Researchers have designed a new tool designed to help GPs assess which older people are the most frail and vulnerable....
October 10, 2017October 10, 2017
Molecular basis for memory and learning: Brain development and plasticity share similar signalling pathways
Learning and memory are two important functions of the brain that are based on the brain’s plasticity. Scientists from Goethe...
October 10, 2017October 10, 2017
Nerve cells’ gatekeepers take many forms
Researchers use light-sensitive molecules to track proteins critical to cell signaling Scientists at Rice University and UTHealth tracked the conformations...
October 10, 2017October 10, 2017
The human brain contains ‘waste pipes,’ study reveals
Groundbreaking research from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) shows that the brain has lymphatic vessels, allowing it to process...
October 10, 2017October 10, 2017
A new kind of influenza vaccine: One shot might do the trick
Researchers Matt DeLisa, left, Gary Whittaker and David Putnam are pictured in DeLisa’s Olin Hall lab. A seasonal flu shot...
October 10, 2017October 10, 2017
Stages of Drug Discovery & Development
Bio-Rad offers products and services that accelerate the entire drug discovery and development cycle, from target identification through scale-up and...
October 10, 2017October 10, 2017
New insight into how brain cells die in Alzheimer’s and FTD
Epigenetic regulator LSD1 tangled up; brain cells go haywire without it Removal of a regulatory gene called LSD1 in adult...
October 10, 2017October 10, 2017
Human minibrains reveal effects of psychedelic substance
Study brings first evidence that psychedelics interfere with molecular signaling related to learning and memory in the human brain tissue....
October 10, 2017October 10, 2017
Gel that can stop your knees become arthritic: Treatment encourages growth of cartilage by stopping scar tissue from forming
A new gel to prevent the damage that leads to arthritic knees is being tested The treatment aims to encourage...
October 10, 2017October 10, 2017
New transplant restores colour to skin damaged by vitiligo by taking pigment cells from unaffected areas before stimulating them with a laser
Vassoo thought his white patches — smaller than a 10p piece – were sun damage Eventually he was referred to...