Researchers at the University of Tsukuba have revealed two molecules in the brain of a sea squirt that specify the development of a hypothalamus-like region, also shedding light on how different parts of the brain form in ...
Sep 20, 2018
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Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have identified four types of neurons in the peripheral auditory system, three of which are new to science. The analysis of these cells can lead to new therapies for various ...
Sep 12, 2018
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No one knows how many times in a day, or even an hour, the trillions of cells in our body need to make proteins. But we do know that it's going on all the time, on a massive scale. We also know that every time this happens, ...
Aug 30, 2018
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Researchers have generated a cellular atlas of the mouse brain, based on the gene expression profiles of nearly 700,000 individual cells covering nine major brain regions.
Aug 10, 2018
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A comprehensive RNA and DNA sequencing platform benefits late-stage and drug-resistant multiple myeloma patients by determining which drugs would work best for them, according to results from a clinical trial published in ...
Aug 8, 2018
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The idea of testing blood or urine to find markers that help diagnose or treat disease holds great promise. But as technology has improved to allow researchers to examine tiny fragments of RNA, one major problem has led to ...
Jul 16, 2018
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Legs and arms perform very different functions. Our legs are responsible primarily for repetitive locomotion, like walking and running. Our arms and hands, by contrast, must be able to execute many highly specialized jobs—picking ...
Feb 21, 2018
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Patients with Huntington's disease, a fatal genetic illness that causes the breakdown of nerve cells in the brain, have up to 80 percent less cancer than the general population.
Feb 12, 2018
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Scientists investigating the genetic causes and altered functioning of nerve cells in motor neurone disease (MND) have discovered a new mechanism that could lead to fresh treatment approaches for one of the most common ...
Jul 14, 2017
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(Medical Xpress)—An international team of researchers has developed a way to use RNA sequencing to help in diagnosing patients with rare genetic muscle conditions. In their paper published in the journal Science Translational ...
