Researchers publish study on genome of aggressive cervical cancer that killed...
A team from the University of Washington has unveiled a comprehensive portrait of the genome of the world's first immortal cell line, known as HeLa. The cell line was derived in 1951 from an aggressive...
View ArticleNeurobiologists discover elementary motion detectors in the fruit fly
Recognising movement and its direction is one of the first and most important processing steps in any visual system. By this way, nearby predators or prey can be detected and even one's own movements...
View ArticleResearchers map complex motion-detection circuitry in flies
Some optical illusions look like they're in motion even though the picture is static. A new map of the fly brain also suggests motion—or at least how the fly sees movement. The new research, published...
View ArticleMaking connections in the eye: Wiring diagram of retinal neurons is first...
The human brain has 100 billion neurons, connected to each other in networks that allow us to interpret the world around us, plan for the future, and control our actions and movements. MIT...
View ArticleResearchers propose new experiments on mutant bird flu (Update)
Scientists proposed developing a more potent strain of the deadly H7N9 bird flu on Wednesday to examine how mutant forms might spread among humans, a topic that has stoked global alarm in the past.
View ArticleScientists use genome sequencing to prove herbal remedy causes upper urinary...
Genomic sequencing experts at Johns Hopkins partnered with pharmacologists at Stony Brook University to reveal a striking mutational signature of upper urinary tract cancers caused by aristolochic...
View ArticleChocolate may help keep brain healthy
Drinking two cups of hot chocolate a day may help older people keep their brains healthy and their thinking skills sharp, according to a study published in the August 7, 2013, online issue of...
View ArticleCognitive decline with age is normal, routine—but not inevitable
If you forget where you put your car keys and you can't seem to remember things as well as you used to, the problem may well be with the GluN2B subunits in your NMDA receptors.
View ArticleStudy: Heart pump with behind-the-ear power connector
Cardiac surgeons and cardiologists at the University of Maryland Heart Center are part of a multi-center clinical trial evaluating the efficacy of powering heart pumps through a skull-based connector...
View ArticleDementia risk tied to blood sugar level, even with no diabetes
A joint Group Health–University of Washington (UW) study in the New England Journal of Medicine has found that higher blood sugar levels are associated with higher dementia risk, even among people who...
View ArticleCell maturity pathway is deleted or weak in glioblastoma multiforme
A program that pushes immature cells to grow up and fulfill their destiny as useful, dedicated cells is short-circuited in the most common and deadly form of brain tumor, scientists at The University...
View ArticleScientists identify key protein that modulates organismal aging
Scientists at Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute have identified a key factor that regulates the autophagy process, a kind of cleansing mechanism for cells in which waste material and cellular...
View ArticleNew approach in the treatment of breast cancer
Scientists at the MedUni Vienna, in collaboration with a working group led by Nancy Hynes at the University of Basel, have discovered a new approach in the treatment of breast cancer: an international...
View ArticleResearchers find caffeine during pregnancy negatively impacts mice brains
(Medical Xpress)—A team of European researchers has found that mice who consume caffeine while pregnant give birth to pups with negative changes to their brains. In their paper published in the journal...
View ArticleOur brains can (unconsciously) save us from temptation
Inhibitory self control – not picking up a cigarette, not having a second drink, not spending when we should be saving – can operate without our awareness or intention.
View ArticleScientists watch live brain cell circuits spark and fire (w/ Video)
Scientists used fruit flies to show for the first time that a new class of genetically engineered proteins can be used to watch nerve cell electrical activity in live brains. The results, published in...
View ArticleGenetic evidence shows recent population mixture in India
Scientists from Harvard Medical School and the CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology in Hyderabad, India, provide evidence that modern-day India is the result of recent population mixture...
View ArticleLatino genomes point way to hidden DNA: 20 million missing base pairs mapped
Hidden in the tangled, repetitious folds of DNA structures called centromeres, researchers from Harvard Medical School and the Broad Institute have discovered the hiding place of 20 million base pairs...
View ArticleMuscle health depends on sugar superstructure
For many inherited diseases, such as cystic fibrosis or Huntington disease, the disease-causing genetic mutation damages or removes a protein that has an essential role in the body. This protein defect...
View ArticleRobot treats brain clots with steerable needles (w/ Video)
Surgery to relieve the damaging pressure caused by hemorrhaging in the brain is a perfect job for a robot.
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