The University of Alicante is participating in the largest scientific assessment driven to date by the United Nations to analyse the health of the world's oceans. This international project brings together hundreds of specialists from across the globe and currently serves as the primary global benchmark for guiding marine conservation policies internationally.

Researchers at NYU College of Dentistry have uncovered what may be biologically driving oral health issues unique to Down syndrome.

 

Their study, published in Cell Reports, describes a molecular mechanism—a defect in calcium signaling—behind low saliva production, along with other factors that may contribute to gum disease.

New research published in Nature is first study to comprehensively interconnect clinical outcomes from patients receiving a HIF-2a inhibitor, with peripheral biomarker changes and associated tumor biology. HIF-2a inhibition with casdatifan resulted in deep and sustained suppression of the hormone erythropoietin in blood (serum EPO), which correlated with higher response rates and longer progression-free survival (PFS). A pooled analysis from four monotherapy cohorts (n=121) of the ARC-20 study showed that advanced kidney cancer patients treated with casdatifan lived beyond a year without cancer progression (median PFS of 12.2 months) despite multiple prior treatments with other standard regimens.

- Scientists at University of Leicester and Yunnan University identified an ancient member of the Chelicerate family

- X-ray analysis revealed pincer-like limbs that are the beginnings of what would become spiders’ fangs

- An inspiration for many monster movies and the origin of Spider-Man, the fangs of chelicerates made them formidable predators

Healthy ecosystems depend on more than just having lots of species – they rely on the complex relationships between plants, prey and predators, according to new international research led by the University of Waikato and the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv).

Published in the journal Nature, the study found that ecosystems with greater diversity of species – and particularly a greater diversity of predators – function more effectively, helping maintain natural processes that people rely on, such as pest control, climate regulation and ecosystem stability.