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Soil May Harbor Answer to Reducing Arsenic in Rice
May 1, 2013 — Agricultural researchers are studying whether a naturally occurring soil bacterium, referred to as UD1023, can create an iron barrier in rice roots that reduces arsenic ... > full story -
New Evidence on How Fluoride Fights Tooth Decay
May 1, 2013 — In an advance toward solving a 50-year-old mystery, scientists are reporting new evidence on how the fluoride in drinking water, toothpastes, mouth rinses and other oral-care products prevents tooth ... > full story -
How 'Traffic' in Our Cells Works Both for and Against Us
May 1, 2013 — A mechanism that permits essential substances to enter our cells while at the same time removing from them harmful components also has a “down side.” This negativeaspect prevents vital ... > full story -
Cheating Favors Extinction, Yeast Study Finds: Feedback Between Population and Evolutionary Dynamics
April 30, 2013 — Cooperative behavior is widely observed in nature, but there remains the possibility that 'cheaters' can exploit the system, with uncertain consequences for the social unit as a whole. A new study ... > full story -
Electron-Beam Pasteurization of Raw Oysters May Reduce Viral Food Poisoning
April 30, 2013 — Researchers have studied how electron-beam pasteurization of raw oysters may reduce the possibility of food poisoning through ... > full story -
Mast Cells Give Clues in Diagnosis, Treatment of Dengue
April 30, 2013 — A protein produced by mast cells in the immune system may predict which people infected with dengue virus will develop life-threatening complications, according to ... > full story -
Cell Response to New Coronavirus Unveils Possible Paths to Treatments
April 30, 2013 — Scientists have used lab-grown human lung cells to study the cells' response to infection by a novel human coronavirus (called nCoV) and compiled information about which genes are significantly ... > full story -
The Many Faces of the Bacterial Defense System
April 30, 2013 — Even bacteria have a kind of "immune system" they use to defend themselves against unwanted intruders -- in their case, viruses. Scientists were now able to show that this defense system is much more ... > full story -
Pathogen Fighting 'Innate' Cells Could Revolutionize Immunizations
April 30, 2013 — New research shows that small populations of preprogrammed immune cells can fight specific pathogens that they have never encountered. The findings have the potential to revolutionize how and when ... > full story -
Tactics of New Middle East Virus Suggest Treating by Altering Lung Cells' Response to Infection
April 30, 2013 — The deadly Human Coronavirus-Erasmus Medical Center, which first appeared April 2012 in the Middle East, is revealing its stronghold tactics. The virus dysregulates 207 lung cell genes to turn RNA ... > full story
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