Genetics
Researchers discover one way genetic mutations occur during formation of eggs and sperm
Sometimes the best way to understand a biological process is to disrupt the normal process and analyze the result.
Nov 17, 2021
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Health
Airplane cabins are crawling with germs, study says
You don't have to be mysophobic to want to slip on rubber gloves when you enter an airplane cabin.
Feb 7, 2018
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Genetics
How stress in the intestine influences chromosome inheritance
Inheriting a normal and intact number of chromosomes in germ cells, egg and sperm, is essential for the preservation of all species. With increasing age, the risk of the egg cell not inheriting the normal set of chromosomes ...
Feb 4, 2022
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Immunology
Novel communication between intestinal microbes and developing immune cells in the thymus
Newborns face unique immunological challenges immediately after birth. As they depart a relatively sterile fetal environment, they are abruptly exposed to a multitude of foreign antigens, the major burden of which is in the ...
Jan 23, 2020
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Genetics
Clues to aging found in stem cells' genomes
Little hints of immortality are lurking in fruit flies' stem cells.
Feb 13, 2018
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Genetics
High androgen levels during pregnancy increase the risk of PCOS for several generations
Daughters of women with polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) are five times more likely to be diagnosed with PCOS as adults, and the generational transmission is driven by high androgen levels during pregnancy, researchers ...
Dec 2, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Real-time brain feedback can help people overcome anxiety
(Medical Xpress)—People provided with a real-time readout of activity in specific regions of their brains can learn to control that activity and lessen their anxiety, according to new findings published online in the journal ...
May 9, 2013
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Medical research
New microscope enables 'super' science
Using the only microscope of its kind in Australia, medical scientists have seen for the first time the inner workings of T-cells, the front-line troops that alert our immune system to go on the defensive against germs and ...
Jul 6, 2011
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Neuroscience
Scientists explore links between genetics, gut microbiome and memory
A new study is among the first to trace the molecular connections between genetics, the gut microbiome and memory in a mouse model bred to resemble the diversity of the human population.
Apr 29, 2020
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Genetics
Editing genes shouldn't be too scary—unless they are the ones that get passed to future generations
Gene editing is one of the scarier things in the science news, but not all gene editing is the same. It matters whether researchers edit "somatic" cells or "germline" cells.
Mar 18, 2019
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