Telomere Length And Hospital Stay In Patients With Schizophrenia
Telomeres consist of tandem repeats of TTAGGG and DNA binding proteins that form a cap to protect chromosomal termini from the loss of genetic material….
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A Smart Stochastic Model For Predicting Soil Moisture Under Changing Climate
Soil sustains life by the virtue of the nutrients and moisture it holds. Predicting the dynamics of soil moisture is of great importance for agricultural…
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A New Mechanism Of Immune Regulation That Limits The Efficacy Of Immunotherapy
Immunotherapy with checkpoint blockade has revolutionized cancer treatment in the last decade. With the initial FDA approval of CTLA-4 blockade with ipilimumab in 2011 followed…
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Properties Of Point Defects In Nuclear Fuel Crystal Lattice
Nuclear energy has immense potential because uranium and other actinides are the most energy-dense resources available. For instance, only a few grams of uranium dioxide…
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Newborn Turtles Carry The Pollution History Of Their Mothers
Scientists detected a large number of chemical pollutants in freshly-laid eggs of hawksbill turtles along the Yucatán coast of Mexico. Due to their widespread use…
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Using Sensors In Water Distribution Networks
The safety of civilians is a fundamental responsibility of any government around the globe. Ever since terrorist attacks took thousands of innocent lives on September…
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Personalized Medicine And Why We Are Not There Yet
Traditionally, medicine has been based on the disease and not the patient. This means that for the same disease, e.g. childhood leukemia, two very different…
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How Combining Structurally Different RAF Inhibitors Can Open New Strides In Targeted Melanoma Therapy
Malignant melanoma is a skin cancer primarily caused by overexposure to UV rays from the sun or tanning beds. Unfortunately, the number of skin cancers…
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Reactive Muscle Precursor Cells In The Lens Contribute To Formation Of Secondary Cataracts
Millions of individuals undergo cataract surgery each year. Although removal of cataracts restores vision, approximately 20% of adults and most children develop a re-clouding of…
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Not All Watersheds Are Created Equal: Natural Boundaries Also Predict Patterns Of Inequality
Patterns of inequality in exposure to environmental pollutants exist around the world today, even right here in our backyards. Such patterns of injustice, observed over…
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Flying To The Tune Of A Neuropeptide Receptor: “Exciting” Insights From Fruit Flies
For a fruit fly, flying is just about everything. It is the most important innate behavior that helps the fly reach out to food sources…
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