Most women dramatically reduce their alcohol intake on learning they are pregnant, but by the time their child is five…
Researchers ‘bait’ pathological proteins underlying many neurodegenerative disorders
The vast majority of patients with neurodegenerative disorders do not have specific gene mutations, but a single misbehaving protein —…
Model to predict suicide risk in at-risk young adults
New research shows that fluctuation and severity of depressive symptoms are much better at predicting risk of suicidal behavior in…
Resistance training even as little as once per week benefits older individuals
Resistance training improves the health of over 65-year-olds, and the benefits occur even when some people train as little as…
A gentle method for unlocking the mysteries of the deep brain
Serious diseases are directly linked to the subcortical areas of the brain. Existing treatments for regulating and measuring the activity…
Reprogramming the wonder drug rapamycin allows creation of new small-molecule drugs
In the new study, the authors aimed to reprogram rapamycin by keeping the parts of rapamycin and tacrolimus that bind…
Directed evolution builds nanoparticles
Directed evolution is a powerful technique for engineering proteins. Scientists now show that it can also be used to engineer…
Detecting cyanide exposure
Cyanide exposure can happen occupationally or in low levels from inhaling cigarette smoke — or from being poisoned by someone…
Using histones as bait: How do cells decide how to repair their DNA?
When DNA in the cell nucleus gets damaged, our cells can resort to a variety of repair mechanisms. A recent…
Muscle gene mutations implicated in human nasal/sinus cancer
By sequencing the entire genomes of tumor cells from six people with a rare cancer of the nose and sinus…