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How neural barcodes shape episodic memory in chickadees

Black-capped chickadees have extraordinary memories that can recall the locations of thousands of morsels of food to help them survive the winter.

29 Mar 2024

Researchers decode the evolutionary pathway of regulatory proteins

New research from the University of Wisconsin–Madison decodes the evolutionary pathway of regulatory proteins, the molecules that help control gene expression.

29 Mar 2024

AI-based tool revolutionizes prediction of immune response to cancer

In the ongoing fight against cancer, scientists around the globe are exploring innovative approaches to unlock the mysteries of the human immune system - the complex network of organs, cells and proteins that defends the body against disease.

29 Mar 2024

Research highlights health risks posed by 2,6-DHNPs in drinking water

2,6-DHNPs, a group of disinfection byproducts (DBPs), are raising alarm bells for public health. These bad actors in the water world are tougher and more toxic than many other pollutants, making it hard for typical water cleaning methods to get rid of them.

29 Mar 2024

Higher COVID-19 hospitalization and mortality rates in MS patients despite vaccination

New real-world research being presented at this year's European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID 2024) in Barcelona, Spain (27-30 April) reveals that people living with multiple sclerosis (MS) face a much higher risk of being hospitalised and dying from COVID-19 than the general population.

28 Mar 2024

Study reveals crucial insights into the ocular effects of Zika virus infection during pregnancy

A groundbreaking study published in the journal iScience presents crucial insights into the ocular effects of Zika virus infection during pregnancy and offers promising avenues for therapeutic intervention.

28 Mar 2024

New DNA nanomachine targets breast cancer with precision

Breast cancer is the most common malignancy in women, posing a serious threat to the female health. Due to the high inter- and intra-tumoral heterogeneity of breast cancer, clinical treatment and prognosis can vary greatly in patients.

28 Mar 2024

Scientists develop an mRNA technology approach to target Alzheimer’s disease

Scientists at The Florey have developed an mRNA technology approach to target the toxic protein tau, which builds up in patients with Alzheimer's disease and other dementias.

28 Mar 2024

Antibody discovery could explain mysteries about COVID-19 and long COVID

UVA Health researchers have discovered a potential explanation for some of the most perplexing mysteries of COVID-19 and long COVID.

28 Mar 2024

Human breast cell atlas unveils early changes in BRCA gene mutation carriers

Researchers at the University of Cambridge have created the world's largest catalog of human breast cells, which has revealed early cell changes in healthy carriers of BRCA1 and BRCA2 gene mutations.

28 Mar 2024

Unraveling gene regulation's role in pulmonary fibrosis

Regulators of gene expression are thought to play an outsized role in disorders from cancers to heart disease. But how exactly do variations in gene regulation translate into a disease's biology?

28 Mar 2024

Predicting treatment response in common blood cancer with DNA methylation profiling

A recent study led by Dr. Manel Esteller, Director of the Josep Carreras Institute, shows how DNA methylation profiling in a common type of blood cancer, myelodysplastic syndrome, predicts whether the patient will respond to treatment.

28 Mar 2024

Using microbiota analysis for health and disease management

The human body harbors approximately 30 trillion microbes, known collectively as the microbiota.

28 Mar 2024

Study provides a hopeful direction for the management of penile squamous cell carcinoma

In a recent multi-center study published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, researchers examined the effects of neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) on patients suffering from locally advanced penile squamous cell carcinoma (PSCC).

28 Mar 2024

Clinical trial to test the feasibility of using at-home cancer immunotherapy

A clinical trial from Keck Medicine of USC will test the feasibility of treating non-small cell lung cancer with immunotherapy provided at home.

28 Mar 2024

Familial Alzheimer's transmissible through bone marrow transplants, study shows

Familial Alzheimer's disease can be transferred via bone marrow transplant, researchers show March 28 in the journal Stem Cell Reports.

28 Mar 2024

Researchers discover key drivers behind follicular lymphoma's aggressive transformation

A team led by researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine has identified important drivers of the transformation of a type of blood cancer called follicular lymphoma from a slow-growing form to the aggressive form it takes in some patients.

28 Mar 2024

Cells' built-in stopwatch safeguards mitosis

Each day, hundreds of billions of cells in our body cycle through a period of growth and division. Yet in that time, only about 30 minutes is spent on the critical orchestration of mitosis, when chromosomes are carefully segregated from one parent cell to the next generation of two daughter cells.

28 Mar 2024

Dartmouth research unlocks extended cell death pathway in aging brain cells

For oligodendrocytes - the central nervous system cells critical for brain function - age may not bring wisdom, but it does come with the power to cling to life for much, much longer than scientists knew.

28 Mar 2024