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Brain stores detailed information of missing hand decades after amputation, finds study

Researchers have found that the brain stores detailed information of a missing hand decades after amputation, regardless of whether amputees still experience phantom hand sensations.

5 Feb 2019

New research describes genetic switches that ignite axon formation

While the neural architecture responsible for the transmission of electrical impulses has been known for more than a century, the basic biology behind how a neuron acquires its one and only axon -- a fundamental component of how neurons communicate -- remains a mystery.

5 Feb 2019

Scientists shed light on biological process that helps production of healthy cells

Scientists have shed light on a biological process that helps the production of healthy cells, which may aid understanding of neurological diseases and other conditions.

5 Feb 2019

New study will "fundamentally change the way researchers study the microbiome"

Researchers investigating the gut microbiome have isolated more than a hundred bacterial species that have never previously been identified.

4 Feb 2019

New research uncovers crucial link between polyamines and MYCN

The MYCN oncogene has long been known to be a key cause of a number of deadly solid tumor cancers, including neuroblastoma, which claims more lives of children under the age of 5 than any other cancer.

4 Feb 2019

Rhomboid enzymes warp space to break cellular speed limit

Johns Hopkins researchers have found that rhomboid enzymes, which are special proteins that cut other proteins, are able to break the “cellular speed limit” as they move through the cell membrane.

1 Feb 2019

Salk researchers pin down why some patients don't respond to common antidepressants

The most commonly prescribed antidepressants, selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, lift the fog of depression for many people. But for around a third of people with major depressive disorder, SSRIs don't make much of a difference.

1 Feb 2019

Scientists discover brain cells responsible for direction and memory

Research has revealed the cluster of neurons that helps the brain's internal GPS remember key landmarks.

31 Jan 2019

Japanese researchers develop highly sensitive method to detect potential cancer biomarker

Exosomes regulate intercellular communication in cancers, and are drawing attention as a potential cancer biomarker. A Japanese research group has developed a highly sensitive method for detecting these exosomes that could potentially contribute to early detection of cancer.

31 Jan 2019

Researchers discover how transcription factors find specific loci within DNA

Bioengineering experts have discovered that transcription factors which bind non-specifically to mitotic chromosomes are more efficient at finding their binding site within DNA during interphase.

30 Jan 2019

Corning Life Sciences to highlight advanced 3D cell culture technologies and tools at SLAS 2019

Corning Incorporated will showcase advanced 3D cell culture technologies and workflow solutions, and including those for high throughput screening and ADME/toxicology at SLAS 2019.

From Corning Life Sciences 30 Jan 2019

Metrion collaborates with LifeArc on neuroscience-focused ion channel drug discovery project

Metrion Biosciences and LifeArc have entered into a collaboration agreement for an ion channel drug discovery project in the field of neuroscience.

From Metrion Biosciences Limited 30 Jan 2019

Using bivalves as model organisms offers promising avenues for medical research

Shellfish like oysters and mussels have the potential to revolutionize human health research, according to a new paper in Developmental and Comparative Immunology.

30 Jan 2019

Scientists create 3D human epidermal equivalent using mathematical model

Scientists have successfully constructed a three-dimensional human epidermis based on predictions made by their mathematical model of epidermal homeostasis, providing a new tool for basic research and drug development.

28 Jan 2019

Researchers create synthetic growth factor that offers comparable biological response

Growth factors are ligands that play important roles in the body - they are responsible for tissue regeneration, wound healing, and the maintenance and growth of cells.

28 Jan 2019

Scientists use integrative approach to study how COQ9 binds and interacts with lipids

The synthesis and transport of biological lipids across the mostly water-filled interior of the cell is a longstanding problem in biology.

28 Jan 2019

New lessons learned from adult neurogenesis debate

Since the 1960s, consensus about whether human adults generate new neurons with age has swayed back and forth from "yes, at least in some places in the brain" to "no, not at all."

25 Jan 2019

Studies show broad benefits of rocking motion during sleep

Anyone who has ever put a small child to bed or drifted off in a gently swaying hammock will know that a rocking motion makes getting to sleep seem easier.

25 Jan 2019

New study solves mystery behind how proteins interact with cell membrane

Trillions of cells -- all different shapes and sizes -- form a human body's structure. Surrounding each cell is a membrane, jointly acting as hostess and security -- welcoming certain information into the cell while making sure its components don't spill out into the body's void.

25 Jan 2019

Newly developed algorithms can predict and correct errors in single cell analyses

Modern technology makes it possible to sequence individual cells and to identify which genes are currently being expressed in each cell.

24 Jan 2019

Cell Biology

Brain stores detailed information of missing hand decades after amputation, finds study

New research describes genetic switches that ignite axon formation

Scientists shed light on biological process that helps production of healthy cells

New study will "fundamentally change the way researchers study the microbiome"

New research uncovers crucial link between polyamines and MYCN

Rhomboid enzymes warp space to break cellular speed limit

Salk researchers pin down why some patients don't respond to common antidepressants

Scientists discover brain cells responsible for direction and memory

Japanese researchers develop highly sensitive method to detect potential cancer biomarker

Researchers discover how transcription factors find specific loci within DNA

Corning Life Sciences to highlight advanced 3D cell culture technologies and tools at SLAS 2019

Metrion collaborates with LifeArc on neuroscience-focused ion channel drug discovery project

Using bivalves as model organisms offers promising avenues for medical research

Scientists create 3D human epidermal equivalent using mathematical model

Researchers create synthetic growth factor that offers comparable biological response

Scientists use integrative approach to study how COQ9 binds and interacts with lipids

New lessons learned from adult neurogenesis debate

Studies show broad benefits of rocking motion during sleep

New study solves mystery behind how proteins interact with cell membrane

Newly developed algorithms can predict and correct errors in single cell analyses

How microRNA is transforming science: From discovery to diagnostics

Advancing benzodiazepine detection

The Surgeon-Scientist Pioneering Regenerative Engineering

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