Scientists working in connectomics, a research field occupied with the reconstruction of neuronal networks in the brain, are aiming at completely mapping of the millions or billions of neurons found in mammalian brains. In ...
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Chikungunya virus, once confined to the Eastern Hemisphere, has infected more than 1 million people in the Americas since 2013, when mosquitoes carrying the virus were discovered in the Caribbean. Most people who become infected ...
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Researchers at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology (LMB) have, for the first time, revealed the atomic structures of one of the two types of the abnormal filaments which lead to Alzheimer's disease. Understanding the ...
Jul 6, 2017
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Somebody just coughed on you. On a plane. At a dinner party. In a supermarket line.
Jan 10, 2023
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Indiana University School of Medicine researchers have identified a new therapeutic target that could lead to more effective treatment of glaucoma.
Mar 10, 2023
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Patients with a unique cellular disorder are helping researchers understand a series of health complications better.
Jun 23, 2021
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Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine say overexpression of a protein called alpha-synuclein appears to disrupt vital recycling processes in neurons, starting with the terminal extensions ...
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Researchers have worked out how to successfully switch off a key pathway of nerve fiber breakdown in debilitating neurodegenerative disorders such as Parkinson's disease, traumatic brain injury and glaucoma.
Mar 28, 2022
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A new technique developed by researchers from the California NanoSystems Institute at UCLA has allowed them to become the first scientists to clearly see the intricate machinery responsible for compressing DNA into the small ...
Jun 13, 2019
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Scientists used a combination of advanced microscopy and chemical detection techniques to uncover the structural makeup of human tooth enamel at unprecedented atomic resolution, revealing lattice patterns and unexpected irregularities. ...
Jul 1, 2020
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