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Image shows diagram of circadian rhythm.

·October 3, 2017·7 min read

2017 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Awarded to Circadian Rhythm Researchers

Yesterday, the Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institute announced the 2017 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine is to be awarded jointly to Jeffrey C. Hall, Michael Rosbash and Michael W. Young for their work unraveling the molecular mechanisms behind circadian rhythm.

Featured Genetics Neuroscience

·September 7, 2017·5 min read

Circadian Clock’s Inner Gears

A new study offers insight into how the circadian clock runs and provides new understanding on disorders associated with circadian rhythm disruptions.

Diagram explains how PERK can cause cell death in parkinson's.

Featured Genetics Neurology

·June 23, 2016·4 min read

Challenging Current Views on Origins of Parkinson’s

A new study reports stress on the endoplasmic reticulum, and not mitochondrial failure, results in neurodegeneration in Parkinson's disease.

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·September 30, 2015·6 min read

Taking Control of a Rat’s Sense of Familiarity and Novelty

Researchers take control of rats' brains to induce the animals to behave as those new images were familiar and old images were novel, a new study reports.