by Zhejiang University Representative micrographs of tdT and Iba1 (microglia) in the brains of Hk2CreERT2-tdTomato mice. Credit: Zhejiang University Microglia, the primary immune cells and key guardians of brain activity in the brain, can constantly monitor the microenvironment to maintain brain homeostasis. When subjected to acute depletion or under disease conditions, they will undergo rapid...
by Delthia Ricks , Medical Xpress Ketogenic diet promotes megakaryopoiesis and platelet production via β-OHB (A) ELISA detection of serum TPO, c-Mpl, and IL-6 concentrations in control or KDtreated mice at day 7 (n = 6 samples per group). (B) Representative immunofluorescence micrograph of isolated primary MKs stained with CD41 (red) and DAPI (blue). Scale...
Quantum computing is an innovative, complex realm many are unfamiliar with, but for those fascinated by mathematical physics — like University of Saskatchewan (USask) student Tarah Teixeira — it’s exciting to be a part of the development of future applications for quantum computers. “The first time I visited the U of S was during an...
A team of scientists, including mechanical engineers at the University of California San Diego, has uncovered the physical principles—a series of forces and hydrodynamic flows—that help ensure the proper functioning of life’s blueprint. Its discovery provides insights into the genome while potentially offering a new means to spot genomic aberrations linked to developmental disorders and...
JACKSON LABORATORY IMAGE: THE NIH SENNET CONSORTIUM AIMS TO MAP SENESCENT CELLS THROUGHOUT THE HUMAN LIFESPAN TO UNDERSTAND PHYSIOLOGICAL HEALTH. CREDIT: THE JACKSON LABORATORY Bar Harbor, ME/Farmington, CT—Multiple researchers at the Jackson Laboratory are taking part in an ambitious research program spanning several top research institutions to study senescent cells. Senescent cells stop dividing in...
DGIST (DAEGU GYEONGBUK INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY) □ Professor Kang Hong-gi of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at DGIST(President: Kuk Yang), together with Dr. Chung Seung-jun of the Soft Hybrid Materials Research Center, KIST(President: Yoon Seok-jin) announced the development of a transparent temperature sensor capable of precisely and quickly measuring temperature changes caused...
by Ioana Patringenaru, University of California – San Diego The researchers developed experiments that combine microelectrode arrays made from transparent graphene, and two-photon imaging, a microscopy technique that can image living tissue up to one millimeter in thickness. Credit: David Baillot/UC San Diego A team of engineers and neuroscientists has demonstrated for the first time that human...
By JOHNS HOPKINS MEDICINE DECEMBER 24, 2022 Researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine have found that old mice are less able than young mice to “turn off” certain actively firing brain cells in the presence of ambient noise. This results in a “fuzzy” sound stage that makes it difficult for the brain to focus on a specific sound and...
Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc. Dec 21 2022 Cluster headache, sometimes known as “suicide headache”, have been described as a predominantly male disease. New research from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden now shows that women who have the disease are more affected in their daily lives. They have longer periods of pain, a higher frequency of related symptoms,...
by Elana Gotkine HealthDay Reporter Dietary nitrate intake is associated with a lower risk for progression of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), according to a study published online Dec. 22 in JAMA Ophthalmology. Geoffrey K. Broadhead, M.D., Ph.D., from the National Eye Institute at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, and colleagues examined the association...
