Switching off a gene called NF-κB1 caused spontaneous development of stomach (gastric) cancers, driven by chronic inflammation, research have discovered. The study also revealed that immunotherapy may prove to be […]
Efforts to parse the cellular, molecular, and behavioral components of spatial recognition are paying off with new insight into the neuroscience of memory-guided navigation. At the Janelia Research Campus, postdoctoral […]
Low total testosterone levels in males could be associated with chronic disease, even among men 40 years of age and younger, new research indicates. “If we look at data for […]
Muscular strength, measured by handgrip, is an indication of how healthy our brains are, a study of nearly half a million people suggests. Using UK Biobank data from 475,397 participants, […]
Researchers have characterized a complex, little-understood receptor type that, when activated, shuts off hunger. The findings may open up opportunities to fight obesity at the cellular level. Jens Meiler, of […]
The molecule acrolein has been identified as appearing to play an important role in the development of Parkinson’s disease, researchers at Purdue University report. The new finding could lead to […]
Teneurin, a protein that plays a key role in embryonic development and nervous system wiring in humans appears to have been borrowed from bacteria, scientists from the University of Chicago […]
Fetal human tissue exposed to paracetamol and ibuprofen for a week had reduced numbers of germ cells – the cells that develop into sperm and eggs, new research about the […]
