Researchers map how the brain processes faces from sight to recognition
At a glance, you can recognize a friend's face whether they are happy or sad or even if you haven't seen them in a decade....
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Scientists develop method to warn of toxic algae blooms before they develop
Toxic algae blooms in lakes and reservoirs are highly destructive, resulting in fish kills and toxicity risks to wildlife, livestock -- and even humans. But...
Engineers create programmable silk-based materials with embedded, pre-designed functions
Credit: Silklab, Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Engineering, Tufts University MEDFORD/SOMERVILLE, Mass. (December 26, 2016) -- Tufts University engineers have created a new format...
Novel drug may help repair failing hearts
Cimaglermin, a new experimental drug, may help restore cardiac function after heart failure, according to a first-in-man study published today in JACC: Basic to Translational...
Nanodiscs deliver personalized cancer therapy to immune system
ANN ARBOR -- Researchers at the University of Michigan have had initial success in mice using nanodiscs to deliver a customized therapeutic vaccine for the...
Ash tree genome aids fight against disease
Tens of millions of ash trees across Europe are dying from the Hymenoscyphus fraxinea fungus - the most visible signs that a tree is infected...
Potential drug appears to ease effects of Prader-Willi syndrome
DURHAM, N.C. - Duke Health researchers have identified a drug-like small molecule that, in animal experiments, appears to be an effective treatment for a genetic...
Scientists discover new mechanism of how brain networks form
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine HOUSTON - (Dec. 26, 2016) - Scientists have discovered that networks of inhibitory brain cells or neurons develop through a...
Experimental therapy for Prader-Willi syndrome shows promise in mice
Drugs capable of activating silenced genes improve survival and growth outcomes in a mouse model of Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS), a rare and incurable childhood disease,...
Fat fuels the road to cancer cell spread
Cancer cells spread to other sites in the body through promoting the growth of new 'roads' to travel on. In a study to be published...
Could disease ‘tolerance’ genes give new life to UK ash trees?
Credit: University of York Researchers at the University of York have identified genetic markers for disease tolerance that suggest UK ash trees may have a...
Ash dieback: Insect threat to fungus-resistant trees
Ash trees which can resist the killer dieback fungus may be more vulnerable to attacks by insects, according to new research. Scientists from the universities...
Researchers use world’s smallest diamonds to make wires 3 atoms wide
Menlo Park, Calif. -- Scientists at Stanford University and the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory have discovered a way to use diamondoids -...
Research reveals the importance of long non-coding RNA regulating cellular processes
BOSTON - Scientific research over the past decade has concentrated almost exclusively on the 2 percent of the genome's protein coding regions, virtually ignoring the...
Biology’s ‘breadboard’
Credit: Navin Pokala The human brain, the most complex object in the universe, has 86 billion neurons with trillions of yet-unmapped connections. Understanding how it...
