Treating Parkinson’s disease by solving the mysteries of…
IMAGE: These are neurons in the brainstem involved in walking are lit up using optogenetics. Credit: Tom Roseberry, Gladstone Institutes Two secrets of one of...
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Sea traffic pollutes our lungs more than previously thought
New data presented by researchers at Lund University and others in the journal Oceanologia show that the air along the coasts is full of hazardous...
Wolves understand cause and effect better than dogs
Credit: Michelle Lampe/Wolf Science Center A good example of the connection between cause and effect, is that an object which contains food produces noise when...
Modifying therapeutic DNA aptamers to keep them in the bloodstream…
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, November 29, 2017–Designing new therapeutic DNA aptamers with diverse side chains can improve their ability to...
The controversial origin of a symbol of the American west
Credit: Yukon Government SANTA CRUZ, CA – March 13, 2017 – New research by Professor Beth Shapiro of the UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute and...
MD Anderson, Oncora Medical team up to fight cancer with precision…
Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center HOUSTON and PHILADELPHIA ? Oncora Medical, a precision radiation oncology software company, and The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer...
Tracking oxygen saturation, plus vital signs, to identify vulnerable preemies
Credit: Children's National Health System Critically ill infants in neonatal intensive care units (NICU) require constant monitoring of their vital signs. Invasive methods, such as...
Small but mighty: Tiny proteins with big roles in biology
Credit: MIT/Yale LA JOLLA–(December 5, 2016) We all know how hard it is to find something small like a dropped contact lens that blends into...
New study: Children with autism may be over-diagnosed with ADHD
Credit: The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia A well-established screening tool used to assess children for attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) may be less accurate when a...
Women at greater risk for Zika infection due to suppressed vaginal…
Credit: Shahzada Khan, Gladstone Institutes Scientists at the Gladstone Institutes discovered that the vaginal immune system is suppressed in response to RNA viruses, such as...
The human brain recalls visual features in reverse order than it detects them
Credit: Ning Qian/Columbia's Zuckerman Institute NEW YORK — Scientists at Columbia's Zuckerman Institute have contributed to solving a paradox of perception, literally upending models of...
Discovery of a gene associated with a set of poorly understood rare diseases
The genomic sequencing of hundreds of patients with diverse types of ciliopathies has revealed that "in many cases the gene responsible is not known", says...
Metabolic mechanism identified for R-LA induced cell death in liver…
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, April 11, 2017–A new study that measured metabolite levels over time in starved rat liver cancer...
Take advantage of evolution in malaria fight, scientists say
Credit: Penelope Lynch Scientists could harness the power of evolution to stop mosquitoes spreading malaria, according to new research by the University of Exeter and...
Rethinking serotonin could lead to a shift in psychiatric care
A better understanding of how a key chemical messenger acts in the brain could lead to a radical shift in psychiatric care, according to a...
