Month: January 2022

For millions of patients who have lost limbs for reasons ranging from diabetes to trauma, the possibility of regaining function ...

Genome Atlas to support the rescue of biodiversity in Europe

To provide important genomic data to inform research about Europe’s biodiversity, scientists from 48 different countries initiated the "European Reference ...

Study now links non-mutated Apolipoprotein E to dementia in the aging brain

Philadelpia, January 26, 2022 – Researchers exploring dementia-related proteins in the brain identified Apolipoprotein E (ApoE) as a key misfolded ...

Bats use different inner ear structures to help navigate the world through sound

Two major groups of bats that use echolocation have different structures for connecting the inner ear to the brain, according ...

Microscopic inner ear structures reveal why major groups of bats echolocate differently

Lots of bats echolocate-- they emit high-pitched squeaks, and based on how those sound waves bounce off their surroundings, they're ...

Blood markers can predict depression in pregnancy

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (January 26, 2022) — Signs of inflammation in the blood reliably predict and identify severe depression in ...

Katerina Akassoglou elected lifetime AAAS Fellow

SAN FRANCISCO, CA—January 26, 2022—Katerina Akassoglou, PhD, senior investigator at Gladstone Institutes, has been elected into the American Association for ...

Louisville scientist receives $6.7 million to learn how metals cause lung cancer

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – For nearly three decades, John Pierce Wise Sr. has investigated the connection between exposure to metals and ...

New brain cancer guidelines to improve care, patient survival

New guidelines for treating cancers that have spread to the brain are poised to improve care for patients and help ...

Zoologist solves the 100-year-old mystery of the floating phantom midge

VANCOUVER—In spring 2018, Dr. Philip Matthews spent a typical afternoon capturing dragonflies in the University of British Columbia’s (UBC) experimental ...

New research strengthens link between glaciers and Earth’s ‘Great Unconformity’

HANOVER, N.H. – January 25, 2022 – New research provides further evidence that rocks representing up to a billion years ...

Scientists discover new avian immunological pathway

RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- A research team led by a biomedical scientist at the University of California, Riverside, has discovered a ...

Hungry yeast are tiny, living thermometers

Link to full release:Credit: Luther Davis/Alexey Merz/University of Washington Link to full release: https://www.washington.edu/news/2022/01/25/yeast-phase-separation/ FROM: James Urton University of Washington ...

Fat injections could treat common cause of foot pain

PITTSBURGH, Jan. 25, 2021 – A novel technique that transplants a patient’s own fat into the sole of their foot ...

NIH study classifies vision loss and retinal changes in Stargardt disease

National Eye Institute researchers developed and validated an artificial-intelligence-based method to evaluate patients with Stargardt, an eye disease that can ...

Using the eye as a window into heart disease

UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS PRESS RELEASE Credit: University of Leeds. UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS PRESS RELEASE Under embargo until 16.00 (UK time)/11.00 (US ...

Simulation models exercise, age effects on plaque formation in arteries

WASHINGTON, January 25, 2022 -- Plaque formation in the arteries carrying blood to the head and neck is a serious ...

‘Lefty’ tightens control of embryonic development

HOUSTON – (Jan. 25, 2021) – A protein known as Lefty pumps the brakes as human embryos begin to differentiate into the ...

An unexpected attraction of nucleic acids and fat

Lipids and RNA are two of the essential building blocks of cells. Ribonucleic acid (RNA) is a versatile molecule. On ...

Alzheimer’s disease: an alternative hypothesis based on synaptic alterations