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Neuroscientists propose revolutionary DNA-based approach to map wiring of whole brain

A team of neuroscientists has proposed a new and potentially revolutionary way of obtaining a neuronal connectivity map (the "connectome") of the whole brain of the mouse. The details are set forth in an essay published October ...

Neuroscience Oct 23, 2012 | 5 / 5 (5) | 1 |

Researchers discover new blood vessel-generating cell with therapeutic potential

Researchers at the University of Helsinki believe they have discovered stem cells that play a decisive role in the growth of new blood vessels. If researchers learn to isolate and efficiently produce these ...

Medical research Oct 16, 2012 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0 |

Mice at risk of asthma, allergies can fight off skin cancer

A molecule involved in asthma and allergies has now been shown to make mice resistant to skin cancer, according to scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.

Cancer Oct 15, 2012 | 5 / 5 (2) | 1 |

Tension on gut muscles induces cell invasion in zebrafish intestine, mimicking cancer metastasis

The stiffness of breast tissue is increasingly recognized as an important factor explaining the onset of breast cancer. Stiffening induces molecular changes that promote cancerous behavior in cells. Bioengineering ...

Cancer Sep 07, 2012 | 4 / 5 (5) | 0 |

Common antifungal drug decreases tumor growth and shows promise as cancer therapy

An inexpensive antifungal drug, thiabendazole, slows tumor growth and shows promise as a chemotherapy for cancer. Scientists in the College of Natural Sciences at The University of Texas at Austin made this ...

Cancer Aug 21, 2012 | 5 / 5 (6) | 0 |

Vaccine research shows vigilance needed against evolution of more-virulent malaria

Malaria parasites evolving in vaccinated laboratory mice become more virulent, according to research at Penn State University. The mice were injected with a critical component of several candidate human malaria ...

Medical research Jul 31, 2012 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0 |

Decoding the secrets of balance

(Medical Xpress) -- New understanding of how the brain processes information from inner ear offers hope for sufferers of vertigo.

Neuroscience Jul 25, 2012 | 4 / 5 (1) | 0 |

Stress fuels breast cancer metastasis to bone

Stress can promote breast cancer cell colonization of bone, Vanderbilt Center for Bone Biology investigators have discovered.

Cancer Jul 17, 2012 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

The role of dopamine in sleep regulation

A group of Spanish researchers has discovered a new function of the neurotransmitter dopamine in controlling sleep regulation. Dopamine acts in the pineal gland, which is central to dictating the 'circadian rhythm' in humans—the ...

Medical research Jun 19, 2012 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0 |

Clues found to way embryonic kidney maintains its fleeting stem cells

Studying mice and humans, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and their collaborators in Paris have identified two proteins that are required to maintain a supply of stem cells ...

Medical research Jun 11, 2012 | 5 / 5 (2) | 0 |

Gene mutation leads to impairment of 2 senses: Touch and hearing

People with good hearing also have a keen sense of touch; people with impaired hearing generally have an impaired sense of touch. Extensive data supporting this hypothesis was presented by Dr. Henning Frenzel and Professor ...

Genetics May 01, 2012 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0 |

Few genes control neuronal function

How are 100 billion cells created, each with specific duties? The human brain is evidence that nature can achieve this. Researchers at Linköping University in Sweden have now taken a step closer to solving ...

Genetics Mar 14, 2012 | not rated yet | 5

Is there a general motivation center in the depths of the brain?

A French team coordinated by Mathias Pessiglione, Inserm researcher have identified the part of the brain driving motivation during actions that combine physical and mental effort: the ventral striatum. The results of their ...

Neuroscience Feb 22, 2012 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

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