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Language skills are essential to a child’s ability to communicate and develop. These skills enable children to engage with other people and learn from their surroundings and in the classroom.

Researchers develop artificial organic neuron capable of integration with living plant

Researchers, for the first time, establish an artificial organic neuron, or a nerve cell, which can be combined with an artificial organic synapse and a living plant.

24 Feb 2022

Recent study reveals the code involved in human gene regulation

The logic that handles gene regulation in human cells has been discovered by a team of researchers at the University of Helsinki.

24 Feb 2022

Analysis reveals novel insights into Indian genetic heritage of people living in present-day Thailand

A new genetic analysis reveals novel insights into the genetic heritage of people living in Thailand in the present day, which suggest the potential importance of past migrations in spreading Indian culture to the region.

18 Feb 2022

Scientists use genetically informed brain atlases to identify hundreds of genomic loci

An international team of scientists has used atlases of the human brain informed by genetics to identify hundreds of genomic loci. Loci is plural for locus, and in genetics indicates the physical location of a gene or variant on a chromosome.

From UC San Diego 8 Feb 2022

Scientists use CRISPRa to discover genes that play a role in immune cell biology

CRISPR genome editing has served as a powerful tool for deleting or altering DNA sequences and studying the resulting effect.

4 Feb 2022

Different autism risk genes have similar effects on brain development, study finds

Autism spectrum disorder has been associated with hundreds of different genes, but how these distinct genetic mutations converge on a similar pathology in patients has remained a mystery.

3 Feb 2022

New “valves” in DNA help modify biological information flow

Researchers at the University of Bristol have created biological parts that can control cellular processes flow along DNA.

27 Jan 2022

Novel tool provides an unprecedented view of brain cell activity

To decipher the mysteries behind memory and learning, researchers from Johns Hopkins Medicine developed a system to trace millions of connections amongst brain cells in mice.

22 Dec 2021

Study employs gene reactivation to treat Fragile X syndrome

Fragile X syndrome, or FXS—a principal genetic cause of autism—impacts around one in 6,000 females and one in 4,000 males.

17 Dec 2021

New classification method divides breast cancers into 12 distinct biological groups

Researchers at UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center have taken a major step forward in melding two key methods for studying breast cancer: one by genetic analysis and the second by looking at the architecture of cells, or their pathology.

9 Dec 2021

Dopamine may play a key role in shaping female songbirds' auditory preference

In humans, the dopamine system has been tied to rewards and pleasurable sensations. As well as to memory and learning.

24 Nov 2021

Improving our Understanding of Bacterial Membranes

We speak to Professor Bart Hoogenboom and Georgina Benn about current research using technology to create the sharpest images of living bacteria ever recorded.

From University College London 12 Nov 2021

Exploring Rhythm in Endangered Singing Lemurs

AZoLifeSciences interviews Dr. Chiara De Gregorio about searching for musical rhythms in primates and finding their answer in the Madagascan rainforest.

From University of Turin 11 Nov 2021

New microbiome study could enable new treatments for middle ear infections

The main cause of preventable hearing loss and deafness in Indigenous communities is chronic middle ear infections.

10 Nov 2021

Farmers in the African Sahel use crop diversity to adapt to climate change

Farming communities in the African Sahel have adapted their crops to the high seasonal variability and rising temperatures caused by climate change over this past century.

5 Nov 2021

Cancer cells change their shape and migration modes more often, says research

Recent research from the Oregon State University shows how malignant cells change their shape and migration techniques to attack various tissues.

29 Oct 2021

Internal workings of next-word prediction models closely fit the human brain

In the past few years, artificial intelligence models of language have become very good at certain tasks. Most notably, they excel at predicting the next word in a string of text; this technology helps search engines and texting apps predict the next word you are going to type.

26 Oct 2021

AI-powered tool rapidly identifies genetic causes of rare disorders with high accuracy

An artificial intelligence (AI)-based technology rapidly diagnoses rare disorders in critically ill children with high accuracy, according to a report by scientists from University of Utah Health and Fabric Genomics, collaborators on a study led by Rady Children's Hospital in San Diego. The benchmark finding, published in Genomic Medicine, foreshadows the next phase of medicine, where technology helps clinicians quickly determine the root cause of disease so they can give patients the right treatment sooner.

From The University of Utah 18 Oct 2021

New research center brings advancements in genomic medicine to admixed individuals

One way to make health care more personalized is to use a person's DNA sequence -; or genome -; to predict their risk of disease. But as the field of precision medicine grows, so have concerns that we may be leaving a large fraction of Americans out.

From UC San Diego 13 Oct 2021

Common drug to treat cancer reverses Alzheimer’s symptoms in mice

A drug commonly used to treat cancer can restore memory and cognitive function in mice that display symptoms of Alzheimer's disease, new UBC research has found.

6 Oct 2021