Spinocerebellar ataxia 4 is a devastating progressive movement disease that can begin as early as the late teens. Now, a
Month: April 2024
Imaging technique shows new details of peptide structures
A new imaging technique developed by engineers at Washington University in St. Louis can give scientists a much closer look
Test reveals mice think like babies
Kishore Kuchibhotla, a Johns Hopkins University neuroscientist who studies learning in humans and animals, and who has long worked with
Scientists discover a new signaling pathway and design a novel drug for liver fibrosis
A healthy liver filters all the blood in your body, breaks down toxins and digests fats. It produces collagen to
A vaccine to fight antibiotic resistance
Driven by the overuse of antimicrobials, pathogens are quickly building up resistances to once-successful treatments. It’s estimated that antimicrobial-resistant infections
Social change may explain decline in genetic diversity of the Y chromosome at the end of the Neolithic period
The emergence in the Neolithic of patrilineal1 social systems, in which children are affiliated with their father’s lineage, may explain
CAR T cell therapy targeting HER2 antigen shows promise against advanced sarcoma in phase I trial
Researchers at Texas Children’s Cancer Center and the Center for Cell and Gene Therapy at Baylor College of Medicine, Texas
Simplified diagnosis of rare eye diseases
Uveitis is a rare inflammatory eye disease. Posterior and panuveitis in particular are associated with a poor prognosis and a
Physical activity in nature helps prevent several diseases, including depression and type 2 diabetes
Physical activity in natural environments prevent almost 13,000 cases of non-communicable diseases a year in England and save treatment costs
Diamond dust shines bright in Magnetic Resonance Imaging
An unexpected discovery surprised a scientist at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems in Stuttgart: nanometer-sized diamond particles, which