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Third edition of the Growing Young symposium: ‘FOOD HEALTH TECH’
Fostering relations between agents from the food and biotechnological industry, the scientific community and the medical sector is one of...
Rice U. scientists reel in structure of salmon virus
Credit: Tao Laboratory/Rice University The structure of a protein key to the survival and spread of a virus that affects...
Hunger-controlling brain cells may offer path for new obesity drugs
Is the solution to the obesity epidemic all in our heads? A study by researchers at The Rockefeller University suggests...
Researchers uncover how to boost learning efficiency in neurofeedback paradigm
Researchers from the HSE Centre for Cognition & Decision Making and the Control of Complex Systems Laboratory (Institute of Problems...
Faster-acting antidepressants may finally be within reach
Credit: Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience at The Rockefeller University/Neuron Some activity patterns in the brain can be dangerous,...
Green tea ingredient may ameliorate memory impairment, brain insulin resistance, and obesity
A study published online in The FASEB Journal, involving mice, suggests that EGCG (epigallocatechin-3-gallate), the most abundant catechin and biologically...
NASA finds moon of Saturn has chemical that could form ‘membranes’
Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center NASA scientists have definitively detected the chemical acrylonitrile in the atmosphere of Saturn's moon...
Dementia: New substance improves brain function
Credit: Kurt Bauer / Technical University of Munich The protein amyloid beta is believed to be the major cause of...
Engineering on a blue streak
Credit: Abhishek Shete/ University of Delaware A pair of engineers at the University of Delaware has developed a process to...
Estrogen regulates pathological changes of bones via bone lining cells
The most important female sex hormone, oestrogen, plays a crucial role in the regulation of bone mass. Oestrogen deficiency is...
A molecule for proper neural wiring in the cerebellum
Credit: Miyazaki T. et al., Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, June 27,...
On-chip pumps achieve high-speed sorting of large cells
Credit: Shinya Sakuma, Yusuke Kasai, Takeshi Hayakawa, and Fumihito Arai Nagoya, Japan - The sorting of individual cells is necessary...
Sleep or sex? How the fruit fly decides
Choosing between sex or sleep presents a behavioral quandary for many species, including the fruit fly. A multi-institution team has...
Researchers discover how human cells maintain the correct number of chromosomes
Credit: Queen Mary University of London Cell division is an essential process in humans, animals and plants as dying or...
‘Missing lead’ in Flint water pipes confirms cause of crisis
ANN ARBOR--A study of lead service lines in Flint's damaged drinking water system reveals a Swiss cheese pattern in the...
Type 1 diabetes trial at halfway point
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. -The Sanford Project: T-Rex Study, a Phase 2 clinical trial conducted collaboratively by Sanford Health and Caladrius...
Cell mechanism discovery could lead to ‘fundamental’ change in leukemia treatment
Researchers have identified a new cell mechanism that could lead to a fundamental change in the diagnosis and treatment of...
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine faculty receives funding
In the United States, more children are lost to cancer than any other disease, and one in 285 children will...
Errors made by ‘DNA spellchecker’ revealed as important cause of cancer
Cancer is mostly caused by changes in the DNA of our cells that occur during our lifetime rather than those...
Long-sought mechanism of metastasis is discovered in pancreatic cancer
Credit: Vakoc Lab, CSHL Cold Spring Harbor, NY - Cells, just like people, have memories. They retain molecular markers that...
