LIFE SCIENCE

Teams of mountaineering mice are helping advance understanding into how evolutionary adaptation to localized conditions can enable a single species to thrive across diverse environments. In a study led by Naim Bautista, a…
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Why is human culture -; the shared body of knowledge passed down across generations -; so much more powerful than animal cultures?  "What's special about our species?" is a question scientists have wrestled with for…
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In 1937, President Franklin Roosevelt signed the National Cancer Act, launching a nationwide effort to combat the disease. Eighty-seven years later, despite significant progress, cancer treatment often falls short, with 50 to…
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Genes contain instructions for making proteins, and a central dogma of biology is that this information flows from DNA to RNA to proteins. But only two percent of the human genome actually encodes proteins; the function of the…
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Exposure alters immune cell movement and reduces pathogen clearance, increasing the risk of severe lung infections.  Study: Alveolar macrophage function is impaired following inhalation of berry e-cigarette vapor. Image…
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Lumbar disc herniation is one of the most common structural changes in the lower back and the most common cause of radiating pain, or sciatica, in the leg. Hereditary risk factors for disc herniations were investigated in a…
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Aptamer Group plc (AIM: APTA), the developer of novel Optimer® binders to enable innovation in the life sciences industry, is pleased to announce that a genetic medicines customer has selected to progress to the final…
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A major EU project coordinated from UCD is set to push the frontiers of biomedical research by exploring the transformative potential of extracellular vesicles (EVs). EVs are small particles that act as messengers between…
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Over the last few years, the SARS-CoV-2 virus, responsible for COVID-19, has undergone significant changes, evolving from the original wild-type strains to the highly transmissible Omicron variant. Omicron has been…
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Researchers at Cornell have unveiled an advanced imaging technology capable of unprecedented deep and wide-field visualization of brain activity at single-cell resolution. The innovative microscope, named DEEPscope, combines…
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