Neuroscientists have performed the most rigorous testing yet of computational models that mimic the brain’s visual cortex. The results suggest…
New chemical probe for visualizing brain immune cells
Researchers have, for the first time, developed a chemical probe that enables live-imaging of a type of immune cells in…
Embryo stem cells created from skin cells
Researchers have found a way to transform skin cells into the three major stem cell types that comprise early-stage embryos.…
Researchers investigate differences in coatings of drug-coated balloon catheters
Drug-coated balloon catheters to open narrowed blood vessels and to deliver drugs to the impacted sites are used frequently for…
Pluripotency or differentiation? That is the question
Induced pluripotent stem cells can turn into any type of cell in the body or remain in their original form.…
Chemical modifiers tag-team to regulate essential mechanism of life
For decades, scientists thought that one modification, phosphorylation, ran the show. In a new study, researchers have discovered that another…
Opportunistic cancer cells ‘slip through the gaps’ to spread through blood vessels
Cancer cells may rely on opportunism, as well as chemical signalling, to spread through the body, according to new findings…
Viral infections during pregnancy linked to behavioral abnormalities in offspring
Male and female rats whose mother experienced a simulated viral infection during pregnancy behave abnormally, consistent with behavioral alterations in…
Connecting neurons in the brain
Researchers have uncovered new mechanisms of brain development that determine when, where and how strongly distinct brain cells interconnect.
Reservoir bugs: Study shows why stomach pathogen is so tough to eradicate
Once the stomach-dwelling bacteria Helicobacter pylori is established in the stomach, investigators have learned that even competing strains of the…