The Shape-Shifting Protein Behind Alzheimer’s Disease
The peptide amyloid beta plays a role in Alzheimer’s disease. Now new research from Washington University in St. Louis shows ...
Graphene nanoribbons show promise for healing spinal injuries
Rice researchers James Tour, left, and William Sikkema. Credit: Jeff FitlowThe combination of graphene nanoribbons made with a process developed ...
Thinking outside the insulin box
Thomas Hawke, associate professor of pathology and molecular medicine at Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine and senior author of ...
What causes mass panic in emergency situations?
The researchers could watch in a top-down view the 36 participants passing through a bottleneck during a simple evacuation situation. ...
Human ‘junk’ gene sequences can promote translation
Piero Carninci of CLST, who led the team Credit: RikenScientists have found a group of human sequences — unrelated to ...
A low-cost sensor for cystic fibrosis diagnosis
Naturally fluorescing polymer nanoparticles can be used to detect a key marker of cystic fibrosis. Credit: Yang Lab/Penn StateA new, ...
An Expanded Genetic Code Is Shown Phototoxic to Cells
Expanding DNA by adding a synthetic base pair holds the promise of producing unique proteins and peptides for new medicines ...
Artificial intelligence reveals mechanism behind brain tumor
Credits: wikimediaResearchers at Uppsala University have used computer modelling to study how brain tumours arise. The study, which is published ...
Yes, computing genetic ancestors is super accurate
Ryan Randall (R) and Caelan Radford hold up cultures of lab bacteria with mutated proteins fluorescing in various colors. Credit: ...
Studying: Is it bad for your health to pull an all-nighter?
Credits: WikimediaA late night at the library, copious amounts of energy drinks or coffee and class notes from the last ...
Lack of interest in sex successfully treated by exposure to bright light
Exposure to bright light increases testosterone levels and leads to greater sexual satisfaction in men with low sexual desire. These ...
Parents in favor of expanding health education
What parents say should be covered in health education. Credit: C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital National Poll on Children’s HealthTeaching kids ...
Internet addiction may indicate other mental health problems in college-aged students
A new survey of internet users suggests that people who use the internet excessively may have more mental health problems. ...
Mosquito preference for human versus animal biting has genetic basis
Mosquitoes are more likely to feed on cattle than on humans if they carry a specific chromosomal rearrangement in their ...
Zika virus can be detected in eye’s conjunctival fluid
In a study published online by JAMA Ophthalmology, Changwen Ke, Ph.D., of the Guangdong Provincial Center for Disease Control and ...
Flavorings, higher voltage increase toxicity of e-cigs
Roswell Park Cancer Institute scientists report that several flavorings added to electronic cigarettes impact the toxicity of the devices and ...
Sleep habits, adolescent drug and alcohol use linked, shows research
A study led by researchers from the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Pitt ...
Potential schizophrenia ‘switch’ found
Credits: WikimediaResearchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center have discovered a key mechanism that explains how compounds they’re developing can suppress ...
Finding your way around in an uncertain world
Prof. Bernd Kuhn, Dr. Akihiro Funamizu and Prof. Kenji Doya. Credit: Image courtesy of Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology ...
Targeting fat to treat cancer
Salk Institute researchers and collaborators develop novel cancer treatment that halts fat synthesis in cells. Placebo-treated cells (left) have far ...
