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Anxiety and PTSD linked to increased myelin in brain’s gray matter
A recent study links anxiety behavior in rats, as well as post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in military veterans, to...
Researchers develop optical biopsy system that detects liver cancer
WASHINGTON — Researchers have developed an optical biopsy system that can distinguish between cancerous and healthy liver tissue. The new...
Resisting the pressure
Knowing, when exactly immune cells will try to invade a tumor is difficult. In order to be able to study...
How do we provide meaning to our environment? Cracking the neural code to the brain
The brain is the most complex organ in our body – constantly absorbing and interpreting our surroundings, and guiding our...
WVU receives NIH funding to dissect the mechanism of retinal degeneration
Inherited retinal degeneration can make even the most mundane tasks—like cooking, driving and walking down the sidewalk—difficult or impossible, and...
Unlocking the secrets of a critical schistosomiasis drug
Independent teams from Texas Biomedical Research Institute and the Medical College of Wisconsin have published two papers in Science Translational...
Fingerprint patterns are linked to limb development genes
In the most comprehensive analysis to date, researchers found that the shapes of fingerprints—whether they are circular, wavy, or winding—are...
In Down syndrome cells, genome-wide disruptions mimic a senescence-like state
In Down syndrome, the third copy of chromosome 21 causes a reorganization of the 3D configuration of the entire genome...
Salk Professor Ronald Evans awarded $1.2 million by Larry L. Hillblom Foundation to study diabetes
LA JOLLA—(January 6, 2022) Professor Ronald Evans will receive $1.2 million over four years as part of a Network Grant...
LJI and Charles River Laboratories to collaborate on COVID-19 research
LA JOLLA, CA—Scientists at La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI) and Charles River Laboratories International, Inc., are launching a new...
Dog brains can distinguish between languages
Dog brains can detect speech, and show different activity patterns to a familiar and an unfamiliar language, a new brain...
Decoding protein assembly dynamics with artificial protein needles
Protein assembly is essential for the formation of ordered biological structures, but imagine engineering one! This is exactly what researchers...
New research questions ‘whiff of oxygen’ in Earth’s early history
HANOVER, N.H. – January 5, 2022 – Evidence arguing for a “whiff of oxygen” before the Earth’s Great Oxygenation Event...
More to learn about Grapevine Pinot gris virus – new technology can help
Focusing on a specific vineyard in the Chateauneuf-du-Pape region in the Southern part of France, plant pathologists spent 8 years...
NRL researchers target cells for tissue engineering
WASHINGTON – U.S. Naval Research Laboratory researchers in the Chemistry Division apply their knowledge of biology in conjunction with materials...
Division of labor among genetic switches
Two X chromosomes are actually one too many. Female mammalian cells hence switch off one of them – but only...
Living in outer space: Changes in blood flow volume may be at the heart of worsening eyesight
Colonizing Mars is no longer solely the work of science fiction but a potential future option for people who desire...
How LPS prevents or promotes development of asthma and allergic disease by airborne allergens
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Immunologists have long been baffled by LPS, the bacterial lipopolysaccharide that helps form the cell walls of...
New analysis approach could increase the number of usable donor kidneys
WASHINGTON — A new way to evaluate the quality of kidneys before transplantation could one day help increase the number...
Supernovae and life on Earth appears closely connected
Evidence demonstrates a close connection between the fraction of organic matter buried in sediments and changes in supernovae occurrence. This...
