Feast or forage: Study finds circuit that helps a brain decide
MIT neuroscientists have discovered the elegant architecture of a fundamental decision-making brain circuit that allows a C. elegans worm to ...
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Cystic fibrosis faithfully modeled in a human Lung Airway Chip
Cystic fibrosis faithfully modeled in a human Lung Airway ChipCredit: Wyss Institute at Harvard University Cystic fibrosis faithfully modeled in ...
Personalized T cell immunotherapy for pediatric brain tumors is one step closer to becoming a reality
Children’s National Hospital experts developed a new approach that discovered unique proteins in an individual tumor’s cells, which then helped ...
Modernized storage will safeguard a celebrated mammal collection for future generations
LAWRENCE — The world-renowned mammalian research collections at the University of Kansas Biodiversity Institute are undergoing a major upgrade through ...
FDA approves high-tech sound wave surgery for common Parkinson’s symptoms
The federal Food and Drug Administration has approved an incisionless form of brain surgery to treat advanced Parkinson’s disease after ...
Staying green: Genes responsible for leaf browning after pesticide treatment identified
Sorghum, an underrated ancient grain, is slowly becoming well known as a superfood due to its nutrient-dense and gluten-free nature. ...
Machine learning IDs mammal species with the potential to spread SARS-CoV-2
Back and forth transmission of SARS-CoV-2 between people and other mammals increases the risk of new variants and threatens efforts ...
UTSW study finds Hispanic people receive lower-quality thrombectomies than white people
A study involving UT Southwestern neurology researchers found lower-quality outcomes for Hispanic ischemic stroke patients who receive endovascular thrombectomies than for ...
For new patients with paralysis, tighter blood pressure management may lead to more mobility
Patients with new spinal cord injuries whose blood pressure is maintained within a newly defined range during surgery may stand ...
Sanford Burnham Prebys unravels mysteries of the aging Down syndrome brain
LA JOLLA, CALIF. – Nov 15, 2021 – In the first study of its kind, researchers from Sanford Burnham Prebys ...
Study shines a light into “black holes” in the Arabidopsis genome
LA JOLLA—(November 11, 2021) Salk scientists, collaborating with researchers from the University of Cambridge and Johns Hopkins University, have sequenced ...
The global ocean out of balance
Surprising as it sounds, all life forms in the ocean, from small krill to large tuna, seem to obey a ...
“Tug of war” between cells – When crucial connections are missing
The ability of cells to move together in harmony is crucial for numerous biological processes in our body, for example ...
Chickpea genes catalogued in unprecedented detail to secure food supply despite climate warming
A new study in Nature by an international research team featuring Skoltech researchers has looked at the DNA of over 3,000 chickpea ...
Development of a curious robot to study coral reef ecosystems awarded $1.5 million by the National Science Foundation
Woods Hole, MA (Nov. 10, 2021) - A grant by the National Science Foundation to researchers at the Woods Hole ...
Robert G. Roeder receives the 2021 Kyoto Prize in Basic Sciences: Commemorative Lecture on his 50-year journey into the expanding universe of factors and mechanisms to be released
Robert G. Roeder, Arnold and Mabel Beckman Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at The Rockefeller University, received the 2021 ...
Landmark study points to source of rapid aging, chronic inflammation in people living with HIV
In a groundbreaking study of people living with HIV, University of Alberta researchers found that elusive white blood cells called ...
Genetic analysis uncovers shared evolutionary history of fish fins and vertebrate limbs
All vertebrates have the same basic body plan: head, spine, four appendages. Those appendages vary greatly in size, shape, and ...
Expert comment: How studying fossilized parasites can contribute to knowledge of infectious diseases
Over the last decade, John Huntley, a paleontologist and an associate professor of geological sciences at the University of Missouri, ...
Susan Hockfield receives prestigious Charles L. Branch BrainHealth Award
DALLAS (November 4, 2021) – Tuesday evening, the Center for BrainHealth® brought together a who’s who of academic leaders, scientists ...
