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Medical Xpress / First complete marmoset genome will enable research on Alzheimer's and neurodegenerative diseases
To study complex diseases like Alzheimer's, scientists and clinicians analyze how genes change and malfunction in other species. Marmosets, a species of tiny monkey from South America, have become an important animal model ...
Medical Xpress / Three proteins help organs tailor shared circadian clock to their individual needs, mouse study finds
LMU researchers have elucidated how different organs adapt the same clock machinery to regulate their individual needs over the course of a day.
Medical Xpress / Map of tonsil's genetic 'spaghetti' yields insights into immunity
About 2 meters (6.6 feet) of genetic material must fit into the nucleus of each of most of our trillions of cells, coiling and winding to form what looks like a tangled mess. But when genes are used, how they are used and ...
Medical Xpress / From planning to action: Fundamental insights on movement planning in the brain
When the signal sounds, all the runners push off from their starting blocks and set off sprinting. We can act within fractions of a second because we plan movements in our brains in advance, before carrying them out. At the ...
Medical Xpress / Oviduct folds speed egg transport but are not essential, study suggests
After ovulation, an egg travels through the oviduct (Fallopian tube) toward the uterus (womb). This journey is essential for reproduction: Fertilization normally occurs in the oviduct, and the resulting zygote continues developing ...
Medical Xpress / Hidden DNA regulators may drive neurodevelopmental disorders by reducing FOXG1 protein
A new study from the laboratory of Gemma Carvill, Ph.D., associate professor in the Ken and Ruth Davee Department of Neurology's Division of Epilepsy and Clinical Neurophysiology, has uncovered variants in noncoding regulatory ...
Medical Xpress / Critical immune pathway may explain how skin allergies can trigger systemic reactions
The human body experiences allergic reactions when the immune system mistakenly overreacts to harmless substances, known as allergens, such as pollen, dust or certain foods. While this often causes mild symptoms such as sneezing ...
Medical Xpress / How oxygen levels synchronize heart muscle and blood vessel development
During development, regional dips in oxygen levels serve as a signal that triggers the coordinated growth of heart muscle and coronary vessels, according to a study led by researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine. The findings, ...
Medical Xpress / Soluble signals released by neighboring cells direct how the human kidney is built
A human kidney is built once, before birth, and the rules guiding its construction have been largely inferred from animal models. Researchers at Penn Medicine have now read those rules directly in human tissue. They found ...
Medical Xpress / Single dose of psilocybin for depression shows promising results in UK's first publicly funded randomized trial
The first randomized controlled trial in the U.K. has found that a single dose of psilocybin, the active compound found in "magic mushrooms," produced significant improvements in depression compared with a placebo. This is ...
Medical Xpress / New vaccine strategy protects against chikungunya in mice and could become a platform for combating other diseases
An international team of researchers has developed an innovative strategy for producing new vaccines. They created a genetically modified version of the chikungunya virus that replicates only once yet still trains the immune ...
Medical Xpress / Rising deaths in LA County Jail are tied to longer stays, study shows
The effects of stress, depression and inadequate health care in the Los Angeles County Jail—a blanket term widely used for the county's eight facilities—build up into lethal risk, a new study led by UCLA researchers has found.
