Nanoplastics cause malformations. This is the conclusion of Meiru Wang, researcher at the Institute of Biology Leiden, who looked at the extreme effects polystyrene nanoparticles could have, using chicken embryos as a model.
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 13, 2023
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Inflammatory neurological diseases, such as multiple sclerosis (MS), can arise when cell-to-cell communication between cells in the central nervous system (CNS) goes awry. But exactly how this cellular crosstalk leads to ...
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 11, 2023
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The imbalance between dietary intake and output that results from metabolic disorders like obesity disrupts energy homeostasis. Despite significant advances in understanding the pathogenesis of these metabolic disorders, ...
Bio & Medicine
Mar 1, 2023
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Scientists from the Institute of Neuro- and Behavioral Biology at Münster University have been studying the regulated removal of neural connections in the model system of the Drosophila fruit fly. They find that mechanical ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 25, 2023
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Neurons are the fundamental units of the brain and nervous system, the cells responsible for receiving sensory input from the external world, for sending motor commands to our muscles, and for transforming and relaying the ...
Bio & Medicine
Nov 29, 2022
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The development of our nervous system in the womb and during the first years of life is a highly complicated process: Nerve cells proliferate by cell division, specialize, change their position in the tissue and interconnect ...
Biotechnology
Nov 15, 2022
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Microglia are a type of immune cell that works as a "janitor" to the central nervous system that clears out dead cells and other debris. But when these janitor cells themselves die, other microglia don't do the cleaning up ...
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 25, 2022
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Scientists in Singapore and Spain have gained new insights into the activity of a tumor-suppressor protein in fruit flies that could aid the understanding of some human cancers. The study, published in PLOS Biology, might ...
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 19, 2022
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Using UT Southwestern's Cryo-Electron Microscopy Facility, researchers for the first time have captured images of an autoantibody bound to a nerve cell surface receptor, revealing the physical mechanism behind a neurological ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jul 11, 2022
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Many neuroscientists, medical researchers and engineers specializing in artificial intelligence have been trying to understand the neural mechanisms underpinning learning. Although studies have unveiled some vital aspects ...
