By Michael Irving September 27, 2021 A microscope image of peptide droplets that can self-replicate, which may represent protocells that arose along the path to life Muneyuki Matsuo, Hiroshima University Exactly how life first emerged from non-living matter is one of the most enduring mysteries of science. In a new study, Japanese scientists have created self-replicating protocells...
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM IMAGE: A RESEARCH TEAM LED BY UVA HEALTH’S MARIA LUISA S. SEQUEIRA-LOPEZ HAS DETERMINED THE LOCATION OF NATURAL BLOOD-PRESSURE BAROMETERS INSIDE OUR BODIES THAT HAVE ELUDED SCIENTISTS FOR MORE THAN 60 YEARS. CREDIT: UVA HEALTH University of Virginia School of Medicine researchers have determined the location of natural blood-pressure barometers inside our...
NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IMAGE: Shootin1a Is Required for Spine Structural Plasticity. Fluorescence time-lapse images of dendritic spines (A) and time course of their volume changes (B) of hippocampal neurons in slice culture. Spines were stimulated by local application of neurotransmitter glutamate for 30 s (red asterisks). 30-sec stimulation of control spines induced...
by Kathy Keatley Garvey, UC Davis COVID-19 image from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). A newly published UC Davis research paper pinpoints what could be “the missing link” in why some COVID-19 patients recover and some don’t. A blood plasma biomarker discovered in hospitalized COVID-19 patients may not only predict the severity of adult respiratory distress...
