Pruning the dendritic tree
Researchers at the University of Bonn have shed light on the function of the enzyme SLK for the development of nerve cells in the brain....
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OSU study on African buffalo offers insights on persistence of highly contagious pathogens
A new Oregon State University study on foot-and-mouth disease among buffalo in South Africa could help explain how certain extremely contagious pathogens are able to...
Tennessee continues with grant focused on integrated pest management
JACKSON, Tenn. – “It’s pest management the right way,” said Heather Kelly, plant pathologist at the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture, “With integrated pest...
AMD: Reading ability crucial indicator of functional loss
In geographic atrophy, a late form of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), reading ability is closely related to the altered retinal structure. This has been demonstrated...
New analytical technique helps researchers spot subtle differences in subcellular chemistry
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign can now rapidly isolate and chemically characterize individual organelles within cells. The new technique tests...
Allergic stimulation activates mast cell precursor cells
Mast cell precursor cells do not just cause an increase in mature mast cells during inflammation, they also play an active role in diseases like...
Hagfishes break the cell size limit to make large slime threads
Researchers find large hagfishes grow extremely large cells in order to produce stronger threads that are used in their defensive slime, reports a new study...
Breastfeeding status and duration significantly impact postpartum depression risk
According to the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, between 11 and 20 percent of women who give birth each year in the...
New nanomaterial for treatment of skin infections
Researchers at the Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the CAS (IOCB Prague) and the Technical University of Liberec in collaboration with researchers from...
Coral microbiome is key to surviving climate change, new study finds
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — The microbiomes of corals — which comprise bacteria, fungi and viruses — play an important role in the ability of corals...
Fractal brain networks support complex thought
Understanding how the human brain produces complex thought is daunting given its intricacy and scale. The brain contains approximately 100 billion neurons that coordinate activity...
Researchers discover unknown childhood genetic condition and its potential cure
Describing a previously unknown genetic condition that affects children, researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine and Rady Children’s Institute for Genomic...
Expanding the genetic code with quadruplet codons
LA JOLLA, CA—One of modern biologists’ most ambitious goals is to learn how to expand or otherwise modify the genetic code of life on Earth,...
US Army backs ‘sleeping cap’ to help brains take out the trash
HOUSTON – (Sept. 29, 2021) – How well does your sleeping brain prepare you for a new day? Researchers at Rice University backed by the U.S....
Wiggling worms suggest link between vitamin B12 and Alzheimer’s
Worms don’t wiggle when they have Alzheimer’s disease. Yet something helped worms with the disease hold onto their wiggle in Professor Jessica Tanis’s lab at...
