Fish slime: An untapped source of potential new antibiotics

As current antibiotics dwindle in effectiveness against multidrug-resistant pathogens, researchers are seeking potential replacements in some…

Next-generation single-dose antidotes for opioid overdoses

Fentanyl's powerful effects are long-lasting, and even tiny amounts of the drug can lead to an…

Mesothelin-targeted CAR T-cell therapy shows early promise in patients with solid tumors

A chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy that targets the protein mesothelin showed no evidence of…

CD40 combination therapy can shrink pancreatic tumors

A new combination of immunotherapy and chemotherapy for pancreatic cancer caused tumors to shrink in the…

Excess body weight before 50 is associated with higher risk of dying from pancreatic cancer

Excess weight before age 50 may be more strongly associated with pancreatic cancer mortality risk than…

Trips to the toilet at night are a sign of high blood pressure

Trips to the toilet at night are a sign of high blood pressure, according to recent…

Supercomputers help supercharge protein assembly

Using proteins derived from jellyfish, scientists assembled a complex sixteen protein structure composed of two stacked…

Gastrointestinal complaints in children could signal future mental health problem

Researchers have linked disruption of a child's gastrointestinal microbiome triggered by early-life adversity -- such as…

Scientists develop way to perform supercomputer simulations of the heart on cellphones

You can now perform supercomputer simulations of the heart's electrophysiology in real time on desktop computers…

66-million-year-old deathbed linked to dinosaur-killing meteor

Paleontologists have found a fossil site in North Dakota that contains animals and plants killed and…