Science
Epigenetic processes orchestrate neuronal migration
(Medical Xpress)—Neurobiologists at the Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research (FMI) are the first to show that directional migration of neurons during brain development is controlled through ...
Neuroscience
Jan 11, 2013 |
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Model for brain signaling flawed, new study finds
A new study out today in the journal Science turns two decades of understanding about how brain cells communicate on its head. The study demonstrates that the tripartite synapse – a model long accepted by the ...
Neuroscience
Jan 10, 2013 |
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One cell is all you need: Innovative technique can sequence entire genome from single cell
The notion that police can identify a suspect based on the tiniest drop of blood or trace of tissue has long been a staple of TV dramas, but scientists at Harvard have taken the idea a step further. Using ...
Genetics
Jan 07, 2013 |
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People underestimate how much they might change in the future
(HealthDay)—Think you're done becoming you? Think again. A new study suggests that while adults like to believe that their opinions and perspectives are pretty much set in stone, no matter their age, their ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 03, 2013 |
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Face the facts: Neural integration transforms unconscious face detection into conscious face perception
(Medical Xpress)—The apparent ease and immediacy of human perception is deceptive, requiring highly complex neural operations to determine the category of objects in a visual scene. Nevertheless, the human ...
Neuroscience
Dec 31, 2012 |
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Scientists find mechanism that triggers immune responses to DNA
(Medical Xpress)—Free-floating pieces of DNA in a cell's watery interior can mean bad things: invading viruses, bacteria, or parasites, ruptured cellular membranes, or disease. Genetic material is meant to be contained ...
Medical research
Dec 21, 2012 |
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Protein kinase Akt identified as arbiter of cancer stem cell fate, paper reports
(Medical Xpress)—The protein kinase Akt is a key regulator of cell growth, proliferation, metabolism, survival, and death. New work on Akt's role in cancer stem cell biology from the lab of senior author ...
Cancer
Dec 20, 2012 |
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What mechanism generates our fingers and toes?
Dr. Marie Kmita and her research team at the IRCM contributed to a multidisciplinary research project that identified the mechanism responsible for generating our fingers and toes, and revealed the importance of gene regulation ...
Genetics
Dec 14, 2012 |
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Researchers find new culprit in castration-resistant prostate cancer
Scientists at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have discovered a molecular switch that enables advanced prostate cancers to spread without stimulation by male hormones, which normally are needed to spur the cancer's growth. They ...
Cancer
Dec 13, 2012 |
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Scientists identify a new layer of complexity within colon cancer
Cancer scientists led by Dr. John Dick at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre have found a way to follow single tumour cells and observe their growth over time. By using special immune-deficient mice to propagate human colorectal ...
Cancer
Dec 13, 2012 |
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Study finds protein in platelets fight malaria but only for some people
(Medical Xpress)—Researchers in Australia have found that a protein in platelets found naturally in blood has a protective effect against malaria. In their paper published in the journal Science, the team describes how th ...
Medical research
Dec 07, 2012 |
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New understanding of how we see colors
(Medical Xpress)—Scientists have until now not fully understood how animals see in color, since visual pigments in eyes contain exactly the same chromophore (light absorbing segment of the molecule) and yet can absorb different ...
Medical research
Dec 07, 2012 |
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Mouse study offers clues to obesity-diabetes link
(HealthDay)—Obesity and type 2 diabetes are clearly intertwined, but researchers say they've found a way to weaken the connection between the two—at least in mice.
Medical research
Dec 06, 2012 |
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Scientists discover novel mechanism by which calorie restriction influences longevity
Scientists at the Gladstone Institutes have identified a novel mechanism by which a type of low-carb, low-calorie diet—called a "ketogenic diet"—could delay the effects of aging. This fundamental discovery reveals how ...
Medical research
Dec 06, 2012 |
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His and hers: Male hormones control differences in mammary gland nerve growth
Johns Hopkins scientists have found a surprising mechanism that gives male sex hormones like testosterone control over the gender-specific absence or presence of mammary gland nerves that sense the amount ...
Medical research
Dec 06, 2012 |
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