Scientists Discover Gene Critical for a Healthy Brain
New research has shown how an unusual gene is needed for brain development in young mice. Since the human genome was first sequenced in 2001,…
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Scientists Discover New Class of Antibiotics to Combat Drug Resistance
Researchers from the University of Illinois at Chicago and Nosopharm, a biotechnology company based in Lyon, France, are part of an international team reporting on…
Scientists Map the Architecture of Nuclear Pore Complex in Yeast Cells
Like an island nation, the nucleus of a cell has a transportation problem. Evolution has enclosed it with a double membrane, the nuclear envelope, which…
Biostasis Program Slows Biological Time to Extend Lifesaving Treatment
When a Service member suffers a traumatic injury or acute infection, the time from event to first medical treatment is usually the single most significant…
Researchers Develop New Approach to Personalized Cancer Treatment
Researchers have developed a same-day, noninvasive positron emission tomography (PET)-based imaging approach to assess PD-L1 positive tumors, and the study is presented in the featured…
Scientists Link Specific Genes to Individual Differences in Autistic Children
A team of scientists at the University of Cambridge has discovered that specific genes are linked to individual differences in brain anatomy in autistic children….
Biochemists Reveal Secrets of a Little-Known Cancer Ally
Human cancers often have a little recognized ally — the increased size and number of a cell’s organelles called the nucleolus. The nucleolus is where…
Molecular Dating Traces Cockroach History Back to Last Supercontinent
Cockroaches are so hardy, a popular joke goes, that they’ve occupied the Earth long before humans first appeared —and will probably even outlast us long…
New Technique Enables Biologists to Control Motion Within Living Cells
Simple motion inside biological cells, such as the streaming of cytoplasm – the liquid cell interior – is widely believed to be essential for cells…
Biochemists Reveal New Insight on Bacterium That Protects Plants From Disease
Like all organisms, plants are associated with bacterial communities in which helpful and harmful bacteria compete for dominance. Among the weaponry of these warring bacteria…
Yale Researchers Track How Cells Repair Rips in DNA
All DNA is sealed within the cell’s nuclear membrane, which protects it from molecular marauders. But what happens when that protective envelope rips? Yale researchers…
Scientists Identify Specific Enzyme Related to Colon Cancer
Researchers have identified an enzyme that is absent in healthy colon tissue but abundant in colon cancer cells, according to a report in the January…
Scientists Sequence Largest Genome to Date, the Axolotl Genome
A team of researchers led by scientists in Vienna, Dresden, and Heidelberg has decoded the entire genetic information of the Mexican salamander axolotl. The axolotl…
Geneticists Fully Decode a New Genome for Regeneration Research
The planarian flatworm Schmidtea mediterranea is an extraordinary animal. Even when cut into tiny pieces, each piece can regenerate back into a complete and perfectly…
New Strategy for the Elimination of Cancer Stem Cells and Cancer Recurrence
Colon cancer is the third most common cancer and fourth most common cause of death worldwide. Colon tumors consist of different types of cells, which…
New Therapeutic Strategy Exerts a Regenerating Effect in Parkinson’s Disease
Parkinson’s disease is currently the second most widespread neurogenerative pathology. It is a motor disorder caused by the loss of dopaminergic neurons in the black…
New Discovery Reveals Fat Cells Are Sensitive to Sunlight, May Explain Winter Weight Gain
We may have a new reason, in addition to vitamin D generation, to bask in a little sunshine. A breakthrough study by University of Alberta…
Yale Research Shows Leptin Spurs Body to Shift from Burning Carbs to Fat
To keep the human brain supplied with energy when food was scarce, mammals evolved the ability to switch from burning carbohydrates to burning fat in…
