Optogenetics captures neuronal transmission in live mammalian brain
Swiss scientists have used a cutting-edge method to stimulate neurons with light. They have successfully recorded synaptic transmission between neurons in a live animal for...
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In Search of the Origin of Our Brain
Researchers show that nerve cell centralisation does begin in multicellular animals. While searching for the origin of our brain, biologists at Heidelberg University have gained...
Researchers shed light on how ‘microbial dark matter’ might cause disease
One of the great recent discoveries in modern biology was that the human body contains 10 times more bacterial cells than human cells. But much...
Cells ‘feel’ their surroundings using finger-like structures
Cells have finger-like projections that they use to feel their surroundings. They can detect the chemical environment and they can ‘feel’ their physical surroundings using...
Bioengineering stem cells shows promise in HIV resistance
Using modified human stem cells, a team of UC Davis scientists has developed an improved gene therapy strategy that in animal models shows promise as...
Researchers map paths to cancer drug resistance
A team of researchers led by Duke Cancer Institute has identified key events that prompt certain cancer cells to develop resistance to otherwise lethal therapies....
Neuroscientists identify brain mechanisms that predict generosity in children
University of Chicago developmental neuroscientists have found specific brain markers that predict generosity in children. Those neural markers appear to be linked to both social...
New species found in the deepest trench on Earth
The Mariana Trench - located in the Western Pacific near Guam - has been the focus of high-profile voyages to conquer Challenger Deep, the deepest...
New technology makes tissues, someday maybe organs
A new device for building large tissues from living components of three-dimensional microtissues borrows on ideas from electronics manufacturing. The Bio-Pick, Place, and Perfuse (BioP3)...
Newest computer neural networks can identify visual objects as well as the primate brain
For decades, neuroscientists have been trying to design computer networks that can mimic visual skills such as recognizing objects, which the human brain does very...
The computational framework for standardizing neuroscience data worldwide
Thanks to standardized image file formats—like JPEG, PNG or TIFF—which store information every time you take a digital photo, you can easily share selfies and...
Researchers Model the Mechanics of Cells’ Long-range Communication
Interdisciplinary research at the University of Pennsylvania is showing how cells interact over long distances within fibrous tissue, like that associated with many diseases of...
New technique reveals immune cell motion through variety of tissues
Neutrophils, cells recruited by the immune system to fight infection, need to move through a great variety of tissues. New research shows how neutrophils move...
Lost memories might be able to be restored
New UCLA research indicates that lost memories can be restored. The findings offer some hope for patients in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease. For...
New class of synthetic molecules mimics antibodies
A Yale University lab has crafted the first synthetic molecules that have both the targeting and response functions of antibodies. The new molecules — synthetic...
