That lottery fever sweeping the country in anticipation of Saturday night's record $800 million Powerball drawing? Scientists have a name for it: dopamine.
Jan 12, 2016
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One person's risky bet is another's exciting opportunity.
Jan 7, 2016
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A novel peptide appears to enhance a natural mechanism for protecting stressed brain cells and improve cognitive function following cardiac arrest, scientists report.
Dec 1, 2015
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Think of a cell as a city, a metropolis both constructed of and populated by proteins.
Nov 16, 2015
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How does a protein called connexin put the clamps on cancer? Researchers in the School of Medicine at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio today reported an explanation.
Nov 12, 2015
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The role of FIH-1 in the regulation of HIF-1 transcriptional activity has been known for some time, but is limited to the understanding that in the nucleus FIH-1 hydrolyzes asparagine at the C-terminus of HIF-1α to prevent ...
Oct 31, 2015
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It's the most common cause of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD), but until now scientists weren't sure how a specific gene caused these devastating diseases. Now researchers from the University ...
Oct 5, 2015
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Researchers have identified in an animal model the molecular mechanisms behind resilience to noise-induced tinnitus and a possible drug therapy that could reduce susceptibility to this chronic and sometimes debilitating condition. ...
Aug 27, 2015
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Researchers at McGill have clearly identified, for the first time, the specific parts of the brain involved in decisions that call for delayed gratification. In a paper recently published in the European Journal of Neuroscience, ...
Aug 4, 2015
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Genetically modifying cancer cells can aid in clarifying new cancer drugs' mechanism of action, according to a new study by researchers at KU Leuven's Laboratory of Virology and Chemotherapy (Rega Institute).
Mar 4, 2015
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