Whole brain radiation therapy costs mice some of their cognitive abilities, but treatment with low-oxygen air revives their reasoning skills.
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Whole brain radiation therapy costs mice some of their cognitive abilities, but treatment with low-oxygen air revives their reasoning skills.
Autophagy, the cell’s recycling system, may be responsible for the health benefits of exercise.
Brain imaging and gene analyses in twins reveal that white matter integrity is linked to an iron homeostasis gene.
Certain skin-residing immune cells may—under specific conditions—play a direct role in initiating skin cancer after exposure to environmental toxins.
A new study shows that breast cancers that become resistant to hormone therapy have different patterns of estrogen receptor binding.
The Scientist recounts the year’s top science prize winners and top-notch scientists that passed away.
For nematode worms, a bigger stress response means a healthier, longer life, but fewer babies.
Some of the highlights from this year’s American Society for Cell Biology meeting, held earlier this week
Researchers use optogenetics to reverse drug-induced brain and behavioral changes.
Prognostic signatures have become popular tools in cancer research, but it turns out signatures made of random genes are prognostic as well.