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·June 30, 2015·3 min read

MicroRNAs Play Important Role in Learning and Memory Formation

A new study reports that, in some cases, miRNAs can increase memory, and in others, decrease memory.

The diagram shows miRNA's action with mRNA.

Brain Cancer Featured Genetics Neuroscience Videos

·August 24, 2015·5 min read

Reprogramming Cancer Cells Back to Normal Cells

Researchers have discovered a new way to potentially reprogram cancer cells and revert them back to a non-cancerous state.

Image shows cell morphology of hMSC after treatment with exosomes from neuronal cells.

Featured Genetics Neurology Open Neuroscience Articles

·September 15, 2015·3 min read

Researchers Develop a New Way to Repair Damaged Nerves

Researchers report on a promising new way to induce hMSCs to differentiate into neuron-like cells by treating them with exosomes.

Featured Genetics

·October 22, 2015·3 min read

A Novel Link Between Movement Control and Genetics

According to a new study, a small cellular molecule previously believed to have little impact on behavior could be responsible for controlling precise movements.

Featured Genetics Open Neuroscience Articles Pain

·June 26, 2016·5 min read

Exploring the Epigenetic Influences of Chronic Pain

According to new research, one protein can regulate the expression of a large number of genes that modulate pain.

Autism Featured Genetics

·September 1, 2016·5 min read

Autism Linked to Changes in MicroRNAs

According to a new study, people with ASD show distinctive changes in their microRNA levels.

Featured Genetics Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles Visual Neuroscience

·September 28, 2016·2 min read

New Insight into Eye Disease

Researchers transfer genes into muller glial cells to activate stem cells properties and cause them to reproduce.

Image shows Laurel and Hardy and a DNA strand.

Featured Neuroscience Psychology

·October 5, 2016·4 min read

Biological Link Between Stress and Obesity

Researchers revealed the molecular elements that bridge anxiety and metabolism.

Featured Genetics Open Neuroscience Articles Psychology

·November 1, 2016·4 min read

Schizophrenic Stem Cells Do Not Differentiate Properly Into Neurons

A new study find the deletion of a specific gene associated with schizophrenia leads to abnormal differentiation of neurons in the brain.

Image shows human neuronal cells can be cultured from aged adult brain.

Featured Genetics Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles

·January 17, 2017·5 min read

First Cell Culture of Live Adult Human neurons Shows Potential of Brain Cell Types

Researchers successfully grew adult human neurons from tissue donated from surgery patients. The researchers were able to identify at least 5 brain cell types and the potential proteins each cell could make.