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Controlling movement with light

For the first time, MIT neuroscientists have shown they can control muscle movement by applying optogenetics — a technique that allows scientists to control…

Testing a paleo diet hypothesis in the test tube

While Western diets have changed dramatically in the last century to become high energy, low fiber, and high fat (think: cheeseburger), our digestive systems,…

Mechanism, and possible treatment, for immune suppression in liver disease uncovered

Liver disease, or cirrhosis, is currently the fifth leading cause of death in the UK. Cirrhosis patients are more than five times more likely to pick up…

Parallels Between Cancers, Infection Suppression Reported

The host insect is far from defenseless, however. In Drosophila (fruit flies), larvae activate humoral immunity in the fat body and mount a robust cellular…

Hormone Suppression Could Help Stressed Trees

Now research led by Michigan Technological University scientists has identified the molecular mechanism that Populus—the scientific name for common poplars,…

Feeling Stressed? So is the Poplar — But Hormone Suppression Could Help the Tree

Now research led by Michigan Technological University scientists has identified the molecular mechanism that Populus—the scientific name for common poplars,…

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