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·December 11, 2017·3 min read

Updated Brain Cell Map Connects Various Brain Diseases to Specific Cell Types

UCSD researchers have developed a single cell sequencing method that can map the cellular origin of a wide variety of neurological and psychiatric disorders.

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·November 6, 2017·7 min read

Targeting Cancer’s Achilles Heel

Researchers report they have developed a new method for treating cancer that has shown to almost completely eradicate the disease in cell cultures within the lab.

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·November 3, 2017·4 min read

Potential New Treatment for Fragile X Targets One Gene To Affect Many

According to researchers, treatment that target chromatin remodelers may provide new avenues of treatment for Fragile X Syndrome and other autism spectrum disorders.

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·October 16, 2017·2 min read

Sleep Duration May Affect Integrity of Sperm DNA

Researchers have identified a link between sleep duration in men and the chromosomal health of their sperm.

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·July 17, 2017·4 min read

Brief Interactions Spur Lasting Waves of Gene Activity in the Brain

Researchers report they are able to see alterations in gene expression up to two hours after a stickleback fish interacts with an intruder. They speculate the changes in gene expression and chromatin modification could help set up the brain to respond to future threats. The study appears in PLOS Genetics.

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·June 7, 2017·6 min read

Social Experience Tweaks Genome Function to Modify Future Behavior

Researchers have identified the activity of a genetic network that responds to social stress in mice.

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·December 19, 2016·5 min read

Low Carb Diet Alleviates Inherited Form of Intellectual Disability: Mouse Study

Researchers report sticking to a very low carb diet could potentially help to improve mental function in those with Kabuki syndrome, a rare, inherited disease.

Image shows the skeletonized structure of heterochromatin.

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·November 17, 2016·7 min read

3-D Imaging Technique Maps Migration of DNA-Carrying Material at the Center of Cells

Researchers have mapped the reorganization of genetic material that takes place when a stem cell matures into a nerve cell.

Image shows flatworms with heads and brains of different species.

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·November 24, 2015·5 min read

Biologists Induce Flatworms to Grow Heads and Brains of Other Species

Researchers have succeeded in inducing one species of flatworm to grow heads and brains characteristic of another species of flatworm without altering genomic sequence.

This illustration shows a brain with it sectioned into 3 parts, each part is attributed to the different types of neurons.

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·June 24, 2015·6 min read

The Epigenetic Diversity of Neurons

According to a new study, researchers have successfully profiled key features of genetic materials inside three types of neurons.

This image shows neurons in the dentate gyrus.

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·October 1, 2014·4 min read

Drug Treats Inherited Form of Intellectual Disability in Mice

Researchers report they have used an anti cancer drug to improve mental function in mice with genetic changes similar to those found in Kabuki syndrome.