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Deep inside the brain: Unraveling the dense networks in the cerebral cortex

October 24, 2019 0 Comments Animal Learning and Intelligence, Biology, Brain Tumor, Brain-Computer Interfaces, Intelligence, mice, Nervous System, neuroscience, Psychology Research

Mammalian brains, with their unmatched number of nerve cells and density of communication, are the most complex networks known. While methods to analyze neuronal networks sparsely have been available for decades, the dense mapping of neuronal circuits is a major scientific challenge. Researchers have now succeeded in the dense connectomic mapping of brain tissue from the cerebral cortex, and quantify the possible imprint of learning in the circuit.

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How Ebola virus disables the body's immune defenses

October 24, 2019 0 Comments Biology, Ebola, Immune System, Lymphoma, Microbes and More, Microbiology, Virology, Viruses

A new study uncovered new information on why the Ebola virus can exert such catastrophic effects on the infected person. They've described for the first time how the virus disables T cells, an important line of immune defense, thus rendering the infected person less able to combat the infection.

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Spotting cutting-edge topics in scientific research using keyword analysis

October 24, 2019 0 Comments Agriculture and Food, Alcoholism, Alzheimer's, Biology, Computational Biology, Markets and Finance, Multiple Sclerosis, Statistics, Virology

Researchers have conducted a quantitative keyword analysis of 30 million articles in the life sciences over a nearly fifty-year period (1970-2017) and found that 75% of total emerging keywords, at 1-year prior to becoming identified as emerging, co-appeared with other emerging keywords in the same article.

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Newly discovered protein is the permit to the powerhouse of cells

October 24, 2019 0 Comments Biochemistry Research, Biology, Biotechnology, Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Cell Biology, Developmental Biology, Genetics, Molecular Biology

Researchers report the discovery of a protein, P17/PERMIT, that is key to recycling aging and damaged mitochondria. Defective mitochondria are characteristic of a number of age-related diseases, including cancer and Alzheimer's. The MUSC team showed P17/PERMIT transports the machinery that produces ceramide, a molecule that signals old mitochondria for destruction, to the mitochondria. There, it can mass-produce ceramide at the location needed for mitochondrial regulation.

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Biomedical sciences researchers demonstrate that new antiviral drug effectively treats influenza

October 24, 2019 0 Comments Biology, Bird Flu, Bird Flu Research, Cold and Flu, Infectious Diseases, Influenza, Microbes and More, Virology

A new antiviral drug that induces mutations in the genetic material of influenza virus is highly effective in treating influenza infection in animals and human airway tissue and could be a groundbreaking advance in influenza therapy.

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Scientists unveil the secret of cancer-associated Warburg effect

October 23, 2019 0 Comments Biology, Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Brain Tumor, Cancer, Genetics, Immune System, Lymphoma, Molecular Biology

New research shows that lactate, an end product of metabolism, changes the function of an immune cell known as a macrophage, thereby rewiring it to behave differently.

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Protein movement in cells hints at greater mysteries

October 23, 2019 0 Comments Biology, Cell Biology, Human Biology, Huntington's Disease, Molecular Biology, Nervous System, neuroscience, Psychology Research, Stress

A new imaging technique that makes it possible to match motor proteins with the cargo they carry within a cell is upending a standard view of how cellular traffic reaches the correct destination. The research focuses on neurons and sheds light on some neurodegenerative diseases.

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Building blocks of all life gain new understanding

October 23, 2019 0 Comments Biochemistry Research, Biology, Biotechnology, Charles Darwin, Evolution, Fossils, Genetics, Origin of Life

New research on an enzyme that is essential for photosynthesis and all life on earth has uncovered a key finding in its structure which reveals how light can interact with matter to make an essential pigment for life.

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Special cells contribute to regenerate the heart in Zebrafish

October 23, 2019 0 Comments Biology, Cell Biology, Developmental Biology, Heart Disease, Molecular Biology, Stem Cells, Stroke Prevention, Vioxx

It is already known that zebrafish can flexibly regenerate their hearts after injury. An international research group now shows that certain heart muscle cells play a central role in this process. The insights gained could be used to initiate a similar repair process in the human heart.

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A marine pathogenic bacterium forms specialized cells for dissemination

October 23, 2019 0 Comments Bacteria, Biology, Biotechnology, Immune System, Lymphoma, Microbiology, Prostate Cancer, Stem Cells

Vibrio parahaemolyticus can be found in the tidal zones in estuarine areas. The marine bacterium causes acute gastroenteritis in humans and is the leading cause for seafood borne illnesses in the world. Researchers have now identified specialized "adventurer" cells that ensure the bacterium's dissemination and prevalence. Their new findings are an important basis for the future management of the disease.

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