Medical research
Study monitors DNA breaks and chromosome translocations in real time
(Medical Xpress)—Researchers in the U.S. have developed a new method to study damage to DNA and resultant translocations in living cells.
News tagged with cellular imaging
Neuroscience
Research team reveals underpinnings of how motor memory forms
When you are first learning how to ride a bicycle or play a musical instrument, your physical movements are uncoordinated at best. But with time and lots of repetition, your brain's motor neurons create a kind of shorthand ...
Sep 14, 2022
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Medical research
Scientists identify novel molecular biomarkers in cells that spread a deadly form of breast cancer
Studying a deadly type of breast cancer called triple negative, Johns Hopkins Medicine scientists say they have identified key molecular differences between cancer cells that cling to an initial tumor and those that venture ...
Aug 8, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
Study reveals imaging approach with potential to detect lung cancer earlier, at the cellular level
Researchers at the Abramson Cancer Center at the University of Pennsylvania have found a way to identify lung cancer at the cellular level in real time during a biopsy, offering promise in the ability to detect the disease ...
May 18, 2022
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Neuroscience
A centerpiece of the 3-D human brain atlas published
Julich-Brain is the name of the first 3-D-atlas of the human brain that reflects the variability of the brain's structure with microscopic resolution. The atlas features close to 250 structurally distinct areas, each one ...
Jul 31, 2020
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Medical research
Scientists create molecular map to guide treatment of multiple sclerosis
A team of scientists from the Scripps Research Institute, collaborating with members of the drug discovery company Receptos, has created the first high-resolution virtual image of cellular structures called S1P1 receptors, ...
Feb 16, 2012
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Gene regulatory protein is reduced in bipolar disorder
Low levels of a brain protein that regulates gene expression may play a role in the origin of bipolar disorder, a complex and sometimes disabling psychiatric disease. As reported in the latest issue of Bipolar Disorders, ...
Oct 25, 2011
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Neuroscience
Brains have a remarkable ability to rewire themselves following injury, concussion specialist explains
High-profile sports like football and soccer have brought greater attention in recent years to concussions—the mildest form of traumatic brain injury.
Nov 15, 2023
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Ophthalmology
Team sets new bar in retinal imaging
A team led by scientists at the National Eye Institute (NEI) has noninvasively visualized the light-sensing cells in the back of the eye, known as photoreceptors, in greater detail than ever before. Published in Optica, the ...
Mar 11, 2021
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Oncology & Cancer
Interaction of estrogen receptor and coactivators seen for first time
For more than 50 years, Dr. Bert O'Malley, chair of Baylor College of Medicine's department of molecular and cellular biology, has worked to understand the estrogen receptor, how it works and how it partners with other molecules ...
Feb 26, 2015
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