Listeria: Hypervirulent strains with cerebral and placental tropism
IMAGE: This image shows tissue infected by Listeria (bacteria appear in red). Credit: YH Tsai, M Lecuit, © Institut Pasteur. This news release is available...
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Brain’s immune cells linked to Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, schizophrenia
LA JOLLA–Scientists have, for the first time, characterized the molecular markers that make the brain’s front lines of immune defense–cells called microglia–unique. In the process,...
Forty years after first Ebola outbreak, survivors show signs they can…
Credit: Nicole Hoff Survivors of the first known Ebola outbreak, which occurred in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 1976, may be key to...
How migrating birds ‘run a marathon,’ burning muscles and…
Credit: UMass Amherst AMHERST, Mass. – Migrating birds complete long non-stop flights of many hours for songbirds and days for some shorebirds to reach breeding...
High-carbon coal products could derail China’s clean energy…
Credit: Greenpeace DURHAM, N.C. — China's plan to ramp up production of new chemicals and synthetic fuels made from coal could derail recent efforts to...
Female fiddler crabs want protection not sex
New research has resolved a mystery over why female fiddler crabs visit and leave many males during mating season, and found the females aren't just...
Mongoose pups conceal identity to survive
Credit: Feargus Cooney Young mongooses may conceal their identity — even from their own parents — to survive. Killing of pups is common in mongoose...
Camouflage influences life-and-death decisions that animals make
Credit: Project Nightjar Nesting birds time their escape from an approaching predator depending on how well camouflaged their eggs and their own bodies are, researchers...
Clarified mechanism of rotation of node cilia-principal for asymmetry of the body
IMAGE: This image shows the motion and microtubule arrangement of node cilia in the mouse embryo. Credit: Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, and Osaka...
Antibiotics pave way for C. diff infections by killing bile acid-altering bacteria
IMAGE: Thie is Clostridium difficile, or C. diff.. Credit: Renee Fox New research from North Carolina State University and the University of Michigan finds that...
India-made rotavirus vaccine achieves World Health Organization prequalification
Credit: Photo: PATH/Gabe Bienczycki PATH applauds Indian vaccine manufacturer Bharat Biotech for receiving prequalification from the World Health Organization (WHO) for their oral rotavirus vaccine,...
Mesh-like scaffold is disordered in Alzheimer’s-affected cells
IMAGE: Brain cells from a fruit fly model of Alzheimer's disease were compared to healthy brain cells to show a type of dysfunction in the...
Venom becomes more potent as brown snakes age
Credit: Stewart Macdonald The "blood nuking" capabilities of adult brown snake venom only come about after an amazing transformation. New research led by University of...
The eyes are the window into the brain
Our eyes are constantly moving, whether we notice or not. They jump from one focus point to another and even when we seem to be...
NSF makes new awards to advance Science of Learning
Credit: John Consoli, University of Maryland; John C. Williams, Humanoid Engineering & Intelligent Robotics (HEIR) Lab, Marquette University; Diane Quinn; SciGirls, Twin Cities Public Television;...
