Scientists have identified the precise nerve cells that allow the brain to make a split-second…
Month: September 2015
Adolescent painkiller abuse a big problem for small towns, rural areas
Adolescents who live in rural areas and small towns and cities are more likely to…
E. coli more virulent when accompanied by beneficial bacteria
Scientists wonder why some people get so sick and even die after being infected by…
Solving the problem of Arctic sea ice thickness distribution using molecular concepts
Scientists have now answered a 40-year-old question about Arctic ice thickness by treating the ice…
Research discovery leads to potential diagnostic for assessing breast cancer recurrence
Every woman successfully treated for breast cancer lives with the knowledge that it could come…
Cancer doesn’t sleep: MYC oncogene disrupts clock, metabolism in cancer cells
Myc is a cancer-causing gene responsible for disrupting the normal 24-hour internal rhythm and metabolic…
Digital ‘Rosetta Stone’ decrypts how mutations rewire cancer cells
Scientists have discovered how genetic cancer mutations systematically attack the networks controlling human cells, knowledge…
Can DNA evidence fill gaps in our history books?
If you go back far enough, all people share a common ancestry. But some populations…
Ages apart: Multifaceted approach measured how brain and liver age differently
Scientists have now measured and compared just how aging affects rats’ liver and brain cells….
Apes know a good thriller when they see one
Remember the scene in the classic movie ‘Alien,’ when that creepiest of creatures bursts out…