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Using light to produce natural sleep patterns
Getting enough of the right kind of sleep is crucial for keeping both body and mind healthy. Now a team...
World’s First Human X-Ray 1895 Röntgen’s wife hand
The discovery of a new and mysterious form of radiation in the late 19th century led to a revolution in...
Cancer treatment potential discovered in gene repair mechanism
Case Western Reserve researchers have identified a two-pronged therapeutic approach that shows great potential for weakening and then defeating cancer...
Molecular network identified underlying autism spectrum disorders
Researchers in the United States have identified a molecular network that comprises many of the genes previously shown to contribute...
Reprogramming stem cells may prevent cancer after radiation
The body has evolved ways to get rid of faulty stem cells. A University of Colorado Cancer Center study published...
Scientists create precursors to human egg and sperm
Scientists at the University of Cambridge working with the Weizmann Institute have created primordial germ cells – cells that will...
Immune system may play role in obesity
Scientists had known that the immune cells may help ward off obesity in mice. The new findings are the first...
Optogenetics captures neuronal transmission in live mammalian brain
Swiss scientists have used a cutting-edge method to stimulate neurons with light. They have successfully recorded synaptic transmission between neurons...
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...
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...