In Search of the Origin of Our Brain
Researchers show that nerve cell centralisation does begin in multicellular animals. While searching for the origin of our brain, biologists...
Researchers shed light on how ‘microbial dark matter’ might cause disease
One of the great recent discoveries in modern biology was that the human body contains 10 times more bacterial cells...
Cells ‘feel’ their surroundings using finger-like structures
Cells have finger-like projections that they use to feel their surroundings. They can detect the chemical environment and they can...
Bioengineering stem cells shows promise in HIV resistance
Using modified human stem cells, a team of UC Davis scientists has developed an improved gene therapy strategy that in...
Researchers map paths to cancer drug resistance
A team of researchers led by Duke Cancer Institute has identified key events that prompt certain cancer cells to develop...
Neuroscientists identify brain mechanisms that predict generosity in children
University of Chicago developmental neuroscientists have found specific brain markers that predict generosity in children. Those neural markers appear to...
New species found in the deepest trench on Earth
The Mariana Trench - located in the Western Pacific near Guam - has been the focus of high-profile voyages to...
New technology makes tissues, someday maybe organs
A new device for building large tissues from living components of three-dimensional microtissues borrows on ideas from electronics manufacturing. The...
Newest computer neural networks can identify visual objects as well as the primate brain
For decades, neuroscientists have been trying to design computer networks that can mimic visual skills such as recognizing objects, which...
The computational framework for standardizing neuroscience data worldwide
Thanks to standardized image file formats—like JPEG, PNG or TIFF—which store information every time you take a digital photo, you...
Researchers Model the Mechanics of Cells’ Long-range Communication
Interdisciplinary research at the University of Pennsylvania is showing how cells interact over long distances within fibrous tissue, like that...
New technique reveals immune cell motion through variety of tissues
Neutrophils, cells recruited by the immune system to fight infection, need to move through a great variety of tissues. New...
Lost memories might be able to be restored
New UCLA research indicates that lost memories can be restored. The findings offer some hope for patients in the early...
New class of synthetic molecules mimics antibodies
A Yale University lab has crafted the first synthetic molecules that have both the targeting and response functions of antibodies....
Amputee puts limb system through its paces
A Colorado man made history at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) this summer when he became the...
Researchers Help Unlock Mystery of Skin’s Sensory Abilities
Humans’ ability to detect the direction of movement of stimuli in their sensory world is critical to survival. Much of...
German medics report on drug success for Ebola patient
German doctors on Friday gave details of how an experimental drug together with advanced intensive care helped save a Ugandan...
Lens-free microscope can detect cancer at the cellular level
UCLA researchers have developed a lens-free microscope that can be used to detect the presence of cancer or other cell-level...
How does prostate cancer form?
Prostate cancer affects more than 23,000 men this year in the USA however the individual genes that initiate prostate cancer...
Mutations prevent programmed cell death
Programmed cell death is a mechanism that causes defective and potentially harmful cells to destroy themselves. It serves a number...
