Anesthesia sends neurons down the wrong path in unborn rat babies
Raises questions over safety of the anesthesia during pregnancyCredit: Dr. Vicko Gluncic, MD, PhD While there has long been discussion ...
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Scientists capture a ‘snapshot’ of bacterial stress-response regulator’s ‘recycling truck’
The stress-response master regulator is important for antibiotic resistance, ability for bacteria to cause diseaseCredit: Image courtesy Alexandra Deaconescu. PROVIDENCE, ...
In mice, eliminating damaged mitochondria alleviates chronic inflammatory disease
Treatment with a choline kinase inhibitor prompts immune cells to clear away damaged mitochondria, thus reducing NLRP3 inflammasome activation and ...
NASA Twins Study offers new insight on how a human’s body responds to spaceflight
Credit: John Eisele/Colorado State University When NASA decided to study identical twin astronauts -- one remaining on Earth while the ...
Crucial ‘electrical switch’ in brain revealed in study published by Science
Native structure of AMPA receptor in rodent model may lead to discovering mechanism behind conditions such as Alzheimer's diseaseCredit: OHSU ...
Near-atomic map of parathyroid hormone complex points toward new therapies for osteoporosis
Credit: Courtesy of Van Andel Research Institute GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (April 11, 2019) -- An international team of scientists has ...
How plants defend themselves
Plant immune system detects bacteria through small fatty acid moleculesCredit: Astrid Eckert / TUM Like humans and animals, plants defend ...
Body mass index may play a significant role in the progression of multiple sclerosis
A new longitudinal study finds a link between blood lipids and worsening of disease in multiple sclerosis patients who are ...
Getting closer: Finding out why the immune system attacks itself
B cells gone bad could be the culprit in rheumatoid arthritisCredit: University of Houston Biomolecular researcher Navin Varadarajan has published ...
Discovery of ‘kingpin’ stem cell may help in the understanding of cancerous tumors
Cells appear to signal how the surrounding cells will develop and growCredit: Photo courtesy McMaster University. Hamilton, ON (April 11, ...
Shutting down deadly pediatric brain cancer at its earliest moments
Study uses cell-by-cell analyses to look for new therapies that might workCredit: Cincinnati Children's CINCINNATI -- Cell-by-cell genetic analyses of ...
Rutgers scientists discover new role for sensory signals in the brain
Findings could help lead to new treatments for Parkinson's disease, psychiatric disordersCredit: Alex Yonk Learning how to tie a shoe ...
Protein complex may help prevent neurodegenerative diseases
A protein complex within the cell has been found to play a key role in preventing the toxicity of proteins ...
CNIO researchers succeed at removing some types of pancreatic cancer in animal models
Researchers from the Experimental Oncology Group, led by Mariano Barbacid at the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO), have published ...
CNIO researchers assess melanoma progression with a new liquid biopsy technique
Credit: CNIO When the surgeon surgically removes a melanoma, some patients are said to be 'cancer-free' and they do not ...
Researchers creating the most advanced 3D human lung to test e-cigarettes and hookah
CU Anschutz awarded $3.4 million by FDA to investigate the harm of emerging tobacco productsCredit: CU Anschutz Medical Campus The ...
Loss of a DNA repair system creates a unique vulnerability in many cancer types
Cancer cells that cannot repair a certain form of DNA mutation become strongly dependent on single enzyme to survive, creating ...
Microbes in the human body swap genes, even across tissue boundaries, study indicates
Credit: Photo courtesy Los Alamos National Laboratory CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Bacteria in the human body are sharing genes with one ...
Biochemical switches identified that could be triggered to treat muscle, brain disorders
Credit: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital St. Jude Children's Research Hospital scientists have found that the enzymes ULK1 and ULK2 ...
Research reveals how the most common ALS mutation dooms cells
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital scientists offer insight into the toxicity at the heart of devastating neurological disordersCredit: St. Jude ...
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