Unexpected new insights into how COVID-19 infects cells may help explain why coronaviruses are so good at jumping from species
Month: August 2023
Source of hidden consciousness in ‘comatose’ brain injury patients found
Columbia researchers have identified brain injuries that may underlie hidden consciousness, a puzzling phenomenon in which brain-injured patients are unable
Stem-cell derived organoids secrete tooth enamel proteins
Organoids have now been created from stem cells to secrete the proteins that form dental enamel, the substance that protects
Key role of ice age cycles in early human interbreeding
A study published in Science indicates that climatic shifts over the past 400,000 years have influenced Neanderthal and Denisovan interbreeding.
Research team finds potential key to predict immunotherapy toxicity
Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have identified a novel parameter of T cells that could help oncologists anticipate which
How our tastes influence our creativity
The more we like our ideas, the faster we give them shape. But to be creative, we need to focus
On Nutrition: The form of food we eat may have more impact than we think
Bill W. asks, “Is drinking many of our fruits, vegetables, nuts and seeds in a smoothie as healthy and nutritious
The anatomy of memory: New mnemomic networks discovered in the brain
Using a novel approach of precision neuroimaging and high-resolution functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), neuroscientists and physicists at Max Planck
Gastrointestinal viruses all but disappeared during COVID — but surged back two years on
Following the first stay-at-home orders issued in the U.S. to curb the spread of COVID-19, gastrointestinal viruses such as norovirus,
Variable patient responses to SARS-CoV-2 infection are mimicked in genetically diverse mice
Researchers at The Jackson Laboratory have created a panel of genetically diverse mice that accurately model the highly variable human
