Which animals exist right here? Now researchers are able to find the answer out of thin air
Identifying the animal species that live in a particular area can be a lot of work. Usually it means spotting the animals with the naked...
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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 increased myelin — a substance...
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 technology could make it easier...
Resisting the pressure
Knowing, when exactly immune cells will try to invade a tumor is difficult. In order to be able to study this cell invasion process in...
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 movement, thoughts, behaviors and emotions....
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 it can’t be cured.Credit: WVU...
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 Medicine identifying how the only...
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 influenced by the genes responsible...
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 in a key cell type...
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 from the Larry L. Hillblom...
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 project to uncover exactly how...
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 imaging study by researchers from...
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 at Tokyo Tech have now...
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 2.3 billion years ago are...
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 monitoring more than 60 plants...
