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Life and death in the living brain: Recruitment of new neurons slows when old brain cells kept from dying

(PhysOrg.com) -- Like clockwork, brain regions in many songbird species expand and shrink seasonally in response to hormones. Now, for the first time, University of Washington neurobiologists have interrupted ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Aug 10, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Researchers identify gene that regulates tumors in neuroblastoma

Virginia Commonwealth University researchers have identified a gene that may play a key role in regulating tumor progression in neuroblastoma, a form of cancer usually found in young children. Scientists hope the finding ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jun 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers discover a protein that amplifies cell death

Scientists at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have identified a small intracellular protein that helps cells commit suicide. The finding, reported as the "paper of the week" in the ...

Chemistry /

created Jan 15, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (6) | comments 0


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