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October 8, 2020

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A research team has discovered that during memory consolidation, there are at least two distinct processes taking place in two different brain networks -- the excitatory and ...
Though researchers have long known that adults build unconscious biases over a lifetime of making choices between things that are essentially the same, a new study finding ...
Genetic variants that leave their carrier more susceptible to severe COVID-19 are inherited from Neanderthals, a new ...
Two new studies offer an explanation for why COVID-19 cases can be so variable. A subset of patients has mutations in key ...
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Drug Delivery Systems to Treat Connective Tissue Disorders

A research team has devised tiny cargo-carrying systems many times smaller than a human hair, made from molecules called peptides that help provide structure for cells and tissues. The team has ...

How an Egg Cell's 'Operating Manual' Sets the Stage for Fertility

Scientists have revealed in unprecedented detail the genetic instructions immature egg cells go through step by step as they mature into functionality. Their findings improve our understanding of how ...

Novel Digital Dashboard Improves Cancer Case Review Efficiency

Researchers evaluated a cloud-based product called NAVIFY® Tumor Board that integrates all relevant clinical data for a tumor board into a single digital dashboard accessible to everyone. During a ...

Lack of Support Prolongs Unemployment

Unemployed persons whose appointment with the responsible caseworker at the employment office is canceled unexpectedly remain unemployed for an average of twelve days ...

Stem Cell Sheets Harvested in Just Two Days

A team has developed a thermoresponsive nanotopography cell culture ...

Exercise Intensity Not Linked to Mortality Risk in Older Adults, Finds Trial

Exercise intensity appears to make no difference to risk of mortality among older adults, suggests a randomized controlled ...

Researchers Develop Tools to Sharpen 3D View of Large RNA Molecules

Scientists developed a method for generating high resolution 3D images of RNA, overcoming challenges limiting 3D analysis and imaging of RNA to only small molecules and pieces of RNA for the past 50 ...

Traveling Brain Waves Help Detect Hard-to-See Objects

A team of scientists has uncovered details of the neural mechanisms underlying the perception of objects. They found that patterns of neural signals, called traveling brain waves, exist in the visual ...

Mammals Share Gene Pathways That Allow Zebrafish to Grow New Eyes

Working with fish, birds and mice, researchers report new evidence that some animals' natural capacity to regrow neurons is not missing, but is instead inactivated in ...

Taking the STING out of MND

Researchers are working towards a potential treatment to slow the progression of motor neuron disease (MND). The research team have uncovered how inflammation in MND is triggered. Pinpointing the ...

Invisible Threat: Listeria in Smoked Fish

Fish should be a regular component of our diets. It is an important source of biologically high-quality and easily digestible protein, minerals and vitamins. However, raw, smoked and cured fish ...

Cerenkov Luminescence Imaging Identifies Surgical Margin Status in Radical Prostatectomy

A new intraoperative imaging technique, Cerenkov luminescence imaging (CLI), can accurately assess surgical margins during radical prostatectomy, according to a first-in-human research. The ...

Advanced Prostate Cancer Has an Unexpected Weakness That Can Be Targeted by Drugs

Researchers reported that the SUCLA2 gene is frequently involved in the deletion of the tumor suppressor gene RB1 in advanced prostate cancer. RB1 deletion makes cells resistant to hormone therapy ...

Study Confirms Genetic Link in Cerebral Palsy

An international research team including the University of Adelaide has found further evidence that rare gene mutations can cause cerebral palsy, findings which could lead to earlier diagnosis and ...

A Hydrogel That Could Help Repair Damaged Nerves

Injuries to peripheral nerves -- tissues that transmit bioelectrical signals from the brain to the rest of the body -- often result in chronic pain, neurologic disorders, paralysis or disability. ...

Physical Activity and Sleep in Adults With Arthritis

A new study has examined patterns of 24-hour physical activity and sleep among patients with rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, and knee ...

Does General Anesthesia Increase Dementia Risk?

There are concerns that exposure to general anesthesia during surgery may contribute to an increased risk of Alzheimer's disease. To investigate, researchers compared exposure to general ...

It's good to have friends and family to back you up when you need it -- but it's even better if your supporters are close with each other too, a new set of studies suggests. Researchers ...

This year's Nobel Prize in Chemistry is being awarded to Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna for the development of the CRISPR/Cas9 method for genome ...

Vaccine Ingredients Could Be Hiding in Small Molecule Libraries

Scientists have found an ingredient that makes a vaccine more effective through an approach more often seen in materials science -- testing molecules that self-assemble into larger ...

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