Study Shows Heart Cells’ Environment a Major Factor in Heart Disease
When it comes to heart disease, the health of the scaffold where cardiac cells grow may be a much bigger factor than previously believed. Stuart…
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Scientists Create a Mouse That Eats Fat But Doesn’t Get Fat, Possible Treatment for Obesity
Yale scientists set out to create a morbidly obese mouse. They failed miserably. What they found was much more interesting. “We created a mouse that…
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….
Research Shows E-Cigarette Flavors Are Toxic to White Blood Cells
Sugar and spice are not so nice, at least when it comes to vaping or inhalation. Exposure to e-cigarette flavoring chemicals and liquids can cause…
Study Reveals a Promising New Target to Treat Type 2 Diabetes
Scientists at Yale University reveal promising new target for drugs to treat type 2 diabetes. When the body’s cells don’t respond normally to insulin —…
Nanoparticles Deliver PNA Molecules to Correct Mutation in Cystic Fibrosis
New research details how a team of scientists delivered peptide nucleic acids and donor DNA via microscopic nanoparticles to successfully corrected the most common mutation…
Scientists Reverse Type 2 Diabetes and Fatty Liver Disease
A newly published study reveals how scientists from Yale University developed a controlled-release oral therapy that reversed type 2 diabetes and fatty liver disease in…
Scientists Reveal 3D Structure of the Molecular Transporter TSPO
Scientists have revealed the 3D structure of the molecular transporter TSPO for the first time, opening the door to novel paths for the diagnosis and…
Yale Researchers Find Hope for Safe and Novel Painkillers from Tarantula Venom
Yale researchers find new hope for safe and novel painkillers from the venom of the Peruvian green velvet tarantula. Screening more than 100 spider toxins,…
New Technique Allows Researchers to Measure Electrical Activity in a Living Neuron
By inserting a fluorescent protein in neurons that emits light of varying intensity to mirror changes in electrical activity within the cells, scientists have discovered…
Deltarasin Blocks Oncogenic Protein KRAS, Opens Up New Approaches to Cancer Therapy
Scientists at the Max Planck Institute have discovered how Deltarasin prevents the transport of the oncogenic protein KRAS to the cell membrane, opening up new…
