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UC Davis Researchers Identify a Promising New Fungicide to Fight Devastating Crop Diseases

A promising new fungicide to fight devastating crop diseases has been identified by researchers at the University of California, Davis.

1 Mar 2024

Researchers Unveil a Key Gene with a Central Role in Learning and Memory Across Mammalian Brain Cells

Discoveries in mice could guide the quest for treatments aimed at addressing brain developmental disorders in children with SYNGAP1 gene mutations.

1 Mar 2024

Discovery of Crym-Positive Astrocytes Sheds Light on Neuropsychiatric Disorders

UCLA Health researchers have discovered a group of specialized support cells in the brain that can regulate behaviors associated with human neuropsychiatric disorders.

1 Mar 2024

Astrocyte-Rich Brain Organoid Model Unveils Insights into Neuroinflammation

The brain is typically depicted as a complex web of neurons sending and receiving messages. But neurons only make up half of the human brain.

1 Mar 2024

SOX17 Gene Identified as Critical for Immune Evasion in Early-Stage Colon Cancer

One of the immune system's primary roles is to detect and kill cells that have acquired cancerous mutations.

29 Feb 2024

Neuroscientists Uncover Significance of Glial Cells in Brain Communication

Neuroscientists at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center have found that an often-overlooked type of brain cell called glia has more of a role in brain function than previously thought.

29 Feb 2024

New "Tissue-in-a-CUBE" Offers Alternative to Animal Testing in Drug Development

A research team at the RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research (BDR) in Japan has succeeded in establishing a model of the blood-brain barrier using modularized tissue derived from human cells.

29 Feb 2024

The Role of RNA Modifications in Stress Granule Dynamics

An intriguing finding regarding how human cells protect themselves under stressful conditions has been revealed in a recent study conducted by an international research team. According to the research, a little genetic alteration known as ac4C serves as an essential defender by assisting cells in producing stress granules, which are units of defense.

28 Feb 2024

UMass Amherst Study Shows Promise in Retraining Immune Cells for Targeting Aplastic Anemia

Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst recently released a first-of-its-kind study that focuses on the rare autoimmune disorder aplastic anemia to understand how a subset of cells might be trained to correct the overzealous immune response that can lead to fatal autoimmune disorders.

28 Feb 2024

Study Provides Insights Into Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Healthy Aging in Drosophila

A new research paper was published in Aging (listed by MEDLINE/PubMed as "Aging (Albany NY)" and "Aging-US" by Web of Science) Volume 16, Issue 3, entitled, "The anti-aging effect of vitamin D and vitamin D receptor in Drosophila midgut."

28 Feb 2024

Study Reveals Rapid Color Changes in Striped Marlin During Group Hunts

Striped marlin are some of the fastest animals on the planet and one of the ocean's top predators. When hunting in groups, individual marlin will take turns attacking schools of prey fish one at a time.

27 Feb 2024

Scientists Develop First Full Model of Early Human Central Nervous System with Stem Cells

The first stem cell culture method that produces a full model of the early stages of the human central nervous system has been developed by a team of engineers and biologists at the University of Michigan, the Weizmann Institute of Science, and the University of Pennsylvania.

27 Feb 2024

Decoding the Secrets of Ribosome Recycling at the Endoplasmic Reticulum

Researchers from Stanford University and LMU have uncovered how cells renew their endoplasmic reticulum’s protein factories.

26 Feb 2024

Newborn T Cells Excel in Immune Response Compared to Adults

Scientists have long believed that a newborn's immune system was an immature version of an adult's, but new research from Cornell University shows that newborns' T cells – white blood cells that protect from disease – outperform those of adults at fighting off numerous infections.

26 Feb 2024

Gut Microbial Metabolite Linked to Increased Thrombosis Risk in COVID-19 Patients

A gut microbial metabolite called 2-methylbutyrylcarnitine (2MBC) plays a role in exacerbating thrombosis -- the formation of blood clots – researchers report February 23rd in the journal Cell Metabolism.

26 Feb 2024

Significant Increase in Antibiotic Resistance Genes Found in Humans and Livestock

Biomedical engineers at Duke University have discovered a significant connection between the dissemination of antibiotic resistance genes and the development of resistance to new drugs in specific pathogens

23 Feb 2024

The Hidden Link Between Cell Membrane Damage and Cellular Senescence Revealed

Researchers from the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) along with the researchers from University of Tokyo, Nagoya University, and Nagoya City University, found that disruption to the cell membrane accelerates cellular senescence or cell aging.

23 Feb 2024

Cell Biology

UC Davis Researchers Identify a Promising New Fungicide to Fight Devastating Crop Diseases

Researchers Unveil a Key Gene with a Central Role in Learning and Memory Across Mammalian Brain Cells

Discovery of Crym-Positive Astrocytes Sheds Light on Neuropsychiatric Disorders

Astrocyte-Rich Brain Organoid Model Unveils Insights into Neuroinflammation

SOX17 Gene Identified as Critical for Immune Evasion in Early-Stage Colon Cancer

Neuroscientists Uncover Significance of Glial Cells in Brain Communication

New "Tissue-in-a-CUBE" Offers Alternative to Animal Testing in Drug Development

The Role of RNA Modifications in Stress Granule Dynamics

UMass Amherst Study Shows Promise in Retraining Immune Cells for Targeting Aplastic Anemia

Study Provides Insights Into Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Healthy Aging in Drosophila

Study Reveals Rapid Color Changes in Striped Marlin During Group Hunts

Scientists Develop First Full Model of Early Human Central Nervous System with Stem Cells

Decoding the Secrets of Ribosome Recycling at the Endoplasmic Reticulum

Newborn T Cells Excel in Immune Response Compared to Adults

Gut Microbial Metabolite Linked to Increased Thrombosis Risk in COVID-19 Patients

Significant Increase in Antibiotic Resistance Genes Found in Humans and Livestock

The Hidden Link Between Cell Membrane Damage and Cellular Senescence Revealed

Mutation in E. coli's Cellulose Machinery Unveiled as Cause of Severe Infections

Retrotransposon-Based PRINT Technique Holds Potential for Precise Gene Insertion

Mechanism of Cancer Drug Targeting Tumor Suppressor Genes Unveiled

Driving Support for Pharmaceutical Testing Through Continuous Innovation

From Memory to Metaplasticity: Unraveling the Brain's Secrets

Revolutionizing Mass Spectrometry: A Deep Dive into Plasmion’s SICRIT® Technology

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