Researcher explores sex-specific features of HIV

FEBRUARY 6, 2024by Linell Smith,Johns Hopkins UniversityEileen Scully. Credit: Johns Hopkins MedicineEarly in her career, Johns Hopkins physician-scientist Eileen Scully began to explore ways th

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Researcher explores sex-specific features of HIV

FEBRUARY 6, 2024by Linell Smith,Johns Hopkins UniversityEileen Scully. Credit: Johns Hopkins MedicineEarly in her career, Johns Hopkins physician-scientist Eileen Scully began to explore ways th

Updated on:March 30,2024 3

Lipid traffic jam: Scientists reveal how dAcsl orchestrates lipid transport in Drosophila

FEBRUARY 5, 2024by Higher Education PressWorking model for the role of dAcsl in the regulation of circulating lipoprotein level. Credit: Jie Li, Yue Dong, Tianxing Zhou, He Tian, Xiahe Huang, Yong Q Z

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Lipid traffic jam: Scientists reveal how dAcsl orchestrates lipid transport in Drosophila

FEBRUARY 5, 2024by Higher Education PressWorking model for the role of dAcsl in the regulation of circulating lipoprotein level. Credit: Jie Li, Yue Dong, Tianxing Zhou, He Tian, Xiahe Huang, Yong Q Z

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Researchers discover a potential cause of Parkinson's disease

MAY 5, 2023byUniversity of HelsinkiAggregation of alpha-synuclein in a nerve cell. Credit: Timo Myöhänen research groupThere are currently 8 million patients with Parkinson's disease in the

Updated on: March 28,2024 4

Researchers discover a potential cause of Parkinson's disease

MAY 5, 2023byUniversity of HelsinkiAggregation of alpha-synuclein in a nerve cell. Credit: Timo Myöhänen research groupThere are currently 8 million patients with Parkinson's disease in the

Updated on:March 28,2024 4

Team develops a single-nucleus resolution atlas of white adipose tissue in different depots

FEBRUARY 5, 2024by Higher Education PressWorkflow to perform snRNA-seq of different WAT depots. The nuclei were derived from subcutaneous (S), epididymal (E), mesenteric (M), peri-nephritic (N), and p

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Team develops a single-nucleus resolution atlas of white adipose tissue in different depots

FEBRUARY 5, 2024by Higher Education PressWorkflow to perform snRNA-seq of different WAT depots. The nuclei were derived from subcutaneous (S), epididymal (E), mesenteric (M), peri-nephritic (N), and p

Updated on:March 28,2024 4

Researchers find unexpected connection between SARS-CoV-2 and fragile X syndrome

FEBRUARY 27, 2024byUniversity of CopenhagenCredit: CC0 Public DomainHow does coronavirus spread through the body? A new study,availableon the preprint serverbioRxiv, can help u

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Researchers find unexpected connection between SARS-CoV-2 and fragile X syndrome

FEBRUARY 27, 2024byUniversity of CopenhagenCredit: CC0 Public DomainHow does coronavirus spread through the body? A new study,availableon the preprint serverbioRxiv, can help u

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Plant compound used in traditional medicine may help fight tuberculosis

by Katie Bohn,Pennsylvania State UniversityCredit:Journal of Ethnopharmacology(2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2024.118500A compound found in African wormwood—a plant used medicinally for

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Plant compound used in traditional medicine may help fight tuberculosis

by Katie Bohn,Pennsylvania State UniversityCredit:Journal of Ethnopharmacology(2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2024.118500A compound found in African wormwood—a plant used medicinally for

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New study sheds light on the rate, nature and transmission of mitochondrial DNA mutations in humans

by deCODE geneticsStructure of the human mitochondrial genome. Credit: Wikipedia/CC BY-SA 3.0A new study from deCODE genetics uses pedigrees and sequence data from 64,806 Icelanders to shed light on t

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New study sheds light on the rate, nature and transmission of mitochondrial DNA mutations in humans

by deCODE geneticsStructure of the human mitochondrial genome. Credit: Wikipedia/CC BY-SA 3.0A new study from deCODE genetics uses pedigrees and sequence data from 64,806 Icelanders to shed light on t

Updated on:June 15,2024 5

Researchers halt progression of Parkinson's disease in mouse model

NOVEMBER 14, 2023by Jacqueline Mitchell,Beth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterGeneration and characterization of Usp30 KO mice. a Schematic of gene targeting to generate the Usp30 KO mice. b Bar g

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Researchers halt progression of Parkinson's disease in mouse model

NOVEMBER 14, 2023by Jacqueline Mitchell,Beth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterGeneration and characterization of Usp30 KO mice. a Schematic of gene targeting to generate the Usp30 KO mice. b Bar g

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How transcription factors influence insulin-producing beta cells

JANUARY 31, 2024by Melissa Rohman,Northwestern UniversityCredit:Cell Metabolism(2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.cmet.2023.11.018A recent study from the laboratory of Joseph Bass, MD, Ph.D., th

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How transcription factors influence insulin-producing beta cells

JANUARY 31, 2024by Melissa Rohman,Northwestern UniversityCredit:Cell Metabolism(2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.cmet.2023.11.018A recent study from the laboratory of Joseph Bass, MD, Ph.D., th

Updated on:March 30,2024 1

Erections: What researchers learned from mice could help with sexual health in humans

FEBRUARY 9, 2024 Editors' notesby Christian Göritz,The ConversationFibroblasts mediate erectile activity–dependent modulation of penile blood flow. Credit:Science(2024). DOI: 10.

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Erections: What researchers learned from mice could help with sexual health in humans

FEBRUARY 9, 2024 Editors' notesby Christian Göritz,The ConversationFibroblasts mediate erectile activity–dependent modulation of penile blood flow. Credit:Science(2024). DOI: 10.

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Examining the potential of the common bovine as a potential therapeutic research model

by Tom Fleischman,Cornell UniversityGraphical Abstract. Credit:iScience(2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2024.108886Research involving animal models—for purposes such as developing new vac

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Examining the potential of the common bovine as a potential therapeutic research model

by Tom Fleischman,Cornell UniversityGraphical Abstract. Credit:iScience(2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2024.108886Research involving animal models—for purposes such as developing new vac

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Predicting neurodevelopmental disease in children from parents' traits

by Sam Sholtis,Pennsylvania State UniversityNeurodevelopmental and psychiatric disorders, and the genes that can lead to them, vary in a population (left, brighter red colors represent more seve

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Predicting neurodevelopmental disease in children from parents' traits

by Sam Sholtis,Pennsylvania State UniversityNeurodevelopmental and psychiatric disorders, and the genes that can lead to them, vary in a population (left, brighter red colors represent more seve

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