In an animal model, Medical College of Georgia researchers have shown that if a muscle cell fails to produce the protein beta-catenin, its neuron doesn’t…
Most genetic information is directly encoded by the sequence of nucleotides in a chain of DNA, but further instructions may also be provided by adding chemical…
The protein called mesothelin appears to play an important role in promoting pancreatic cancer growth, said the senior author Dr. Qizhi (Cathy) Yao, professor…
This surprising finding is presented by American, Swedish, and Dutch scientists in a study being published today in the prestigious journal American Journal of…
To do this, he has been applying engineering principles to stem cell research – work that has just earned him recognition by the American Association for the…
The first genome-wide search for genes governing social behavior has found that even the simplest social creatures — the amoebae Dictyostelium discoideum –…
Information in the brain travels along neuronal axons that form junctions, or ‘synapses’, with tree-like dendrites of other neurons. Normally, the myriad of…
The team of researchers from the University of Münster, Germany, describes a model of brain function in which eye movement signals are used to boost the neural…
With new research published today (15 February) in The Journal of Immunology, the team from Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry has found an…
Identification of the evolutionary differences between the system for the translation of the genetic code in humans and other organisms, such as bacteria in…
Researchers at ETH Zurich and the University Zurich have identified the chromosomal location and exact molecular defect in the coding region of the gene…
The scientists who conducted the study think that they have found one of the reasons why depression and chronic anxiety are more common in women than in men.Serotonin is a brain neurotransmitter that is critical to the development and treatment of depression and chronic anxiety, conditions that, for reasons still unknown, are much more common in women than in men. …
Results from a study at the University of Leeds show that it takes a minority of just five per cent to influence a crowd’s direction – and that the other 95…
The Uukuniemi virus is the first bunyavirus whose structure researchers have been able to determine. Together with more detailed studies of the viral membrane…
Serotonin is a brain neurotransmitter that is critical to the development and treatment of depression and chronic anxiety, conditions that, for reasons still…
By creating a genetic mutation in zebrafish, University of Oregon scientists say they've discovered a previously unknown mechanism for cleft palate, a common…
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