Chopping unlocks new function in protein linked to dementia
Scientists have uncovered an unexpected new role for a protein that may underlie rare diseases.
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 5, 2018
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Neural nets supplant marker genes in analyzing single cell RNA sequencing
Computer scientists at Carnegie Mellon University say neural networks and supervised machine learning techniques can efficiently characterize cells that have been studied using single cell RNA-sequencing (scRNA-seq). This ...
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 13, 2018
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New study uncovers the interaction of calcium channels
Korean researchers have identified the interactions of the combinants among calcium channel proteins that exist in nerve and heart cells. The result opened a new path of developing treatments for high blood pressure and brain ...
Biochemistry
Oct 25, 2018
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Researchers report innovative optical tissue imaging method
A UK-wide research team, led by the University of St Andrews, has developed an innovative new way to optically image through tissue, which could allow for a more detailed understanding and diagnosis of the early stages of ...
Optics & Photonics
Oct 15, 2018
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Researchers model how toxic proteins course through the brain, lead to disease
Many neurodegenerative diseases spread by hijacking the brain's connective circuitry to transport toxic proteins, which gradually accumulate and trigger symptoms of dementias. Now, researchers at Stevens Institute of Technology ...
General Physics
Oct 12, 2018
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We can all help to improve communication for people with disabilities
Around 5% of the population, or 1.2 million Australians have a communication disability. Communication disability can arise if a person has a health condition affecting their speech, language, listening, understanding, reading, ...
Social Sciences
Aug 28, 2018
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The secret sulfate code that lets the bad Tau in
Vampires can turn humans into vampires, but to enter a human's house, they must be invited in. Researchers at the UT Southwestern Medical Center, writing in the Journal of Biological Chemistry, have uncovered details of how ...
Biochemistry
Jul 13, 2018
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Technology for visualizing flow of blood to aid neurosurgery in the human brain
Neurosurgeons conduct vascular recanalization for treatment of cerebrovascular diseases. Successful surgery necessitates surgery the minimization of flow disturbances due to blood during surgical intervention. However, monitoring ...
Engineering
Jun 28, 2018
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Cellular recycling caught in the act
A team of researchers at the Center for Self-assembly and Complexity, within the Institute for Basic Science (IBS) have observed a normal physiological process, called "self-eating", that cells use to recycle their components. ...
Biochemistry
Feb 19, 2018
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Researchers probe brain disease-causing proteins at the atomic level
Researchers studying a protein that causes a hereditary degenerative brain disease in humans have discovered that the human, mouse and hamster forms of the protein, which have nearly identical amino acid sequences, exhibit ...
Biochemistry
Nov 6, 2017
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