As brain extracts meaning from vision, study tracks progression of processing
Here's the neuroscience of a neglected banana (and a lot of other things in daily life): whenever you look at its color - green in...
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Developmental screening and surveillance rates remain low, new study suggests
Only about one-third of young children in the U.S. receive recommended screenings or surveillance designed to catch developmental delays. Findings reveal wide variations in rates...
Mapping the genetic controllers in heart disease
Researchers have developed a 3D map of the gene interactions that play a key role in cardiovascular disease, a study in eLife reports. The map...
Brain metastases common and difficult to treat in ROS1 lung cancer
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center Increasingly, doctors are treating lung cancer based on the genetic rearrangements driving the disease. For example, cancers that are...
Isotopia Co. and Bar-Ilan U. developing new method for diagnosis and treatment of cancer
The Israeli Isotopia Company, in collaboration with Prof. Rachela Popovtzer of Bar-Ilan University, is conducting a joint study to develop a radioactive marker, based on...
Peering deep into the cell to reveal essential components in cell division
Tsukuba, Japan - The cell is the basic biological unit of all known living organisms, and the core of the cell is the nucleus, which...
Isolation and characterization of key enzyme for ephedrine production
CALGARY, Canada, July 10, 2018 -Epimeron, Inc., a world-class provider of gene discovery and biosynthetic pathway optimization, today announced the isolation and characterization of an...
A chaperonin protein, GroEL, has a more complex mechanism than was thought before
Credit: Kanazawa University Kanazawa - Proteins must fold in a specific way to function. This is often assisted by molecular chaperones--small proteins whose job is...
Study shows how HIV is shielded from immune attack
Credit: UNSW Scientists from UNSW Sydney and the UK have discovered that the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) hijacks a small molecule from the host cell...
What does the koala genome tell us about the taste of eucalyptus?
Credit: Kyoto University / Takashi Hayakawa Koalas have long captured people's hearts and minds thanks to their cuddly features and seemingly relaxed demeanor. Now, in...
American Association of Feline Practitioners releases new feline anesthesia guidelines
The American Association of Feline Practitioners (AAFP) today released the first feline-specific anesthesia guidelines to the veterinary community, which are published in the Journal of...
Immune discovery should help develop improved vaccines for infants and newborns
Scientists have just identified a class of 'danger signals' that are highly efficient at triggering an immune response in infants and newborns. They believe their...
What separates the strong from weak among connections in the brain
Credit: Littleton lab / MIT Picower Institute To work at all, the nervous system needs its cells, or neurons, to connect and converse in a...
Research update: Cellular ‘garbage disposal’ has another job
Johns Hopkins researchers have found that the cellular "garbage disposal," known to scientists as proteasomes, may not only be responsible for the removal of cellular...
Rising carbon dioxide levels pose a previously unrecognized threat to monarch butterflies
Credit: Austin Thomason/Michigan Photography ANN ARBOR--A new study conducted at the University of Michigan reveals a previously unrecognized threat to monarch butterflies: Mounting levels of...
