Researchers report that the immune cells responsible for clearing away a key protein that builds up in the brains of patients with Alzheimer's disease operate...
A recent study explains an essential component for proper mitochondrial function: The protein complexes MICOS and ATP synthase can communicate with each other. Dr. Heike...
Tsukuba, Japan – Light is essential for most life on Earth, and single-celled or small multicellular organisms were most likely first to develop the ability...
In the process of solving a decades-long mystery about a particular protein, scientists have identified a specific location in the brain where schizophrenia may originate.Credit:...
Gene variants increased the risk of acute kidney injury and death in veterans of African ancestry who were hospitalized with COVID-19, according to a new...
Chains of amino acidsCredit: Jens Meyer/University of Jena Chains of amino acids All life as we know it consists of the same chemical building blocks....
SAN ANTONIO (Feb. 10, 2022) — Patrick Sung, DPhil, is the new director of the Greehey Children’s Cancer Research Institute at The University of Texas...
MALTA, Montana (Feb. 10, 2022) – The fossilized remains of an immature diplodocid – a large, long-necked herbivorous sauropod dinosaur, like “Brontosaurus” – may provide...
Stroke patients on long-term blood thinners who were given the clot-busting drug alteplase enjoyed better recoveries than those who did not receive the drug and...
AUGUSTA, Ga. (Feb. 10, 2022) – Three members of a family of proteins have been identified that are important to helping us fine tune the activity...
Researchers from Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) develop a protocol to transplant 3D cellular structures that could regenerate damaged intestine Credit: Associate Professor Shiro Yui,...
Credit: University of Arizona Health Sciences Infants and children with poor nutrition and growth are more likely to suffer from a serious respiratory condition that...
James Dahlman and Phil Santangelo are helping to define an evolving era in medicine, one in which messenger ribonucleic acid — mRNA — can be delivered directly to...
When you start learning how to do something new, like swinging a tennis racket or playing a musical instrument, the simplest tasks can feel difficult....
Biochemists in Japan were surprised to discover that the molecule hemoglobin in the blood works not only as an oxygen carrier, but when the blood...
