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Critical Tool for Brain Research Derived from Basic Science of Single Celled Algae
The poster child for basic research might well be a one-celled green algae found in ordinary lakes and ponds. Amazingly,...
Researchers Advance Toward Engineering ‘Wildly New Genome’
In two parallel projects, researchers have created new genomes inside the bacterium E. coli in ways that test the limits...
Amputees May Feel Touches with Limbs Linked to Brain
Our ability to grasp and manipulate objects relies on feedback from our sense of touch. Without these signals from the...
Method of Recording Brain Activity Could Lead to Mind-Reading Devices
A brain region activated when people are asked to perform mathematical calculations in an experimental setting is similarly activated when...
Researcher develops new medicine that attacks HIV before it integrates with human DNA
Thirty-four million people are living with human immunodeficiency virus, or HIV, worldwide and each year some 2.5 million more are...
Tracking viral DNA in the cell
The medical, humanitarian and economical impact of viral diseases is devastating to humans and livestock. There are no adequate therapies...
New Theory of Synapse Formation in the Brain
The human brain keeps changing throughout a person's lifetime. New connections are continually created while synapses that are no longer...
Scientists create technique for high-speed, low-cost epigenomic mapping
A new technique developed by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine could pave the way to an era...
Mice With Human Immune Cells Give Researchers New View of Dengue Fever
Dengue fever, an infectious tropical disease found in more than 100 countries, has no cure and no vaccine. One reason...
Junk DNA Reveals Disease-Causing Genetic Mutations
Scientists have revealed nearly 100 genetic variants implicated in the development of cancers such as breast cancer and prostate cancer....
Biobridge: Research Reveals Stem Cells Help Repair Traumatic Brain Injury
University of South Florida researchers have suggested a new view of how stem cells may help repair the brain following...
Neural stem cells pulled from rat’s brain using magnet
It's like pulling a rabbit out of a hat. Researchers have reached inside the brain of a rat and pulled...
Better Protein Creation
Naked mole rats have what any animal would want. They live long lives -- about 30 years -- and stay...
Biongineers Invent Programming Language to Build Synthetic DNA
Similar to using Python or Java to write code for a computer, chemists soon could be able to use a...
Scientists closer to universal flu vaccine
Scientists have moved closer to developing a universal flu vaccine after using the 2009 pandemic as a natural experiment to...
Study Explores Barriers to HIV Vaccine Response
Researchers at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) discovered that an antibody that binds and neutralizes HIV likely also targets the...
Researchers envision switching a heart beat on and off with light
With a few flicks of a light switch--on-off-on-off--Stanford University's Oscar Abilez is one step closer to changing the lives of...
Toxoplasma Changes Brain
The toxoplasma parasite can be deadly, causing spontaneous abortion in pregnant women or killing immune-compromised patients, but it has even...
Nanoscale Neuronal Activity Measured for First Time
A new technique that allows scientists to measure the electrical activity in the communication junctions of the nervous systems has...
A Protein That Can Mean Life or Death for Cells
Each cell in an organism has a sensor that measures the health of its "internal" environment. This "alarm" is found...
