New research published in the American Journal of Psychiatry provides new molecular insights into the role of the habenula, a pea-sized brain region that helps regulate motivation and mood, in ...
Investigators at Weill Cornell Medicine have developed a versatile and non-toxic technology for controlling the activity of any gene in a cell. Such "gene-switch" tools allow scientists to "turn on" ...
Oxygen is vital to the body. When levels of oxygen in the blood get too low, serious problems can arise. This can happen as... | Genetics And Genomics ...
Early-stage lung adenocarcinoma alters DNA methylation, mRNA transcription, and protein expression in adjacent tissues, exhibiting either steep changes at the tumor boundaries or shallow changes ...
A naturally occurring gene called Cyclin A2 (CCNA2), which turns off after birth in humans, can actually make new, functioning heart cells and help the heart repair itself from injury, including a ...
Recent research has uncovered a fascinating mechanism in the nematode worm C. elegans that could have profound implications ...
A research team led by Prof. Hou Xingliang from the South China Botanical Garden of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has used ...
The vestibular system is responsible for the sense of balance in the inner ear. Prolonged use of toxic substances, such as ...
Young umbrella acacia trees in Africa survive severe drought by putting their natural processes into overdrive when water is ...
The 55th Lewis S. Rosenstiel Award for Distinguished Work in Basic Medical Research has been awarded to professor Steven ...
A research team has uncovered how peanuts develop their remarkable underground pods by constructing the first single-cell ...