Neuroscience
Deafening affects vocal nerve cells within hours
Portions of a songbird's brain that control how it sings have been shown to decay within 24 hours of the animal losing its hearing.
Mar 7, 2012
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Medical research
Transplanted brain cells in monkeys light up personalized therapy
For the first time, scientists have transplanted neural cells derived from a monkey's skin into its brain and watched the cells develop into several types of mature brain cells, according to the authors of a new study in ...
Mar 14, 2013
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Neuroscience
Sugar solution makes tissues see-through
Japanese researchers have developed a new sugar and water-based solution that turns tissues transparent in just three days, without disrupting the shape and chemical nature of the samples. Combined with fluorescence microscopy, ...
Jun 23, 2013
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Inflammatory disorders
Vasculitis related genes cause inflammation of blood vessels
(Medical Xpress) -- Medical Scientists at Trinity College Dublin in a pan-European collaborative study have discovered genes that contribute to the condition vasculitis, causing the inflammation of blood vessels. The findings ...
Aug 2, 2012
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Scientist identifies process critical to kidney function
Our kidneys are charged with the extraordinary task of filtering about 53 gallons of fluid a day, a process that depends on podocytes, which are tiny, highly specialized cells in the cluster of blood vessels in the kidney ...
May 4, 2021
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Neuroscience
Discovery of hair-cell roots suggests the brain modulates sound sensitivity
The hair cells of the inner ear have a previously unknown "root" extension that may allow them to communicate with nerve cells and the brain to regulate sensitivity to sound vibrations and head position, researchers at the ...
Mar 8, 2012
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
EU offers 2.1 mln euros to research new killer E.coli
The EU is to invest 2.2 million euros in research on the new killer E.coli strain which infected almost 4,000 people and left 51 dead across Europe and caused massive losses to vegetable farmers.
Aug 9, 2011
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Medications
SPARK plugs gap in drug-development process
Daria Mochly-Rosen, PhD, was about as hardcore a basic science researcher as you can be. For more than 20 years, she lived and breathed basic research, reveling in the microscopic world where molecules formed, changed shape ...
Aug 8, 2011
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Cardiology
Insights into the dynamic ultrastructure of the heart
What happens below the cellular level when the heart contracts and relaxes has long been unexplored. Thanks to new ultra-high-resolution electron microscopy techniques, scientists can now watch the heart beating at almost ...
Apr 11, 2022
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Neuroscience
Photochemical imprinting of neuronal activity: A flash memory for spikes
(Medical Xpress)—Animals experiments primarily serve two main functions. They give us insight into how biological systems might work, and they also act as test beds for treatments and devices we want to use on ourselves. ...
