Archive: 27/10/2017
Ticks, landscapes and thresholds of disturbance
Clinicians are scrambling to make sense of the rising rash of ehrlichiosis infections in the United States. At William & Mary, Associate Professor of Biology Matthias Leu, a self-avowed landscape ecologist, has a thread on ...
Oct 27, 2017
How studying Alzheimer's in China could unlock its secrets
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia, affecting some 46 million people globally, and a leading cause of mortality in the elderly.
Oct 27, 2017
Genetic alteration allowing lung cancers to escape the immune system may occur late in tumor evolution
A specific genetic alteration that could allow cancer cells to escape the immune system was detected in 40 percent of non–small cell lung cancers (NSCLCs) analyzed, according to data presented at the AACR-NCI-EORTC International ...
Oct 27, 2017
Gut response to fluid flow
Flow of fluids through the gut, such as milk from an infant's diet, generates a shear stress on cells lining the intestine. Ken Lau, Ph.D., and colleagues have demonstrated that microvilli – finger-like membrane protrusions ...
Oct 27, 2017