Neuroscience
Switching social identities happens seamlessly
People can switch seamlessly between different social identities, new research shows.
Mar 22, 2022
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Genetics
What you eat can reprogram your genes: An expert explains the emerging science of nutrigenomics
People typically think of food as calories, energy and sustenance. However, the latest evidence suggests that food also "talks" to our genome, which is the genetic blueprint that directs the way the body functions down to ...
Mar 1, 2022
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Neuroscience
Mayo Clinic Minute: 'Tis the season for cluster headaches
A cluster headache is a rare headache disorder that differs from a typical migraine or headache. Less than 1% of the population have cluster headaches, but for those people, it's an intense experience because the headaches ...
Oct 27, 2021
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Neuroscience
Hungry or full: It comes down to the atomic details
A protein—measuring just a few nanometers in size—acts as a molecular switch with a crucial role in determining whether we feel hungry or full. By determining of the protein's 3-D structure, researchers from Charité ...
Sep 27, 2021
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Medical research
Trains in the brain: Scientists uncover switching system used in information processing and memory
A team of scientists has uncovered a system in the brain used in the processing of information and in the storing of memories—akin to how railroad switches control a train's destination. The findings offer new insights ...
Aug 3, 2021
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Genetics
New study pinpoints two separate mutation near GDF5 gene for osteoarthritis, hip dysplasia
Terence D. Capellini has been interested in how joints work for almost three decades. Part of it is due to personal experience, having sustained several joint injuries as a college ice hockey player and recently developing ...
Jul 6, 2021
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Oncology & Cancer
Novel radiopharmaceutical tracks 'master switch' protein responsible for cancer growth
A protein that is critical in cancer cell metabolism has been imaged for the first time with a newly developed radiopharmaceutical, 18F-DASA-23. Imaging with this novel agent has the potential to improve the assessment of ...
Jun 15, 2021
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Oncology & Cancer
Scientists reveal role of genetic switch in pigmentation and melanoma
Despite only accounting for about 1 percent of skin cancers, melanoma causes the majority of skin cancer-related deaths. While treatments for this serious disease do exist, these drugs can vary in effectiveness depending ...
May 18, 2021
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Neuroscience
New research sheds light on the brain's GPS system
Grid cells are the brain's GPS system. But do they use brain waves to gather information about speed and direction? Researchers at the University of Oslo resolved the question.
May 14, 2021
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Genetics
A Z-RNA nanoswitch encoded by 'junk DNA' turns-off immune responses against self
In a paper published in the May 13th, 2021 issue of PLOS Genetics, a Z-RNA nanoswitch that regulates interferon immune responses is described. The switch, less than 5 nanometer in length, is based on sequences, called flipons, ...
May 13, 2021
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