A surprising, paradoxical relationship between a tumor suppressor molecule and an oncogene may be the…
Month: October 2015
First comprehensive profile of non-protein-coding RNAs in human cancers
70 percent of the genome is made into non-coding RNA, but most studies of genomic…
Hidden brain pathways crucial to communication
Being able to understand speech is essential to our evolution as humans. Hearing lets us…
Chemistry controls magnetism
Magnets are well-known from the physics lessons at school, but they are hardly covered in…
New optoelectronic probe enables communication with neural microcircuits
The burgeoning field of optogenetics makes it possible for scientists to control brain activity using…
Melting of Antarctic ice shelves set to intensify
New research projects a doubling of surface melting of Antarctic ice shelves by 2050 and…
Prostate cells undergo ‘reprogramming’ to form tumors, study finds
Researchers link early prostate cancer to alterations in a program controlled by a ‘master regulator’…
Study examines concussion-like symptom reporting in uninjured athletes
Uninjured athletes reported concussion-like symptoms in a new study that suggests symptom reporting in the…
Key differences in brain activity in people with anorexia nervosa revealed by study
When people with anorexia nervosa decide what to eat, they engage a part of the…
Establishment of systems metabolic engineering strategies to develop microbial strains
Ten general strategies of systems metabolic engineering have been proposed by experts to successfully develop…