Neuroscience
Using an anti-smoking drug to control neurons
An anti-smoking drug now has a new job—as a chemical switch to turn select neurons on or off.
Mar 14, 2019
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Medical research
Discovery could improve cystic fibrosis treatment
Researchers exploring the effects of a long-standing treatment for cystic fibrosis have discovered a potential new target for drugs to treat the disease, which has no cure and typically cuts decades off the lives of patients.
Jan 31, 2019
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Neuroscience
Scientists turn unexpected brain study results into research tool
Puzzled by their experimental results, a team of scientists from Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital investigated why a research tool that was expected to suppress neuronal activity actually was stimulating ...
Aug 13, 2018
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Neuroscience
Nervous system discovery could inform stroke, pain therapies
New research published in the journal Nature for the first time reveals the atomic structure of a key molecular component of the nervous system.
Mar 7, 2018
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Neuroscience
A docking site per calcium channel cluster
A study co-led by Ryuichi Shigemoto and Alain Marty concludes that a single docking site may use a single cluster of calcium channels, and that both the number of docking sites and the number of calcium clusters change in ...
Jun 14, 2017
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Oncology & Cancer
Scientists discover gene that blocks spread of colon cancer
Researchers from RCSI (Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland) and the University of Nice, France, have discovered the function of a gene called KCNQ1 that is directly related to the survival of colon cancer patients. The ...
Apr 21, 2017
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Medical research
Researchers connect molecular function to high blood pressure, diseases
By changing one small portion of a stimulus that influences part of one molecule's function, engineers and researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have opened the door for more insight into how the molecule is associated ...
Mar 1, 2017
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Neuroscience
Researchers use fruit flies to understand how body responds to harmful, cold stimuli
The tiny fruit fly can help humans investigate the genetic and neural bases of detecting painful or harmful cold stimuli and offer intriguing, potential implications for human health, according to a new study.
Nov 10, 2016
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Medical research
New research sheds light 'gender gap' in cystic fibrosis
A minor hiccup in the sequence of a human gene can have devastating impacts on health. Such flaws cause cystic fibrosis (CF), a disease affecting the lungs and other vital organs, often leading to death by the age of 30.
Sep 9, 2016
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Medical research
Using magnetic forces to control neurons, study finds brain is vital in glucose metabolism
To learn what different cells do, scientists switch them on and off and observe what the effects are. There are many methods that do this, but they all have problems: too invasive, or too slow, or not precise enough. Now, ...
Mar 23, 2016
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