Most people have witnessed otherwise intelligent people doing embarrassing or stupid things when they are…
Month: September 2011
Researchers successfully perform first injection of cultured red blood cells in human donor
For the first time, researchers have successfully injected cultured red blood cells (cRBCs) created from…
Alzheimer disease: Transport protein ABCC1 plays key role in clearing beta-amyloid from brains of mice
Alzheimer disease (AD) is the most common cause of dementia among older people. One of…
Joining the dots: Mutation-mechanism-disease
Individuals with an autoinflammatory syndrome experience episodes of prolonged fever and inflammation in the absence…
Orchestrator of waste removal rescues cells that can’t manage their trash
Just as we must take out the trash to keep our homes clean and safe,…
Infants trained to concentrate show added benefits
Although parents may have a hard time believing it, even infants can be trained to…
An ‘unconventional’ path to correcting cystic fibrosis
Researchers have identified an unconventional path that may correct the defect underlying cystic fibrosis, according…
New treatments for baldness? Scientists find stem cells that tell hair it’s time to grow
Researchers have discovered the source of signals that trigger hair growth, an insight that may…
Manipulating plants’ circadian clock may make all-season crops possible
Researchers have identified a key genetic gear that keeps the circadian clock of plants ticking,…
Two genes that cause familial ALS shown to work together
Although several genes have been linked to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), it is still unknown…