The test, which uses MRI to measure deviations in brain circuitry, could someday replace the subjective test now used to identify those with the disorder. It…
Many of these genes are also known to influence body fatness, obesity, and energy metabolism. Prior to the multi-institutional study, only four genes had been…
“It's surprising to find a clock gene that is performing the same function across such widely unrelated groups,” said Stacey Harmer, associate professor of…
Writing in the December 17 issue of the Journal of Biological Chemistry, lead author Edward A. Dennis, PhD, distinguished professor of pharmacology, chemistry…
Many of these organisms are pale, furtive and multi-legged. Some lack eyes or other light-sensing organs altogether. Others, like bats and cave crickets, roost…
The fragile regions in mammalian genomes that are thought to play a key role in evolution go through a “birth and death” process, according to new…
Its venom-filled claw at the ready, it waits for prey to amble by it. Giving a quick tap to a possible meal, this newly discovered, blind pseudoscorpion will…
A team of Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) scientists report finding a molecular “switch” that can “turn off” some cellular processes that are protective…
“Freshwater mussels are very sensitive to a variety of problems, including pollution, dams, water flows, loss of forests, and harvesting for their shells and…
The new EU project CORONET will develop the technological and theoretical foundations for such future “bio-hybrid” interfaces between biological and artificial…
The brain contains more cholesterol than any other organ in the body, has to produce its own cholesterol and won't function normally if it doesn't churn out…
In a unique study involving young boa constrictors, University of Cincinnati researchers put snakes to work on varying diameters and flexibility of vertical…
Duke University researchers have found that the developmental program executed by the marsupial embryo runs in a different order than the program executed by…
And new evidence from a Duke University study is showing that chimpanzees and bonobos, our closest living primate relatives, treat the problem the same way we…
You pick up a bottle of pomegranate juice at the store because you've learned that, although it costs more than most juices, it is replete with antioxidants…
Now neuroscientists have found that other animals are capable of making similar instinctive safety decisions. In a study published online the week of Nov. 29…
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