Genetics·January 26, 2012·2 min readEnvelope for an Artificial CellChemists have taken an important step in making artificial life forms from scratch. Using a novel chemical reaction, they have...Read More
FeaturedGeneticsNeuroethicsNeurologyNeuroscience Videos·January 25, 2012·4 min readResearchers Induce Alzheimer’s Neurons from Pluripotent Stem CellsFirst-ever feat provides new method to understand cause of disease, develop drugs Led by researchers at the University of California,...Read More
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FeaturedGeneticsNeuroscience Videos·January 13, 2012·2 min readWalk This Way: Scientists and MBL Physiology Course Students Describe How a Motor Protein “Steps Out”Just like people, some proteins have characteristic ways of “walking,” which (also like human gaits) are not so easy to...Read More
GeneticsPsychology·January 4, 2012·2 min readA Gene for Depression LocalizedPsychiatric disorders can be described on many levels, the most traditional of which are subjective descriptions of the experience of...Read More
FeaturedGeneticsNeuroscience·December 20, 2011·2 min readHuman Skull Study Causes Evolutionary HeadacheScientists studying a unique collection of human skulls have shown that changes to the skull shape thought to have occurred...Read More
Genetics·December 16, 2011·4 min readUCSF-Led Team Discovers Cause of Rare Disease – PKD/ICChildhood Disorder Called PKD that Causes Epileptic Seizures Linked to Genetic Mutations A large, international team of researchers led by...Read More
GeneticsNeuroscience·December 15, 2011·2 min readNeuroscientists Boost Memory Using Genetics and Memory Enhancing DrugWhen the activity of a molecule that is normally elevated during viral infections is inhibited in the brain, mice learn...Read More
FeaturedGeneticsNeurology·December 14, 2011·3 min readTowards a Therapy to Healing StrokeKIT Biologists Supply Major Results for Understanding the Thalamus, the “Relay Center” of the Brain The thalamus is the central...Read More
GeneticsNeurology·December 13, 2011·2 min readSome Muscular Dystrophy Patients at Increased Risk for CancerPeople who have the most common type of adult muscular dystrophy also have a higher risk of getting cancer, according...Read More
GeneticsNeurology·December 12, 2011·3 min readBabies Born with No Eyes: Scientists Identify Genetic Cause of AnophthalmiaScientists at University College Dublin, Ireland, have identified a genetic alteration which causes a child to be born with no...Read More
