Exercise has a well known association with the maintenance of healthy cognition in aging, but the exact, biological reasons behind that link are not fully understood. Researchers have now gained some insights…
Category: 5. Biology
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How Exercise Protects the Brain from Age-Related Damage
Exercise has a well known association with the maintenance of healthy cognition in aging, but the exact, biological reasons behind that link are not fully understood. Researchers have now gained some insights…
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Affordable microscope captures living cells during chaotic conditions of zero-gravity flight
As space agencies prepare for human missions to the Moon and Mars, scientists need to understand how the absence of gravity affects living cells. Now, a team of researchers has built a rugged, affordable microscope that can image…
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Study reveals unexpected role of TMC proteins in deafness
Proteins long known to be essential for hearing have been hiding a talent: they also act as gatekeepers that shuffle fatty molecules across cell membranes. When this newly discovered function goes haywire-due to genetic mutations,…
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Neutral polymer enables safer DNA delivery into cells
Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have created a new molecule which carries DNA into biological cells, to treat or vaccinate against illnesses. Many existing options rely on molecules with a strong positive charge,…
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In sea urchin and salmon sperm, pH value regulates whether they remain immotile or swim
A study by the Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences and the University of Bonn has shown that pH value is crucial for sperm motility in sea urchins and salmon. An increase in pH activates the enzyme adenylyl cyclase (sAC), which…
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Study Examined the Link between Family Dinners and Teen Substance Use Prevention
A study published in the Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma indicated that regular family dinners may be an effective substance use prevention strategy for many American teens.
Researchers…
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Genetic differences may shape emotional reactions to art
Why do some people feel chills when listening to music, reading poetry, or viewing a powerful work of art, while others do not? New research by Giacomo Bignardi and his colleagues from Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics…
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New maps of mouse brains reveal patterns of myelin formation
Johns Hopkins scientists say they have used 3D imaging, special microscopes and artificial intelligence (AI) programs to construct new maps of mouse brains showing a precise location of more than 10 million cells called…
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Flea and tick treatments for dogs and cats may be harming wildlife
A study published in Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry by Oxford University Press reports that widely used flea and tick treatments for dogs and cats may pose a serious threat to insects in the natural environment.
Isoxazoline drugs are a…
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