Stem cells and cancer cells have enough molecular similarities that the former can be used to trigger immunity against the latter.
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In chapter 5, “The Technology Ticket,” contributing author Uris Baldos urges acceptance and investment in “precision agriculture” to provide for a burgeoning global population.
Researchers outfitted praying mantises with miniature spectacles to investigate how they see the world.
Transcriptional profiling of post-mortem human brains reveals commonalities in the genes over- and under-expressed in schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, autism, and major depression.
Researchers develop a new technique to selectively activate neurons deep in the rodent brain, taking a step toward noninvasive brain stimulation for neurological disorders.
Researchers find that while bats in the Myotis genus don’t produce telomerase, the enzyme that lengthens telomeres, they possess 21 telomere maintenance–related genes.
Two studies identify a signaling pathway that contributes to the fish’s sleeplessness.
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The compound, BCI-838, is already in human clinical trials as a possible treatment for depression.
The test uses levels of plasma amyloid-β to estimate the buildup of protein plaques in the brain.
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