Researchers have singled out a bacterial enzyme behind an imbalance in the gut microbiome linked to Crohn’s disease. The new study suggests that wiping out a significant portion of the bacteria in the gut microbiome, and then re-introducing a certain type of ‘good’ bacteria that lacks this enzyme, known as […]
Daily Archives: November 15, 2017
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Type 1 diabetes has been successfully reveresed in a mouse model by infusing blood stem cells pre-treated to produce more of a protein called PD-L1, which is deficient in mice (and people) with type 1 diabetes. The cells curbed the autoimmune reaction in cells from both mice and humans and […]
An investigation of the microbial environment at Laguna La Brava in Chile may suggest that novel microorganisms might be at work in the absence of cyanobacteria, according to a new study.
Although many scientific journals try to provide more details about author contributions by requiring explicit statements, such contribution statements get much less attention than authorship order, according to new findings.
Three UCLA basketball players who were arrested in China apologized to their families and fans and thanked President Donald Trump for helping to get their release. Freshmen LiAngelo Ball, Cody Riley and Jalen Hill held the press conference Wednesday at the UCLA basketball stadium. It was the first time the […]
Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. She’s a nice girl, really. PlayStation/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET Forget meet cute. Here’s meet brute. Somewhere inside Sony PlayStation’s new ad to support the launch of Electronic Arts’ Star Wars Battlefront II game — which emerges […]
The California man who went on a shooting spree around his town Tuesday had first killed his wife at home before gunning down four other people and attacking a nearby elementary school, authorities said. The body of gunman Kevin Janson Neal’s wife was found hidden under the floor inside the […]
Scientists are trying to make poplar a viable competitor in the biofuels market by testing the production of younger poplar trees that could be harvested more frequently — after only two or three years — instead of the usual 10- to 20-year cycle.