drug-Resistant Bacteria

Jan 9, 2015 by News Staff

A group of researchers led by Prof Kim Lewis of Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts, has discovered a new antibiotic that eliminates Methicillin-resistant...

Dietary cocoa flavanols reverse age-related memory decline in healthy older adults. Image credit: © Marion Beraudias.

Cocoa Flavanols Can Reverse Memory Loss in Older Adults

Oct 27, 2014 by News Staff

According to a team of scientists headed by Dr Scott Small of Columbia University, flavanols – naturally occurring bioactives found in the cacao...

Scientists Discover First ‘Virological Penicillin’

Oct 15, 2014 by Natali Anderson

Chinese researchers have discovered what they say is the first ‘virological penicillin’ – MIR2911, a molecule found naturally in a Chinese...

A false-color image of stem cells from human corneal limbus. Scale bar - 100 µm. Image credit: Chen X et al.

Stem Cells from Corneal Limbus Offer Hope for Effective Treatment of Incurable Blindness

Oct 11, 2014 by News Staff

The Corneal limbus – a region on the front surface of the eye – harbors special stem cells that could treat a range of conditions including...

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