Brain tumor research identifies source of glioma’s deadly transformation microbiologystudy
Glioma tumor cells seen under a microscope. Credit: Castro Lab, Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor Gliomas are the most common brain […]
Genetics
Scientists implicate a novel cellular protein in hepatitis A infection microbiologystudy
by Kendall Daniels Rovinsky, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine (Left) Liver cells infected with hepatitis
Presence of white spots on MRI brain scans linked to genetic risk of dementia in older adults microbiologystudy
Association between white matter hyperintensities and cortical thickness. Credit: Nature Communications (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-53689-1 They show up as bright white
Researchers zero in on genetic variant tied to miscarriages microbiologystudy
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain In what could be a major advance in understanding the genetic causes underlying human infertility, scientists
Nationwide, couple-based reproductive carrier screening program demonstrates feasibility microbiologystudy
A nationwide, couple-based reproductive carrier screening program has demonstrated feasibility in informing reproductive decision-making, according to a study published in
Bioengineered yeast mass produces herbal medicine microbiologystudy
Herbal medicine is difficult to produce on an industrial scale. A team of Kobe University bioengineers manipulated the cellular machinery
Stopping severe malaria by harnessing natural human antibodies microbiologystudy
Malaria, particularly in its severe forms, remains a global health and economic burden. It causes the deaths of more than
War may cause adverse biological changes in children and slow development, research finds microbiologystudy
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Children living in war-torn countries not only suffer from poor mental health outcomes, but war may
Genetics
Mapping of atherosclerotic plaque cells may predict future risk of stroke or heart attack microbiologystudy
This study revealed novel mesenchymal cell-specific, CAD-related plaque variants (rs4757138 shown here as an example) in the ARNTL gene locus.