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New neurons rebuild damaged circuits in Huntington’s disease
The adult brain can generate new neurons that integrate into key motor circuits demonstrating that stimulating natural brain processes may help repair damaged neural networks in Huntington's and other diseases.
Scientists Complete Largest Wiring Diagram and Functional Map of the Brain Yet
The MICrONS Project is considered the most complicated neuroscience experiment ever attempted
Repurposing a blood pressure drug may prevent vision loss in inherited blinding diseases
Studies in animals show the drug protects retinal-neurons necessary for vision, especially in females.
Study reveals sex differences in bone regeneration
Bone regeneration continues to be a critical challenge in tissue engineering, with unpredictable outcomes often hindering clinical application. Current strategies overlook key factors such as donor differences and biological sex, both of which play a significant role in fracture healing. While cartilage intermediates have shown promise, the transition from cartilage to functional bone remains poorly understood, and a lack of quality metrics that are predictive of bone regeneration across patients hinder clinical implementation.
Twins grow more slowly in early pregnancy than previously thought
Twins are smaller at birth, on average, than singletons and start out smaller in pregnancy than was previously known, according to a study by researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The ultrasound study revealed that twins have less fat tissue and less muscle mass than singletons beginning at 15 weeks of pregnancy.
An Antiviral Chewing Gum to Reduce Influenza and Herpes Simplex Virus Transmission
New study highlights lablab bean-powered gum's promise in fighting HSV and flu viruses, paving the way for clinical evaluations
Capillary electrophoresis driving innovation in genetic and infectious disease testing
Market expansion is being fueled by the increasing incidence of infectious diseases, broader use of capillary electrophoresis in pharmaceutical and biotechnology sectors, and the rising demand for advanced tools in genetic and molecular research.
Laser-based infrared molecular fingerprinting detects common cancers
Cancer diagnoses traditionally require invasive or labor-intensive procedures such as tissue biopsies. Now, research published in ACS Central Science reveals a method that uses pulsed infrared light to identify molecular profiles in blood plasma that could indicate the presence of certain common cancers.
New assay detects epigenetic changes caused by carcinogenic chemicals
Contrary to advanced sequencing analysis that requires expensive reagents and instruments, along with specific technical and analytical expertise, the epi-TK reporter assay developed in this study offers a simpler, cost-effective, and quantitative approach to evaluate chemical epi-genomic toxicity.
Genes in Bacterial Genomes Are Arranged in a Meaningful Way
Are genes distributed randomly along the bacterial chromosome, as if scattered from a salt shaker? This opinion, which is held by a majority of researchers, has now been disputed by a team of bioinformaticians.
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