If a person is under stress his body tips out stress regulators. These are Cortisol, Adrenalin and Noradrenalin – hormones and messenger substances – which…
Schizophrenia is not only associated with positive symptoms such as hallucinations and delusions, but also with negative symptoms e.g. cognitive deficits and…
New research shows that a burst of evolutionary innovation in the genes responsible for electrical communication among nerve cells in our brains occurred over…
Drugs targeting TNF have become an effective treatment against these illnesses, but despite its clinical importance, it is still not clear what triggers an…
Scientists at Trinity College Dublin have uncovered a marvel molecule that blocks a key driver of inflammatory diseases. The finding could meet a major unmet…
In the new study, published today in Nature Geoscience, the scientists also report the atmospheric abundance of one of these 'very short-lived substances'…
Although most materials slightly expand when heated, there is a new class of rubber-like material that not only self-stretches upon cooling; it reverts back to…
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Investigators with the National Institutes of Health have discovered the genomic switches of a blood cell key to regulating the human immune system. The…
Prostate cancer is the second leading cause of cancer for men in the United States. Only one class of chemotherapy called taxanes is effective against the…
The pathological process amyloidosis, in which misfolded proteins (amyloids) form insoluble fibril deposits, occurs in many diseases, including Alzheimer…
In the three millennia before Christ, a high culture existed in the Near East which left a wealth of information about itself: on clay tablets written in…
The production of materials and chemicals from renewable resources usually bases on biological or thermochemical processes. The latter possess the advantage of…
Project leader Professor Archie Clements, from The Australian National University, said the research could help authorities in developing countries fight…
The future of electronics could lie in a material from its past, as researchers from The Ohio State University work to turn germanium–the material of 1940s…
Mitofusin 2 and its closely related counterpart, Mitofusin 1, are located in the outer membrane of mitochondria. Both proteins are required for mitochondrial…
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