Magnetic gene in fish may someday help those with epilepsy, Parkinson’s
Credit: Galit Pelled and Assaf Gilad, Michigan State University EAST LANSING, Mich. -- An aquarium fish that senses the Earth's magnetic field as it swims...
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SMURF1 provides targeted approach to preventing cocaine addiction relapse
Credit: Douglas Levere, University at Buffalo BUFFALO, N.Y. -- A class of proteins that has generated significant interest for its potential to treat diseases, has...
Immune cells in the brain have surprising influence on sexual behavior
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Researchers have found a surprising new explanation of how young brains are shaped for sexual behavior later in life. Immune cells usually...
Doctors may be able to enlist a mysterious enzyme to stop internal bleeding
Blood platelets are like the sand bags of the body. Got a cut? Platelets pile in to clog the hole and stop the bleeding. But...
Healthy fat cells uncouple obesity from diabetes
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine About 422 million people around the world, including more than 30 million Americans, have diabetes. Approximately ninety percent of them...
Societies recommend policies to retain, increase ranks of ID physician scientists
Improved compensation, expanded mentorship and training opportunities, and concrete measures to improve workforce diversity are all needed to address attrition from the ranks of physician...
Scientists pinpoint brain networks responsible for naming objects
Credit: PHOTO CREDIT: Rob Cahill, UTHealth Scientists at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) have identified the brain networks that allow...
USTC develops a family of bioinspired artificial woods by traditional resins
Credit: YU Shuhong Nature has provided us not only the fantastic materials, but also the inspiration for the design and fabrication of high-performance biomimetic engineering...
Deep in the weeds: Using eDNA sequencing to survey pondweed diversity
Ecological surveys of biodiversity provide fundamental baseline information on species occurrence and the health of an ecosystem, but can require significant labor and taxonomic expertise...
Generating DNA sequence data in the developing world
Credit: Campbell O. Webb Globally, biodiversity is concentrated around the equator, but the scientific institutions generating DNA sequence data to study that biodiversity tend to...
An ion channel differentiates newborn and mature neurons in the adult brain
Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - The dentate gyrus of the hippocampus is part of the brain that helps form memories. It is also one of...
Gips-Schüle Foundation funds new research group in Konstanz
(University of Konstanz) Collective behaviour and early career researcher Dr Ariana Strandburg-Peshkin begins her work as the first Gips-Schüle Junior Research Group Leader at the...
Research may help rescue antibiotics’ effectiveness in the face of drug-resistant bacteria
BIDMC Research Briefs showcase groundbreaking scientific advances that are transforming medical care. Bacteria--especially Gram-negative strains--are becoming increasingly resistant to current antib..
AI model ‘learns’ from patient data to make cancer treatment less toxic
MIT researchers are employing novel machine-learning techniques to improve the quality of life for patients by reducing toxic chemotherapy and radiotherapy dosing for glioblastoma, the...
Amazingly ‘green’ synthesis method for high-tech dyes
Credit: © TU Wien They not only impress due to their radiant and intense colour, they also have an important technological significance: organic dyes are...
