Old neurons can block neurogenesis in mice
Destroying senescent cells in the aging stem cell niche enhances hippocampal neurogenesis and cognitive function in mice, researchers report January 20 in the journal Stem...
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Research in mice identifies neurons that control locomotion
For more than a century, scientists have known that while the commands that initiate movement come from the brain, the neurons that control locomotion once...
Supplement appears to boost muscle, mitochondria health
An oral supplement intended to stimulate a natural body process appears to promote muscle endurance and mitochondrial health in humans. New research suggests that the...
TTUHSC scientist seeking solution to antibiotic resistance
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that more than 2.8 million Americans experience antibiotic-resistant infections each year; more than 35,000 die from those...
The 10-gene pig and other medical science advances enabled UAB’s transplant of a pig kidney into a brain-dead human recipient
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Many medical science advances underlie a unique surgery done at the University of Alabama at Birmingham last fall and just published in...
UAB announces first clinical-grade transplant of gene-edited pig kidneys into brain-dead human
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (Jan. 20, 2022) – The University of Alabama at Birmingham Marnix E. Heersink School of Medicine announces today the first peer-reviewed research outlining...
Nano-sized vesicles with ACE2 receptor could prevent, treat infection from current and future strains of SARS-CoV-2
HOUSTON and CHICAGO ― Scientists at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and Northwestern Medicine have identified natural extracellular vesicles containing the ACE2 protein...
Scientists trace the path of radioactive cesium in the ecosystem of Fukushima
In the aftermath of the Fukushima nuclear accident, the Japanese government performed intensive decontamination in the human-occupied parts of the affected area by removing soil...
New sensor grids record human brain signals in record-breaking resolution
A team of engineers, surgeons and medical researchers has published data from both humans and rats demonstrating that a new array of brain sensors can...
Black and white US women have gut microbiome differences, and these may be associated with insulin resistance, a risk factor for diabetes
Black and white US women have gut microbiome differences, and these may be associated with insulin resistance, a risk factor for diabetesCredit: Towfiqu barbhuiya, Unsplash,...
Scientists find previously unknown jumping behavior in insects
A team of researchers has discovered a jumping behavior that is entirely new to insect larvae, and there is evidence that it is occurring in...
Bubbles of methane rising from seafloor in Puget Sound
The release of methane, a powerful greenhouse gas responsible for almost a quarter of global warming, is being studied around the world, from Arctic wetlands...
New structure prediction model mapped 500 previously unsolved proteins
Scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, have recently published work that lays the foundation for new ways of thinking about pathogen evolution. “Our research...
January research news from the Ecological Society of America
From Ecology:Credit: Charline Couchoux From Ecology: Researchers track Arctic hare on record-breaking journey Author contact: Sandra Lai (moc.liamg@ardnasial) Researchers conducting a study of the polar desert ecosystem...
Muscular study provides new information about how the largest dinosaurs moved and evolved
New research led by the University of Bristol has revealed how giant 50-tonne sauropod dinosaurs, like Diplodocus, evolved from much smaller ancestors, like the wolf-sized...
