A Brown University research team has discovered something in the brain that could serve as a target for future autism and mental retardation treatments.Discovery of the novel Fragile X granule is detailed in the Feb. 4, 2009, issue of the Journal of Neuroscience. This finding opens a new line of research about potential treatments for autism, a neurological disorder that strikes young children and can impair development of social interaction and communication….
Scientists at the RUB publish the results of their study in the Journal of Biological ChemistryPeroxisomes, multifaceted functional units within cells, fulfil…
A new insight into the origin of genesJapanese researchers have announced the world's first discovery of genes in jigsaw-like pieces from an archaeon living in…
The findings in mice, appearing online today in Cell Metabolism, have led to the initiation of a National Institutes of Health-funded clinical trial to…
The collection of papers, “Gene Networks in Development and Evolution Special Feature, Sackler Colloquium,” was coedited by Caltech's Eric H. Davidson, the…
“Neuregulin 3 is clearly one more gene to add to the few currently known to contribute to schizophrenia,” says David Valle, M.D., director of the…
The compounds are the first selective inhibitors of the protein phospholipase D (PLD), an enzyme that has been implicated in multiple human cancers including…
Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have discovered how a deadly microbe evades the human immune system and causes…
Using advanced multi-photon microscopy, the scientists have tracked the migration of immune cells called T cells within tumours in experimental models, and…
Efforts to eliminate this mosquito-borne illness rely heavily on prevention measures, but there are growing concerns about resistance to insecticides. In a…
Partial skeletons of a new giant, boa constrictor-like snake named “Titanoboa” found in Colombia by an international team of scientists and now at the…
A drug used to improve blood flow to the brain also could help improve learning and memory and reduce the risk of Alzheimer's disease, according to a new study…
Until now, it was thought that all cells are surrounded by membranes containing molecules called phospholipids – oily compounds that contain phosphorus, as…
Scientists today announced the discovery of 10 amphibians believed to be new to science, including a spiky-skinned, orange-legged rain frog, three poison dart…
The researchers compared the sequences of four different strains of C. burnetii, an intracellular bacterium that can cause acute and chronic Q fever in humans,…
The team, led by Brown professor Jeffrey Morgan, successfully used clusters of cells grown in a 3-D Petri dish also invented by the group, in order to build…
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