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A whale’s tale: the story hidden in their mouths
Baleen plates – the signature bristle-like apparatus toothless whales use to feed – reveal how these large aquatic mammals adapt...
Leveraging AI to work with cells
One of the ultimate goals of medical science is to develop personalized disease diagnostics and therapeutics. With a patient’s genetic...
TTUHSC receives NIH grant to examine impact of vitamin A depletion on Alzheimer’s disease
Ongoing research suggests that an accumulation of toxic reactive oxygen species (ROS) in the area of the brain known as...
Sponges, not just their microbes, make biologically potent compounds
SAN DIEGO, March 20, 2022 — Soft and immobile, sea sponges may appear inert, but these simple animals are rich...
‘Worm-on-a-chip’ device could someday help diagnose lung cancer
SAN DIEGO, March 20, 2022 — Dogs can use their incredible sense of smell to sniff out various forms of...
Researchers map human sensory neurons, pursue chronic pain cure
An investigation into how human nerve cells differ from animal cells has provided researchers from The University of Texas at...
Lung tissue from the lab
Laboratory studies of lung tissue usually require the removal of large amounts of human or animal tissue. Now scientists from...
Ancient ancestors evolved to be strong and snappy, study finds
Researchers led by the University of Bristol show that the earliest jaws in the fossil record were caught in a...
Antabuse may help revive vision in people with progressive blinding disorders
Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, have found that a drug once widely used to wean alcoholics off of...
‘Switching off’ specific brain cells protects against stress
Osaka, Japan – It is well known that long-term exposure to stress can lead to serious psychiatric problems. However, the...
Genetic changes associated with dog aging are more about quantity than quality
Investigating the activity of genes in dog brain tissues revealed that a large portion, 16,000 out of 20,000 genes are...
March research news from the Ecological Society of America
From Ecosphere: Credit: Anna Pérez-Umphrey From Ecosphere: Pathogenic hantavirus persists in marsh rice rats near New Orleans Author contact:...
New strategy reduces brain damage in Alzheimer’s and related disorders, in mice
Alzheimer’s disease is the most common and best known of the tauopathies, a set of neurodegenerative brain diseases caused by...
International debate about one the most enigmatic aspects of our existence: Time
The 13th Symposium “Behind and Beyond the Brain” will be held from April 6 to 9, 2022, at Casa do Médico,...
Researchers study how gene expression changes in the brain in Alzheimer’s disease
An international group of researchers led by the UAB analyzed the genes that are expressed in neurons and astrocytes based...
Huntington’s disease: Astrocytes to the rescue !
Huntington's disease1 is caused by a mutation in the Huntingtin gene, a protein necessary for the proper functioning of several...
Corals may look healthy, but coastal urbanization is destroying their delicate biorhythm
Coral reefs in the Gulf of Eilat (also known as the Gulf of Aqaba) have been proven particularly resistant to...
New insight into the possible origins of life
Researchers at the University of Tokyo have for the first time been able to create an RNA molecule that replicates,...
Huddersfield scientists first to show how coronavirus triggers immune response in brain
The study, published in the journal Molecular Neurobiology led by the University’s Dr Mayo Olajide, describes how the spike protein...
Excess neuropeptides disrupt lung function in infant disease and COVID-19
COVID-19 has put a spotlight on the pulmonary and nervous systems, but there is still much to learn about how...
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