Around three million people take multiple medicines, but no reliable systems exist to help patients…
Month: June 2017
UV-sensing protein in brain of marine annelid zooplankton
Larvae of a marine ragworm Platynereis dumerilii have been studied as a zooplankton model, and…
Cells in fish’s spinal discs repair themselves
A unique repair mechanism has been discovered in the developing backbone of zebrafish that could…
Long-read genome sequencing used for the first time in a patient
Researchers have used a next-generation technology called long-read sequencing to diagnose a patient’s rare genetic…
Lab grown human colons change study of GI disease
Scientists used human pluripotent stem cells to generate human embryonic colons in a laboratory that…
Similarities between next-generation prostate cancer drugs discovered
For the first time, researchers have shown how a class of advanced prostate cancer drugs…
Better use of current drugs to target cancer
Researchers worked backwards, employing a series of drugs used in the clinic to understand a…
Select memories can be erased, leaving others intact
Different types of memories stored in the same neuron of the marine snail Aplysia can…
Satellite data to map endangered monkey populations on Earth
Using a combination of satellite and ground data, a research team can map multiple indicators…
Rare cells are ‘window into the gut’ for the nervous system
Specialized cells in the gut sense potentially noxious chemicals and trigger electrical impulses in nearby…