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Bursts of Brain Activity May Protect Against Alzheimer's Disease
April 18, 2013 — Scientists have found that bursts of electrical pulses applied to the brain can manipulate the balance of two proteins crucial to the development of Alzheimer's disease. It represents a major advance ... > full story -
More Efforts Needed to Regulate Dietary Supplements, Experts Urge
April 18, 2013 — Dietary supplements accounted for more than half the Class 1 drugs recalled by the US Food and Drug Administration from 2004-12, meaning they contained substances that could cause serious health ... > full story -
Evolving Genes Lead to Evolving Genes: Selection in European Populations of Genes Regulated by FOXP2
April 18, 2013 — Researchers have designed a method that can universally test for evolutionary adaption, or positive (Darwinian) selection, in any chosen set of genes, using re-sequencing data such as that generated ... > full story -
Big Boost in Drug Discovery: New Use for Stem Cells Identifies a Promising Way to Target ALS
April 18, 2013 — Using a new stem-cell based drug screening technology with the potential to reinvent and greatly reduce the cost of the way new pharmaceuticals are developed, researchers have found a compound more ... > full story -
Learned Helplessness in Flies and the Roots of Depression
April 18, 2013 — When faced with impossible circumstances beyond their control, animals, including humans, often hunker down as they develop sleep or eating disorders, ulcers, and other physical manifestations of ... > full story -
Toxic Protein Made in Unusual Way May Explain Brain Disorder
April 18, 2013 — A bizarre twist on the usual way proteins are made may explain mysterious symptoms in the grandparents of some children with mental disabilities. The discovery may lead to better treatments for older ... > full storyMore: -
Stem Cell Senescence Drives Aging, Study Suggests
April 18, 2013 — Declining levels of the protein BubR1 occur when both people and animals age, and contribute to cell senescence or deterioration, weight loss, muscle wasting and ... > full story -
Scientists Throw New Light on DNA Copying Process
April 18, 2013 — Scientists have thrown new light on the way breakdowns in the DNA copying process inside cells can contribute to cancer and other ... > full story -
Student Tracks Asian Bird's Migration Patterns; Recommends Conservation Strategies
April 18, 2013 — Biologists have found that the Asian subspecies of great bustard, one of the heaviest birds capable of flight, covers migratory routes of more than 2,000 miles. The research study is the first of its ... > full story -
Researchers Abuzz Over Caffeine as 'Cancer-Cell Killer'
April 18, 2013 — Scientists are using caffeine and fruit flies to pinpoint genetic pathways that guide DNA repair in cancer ... > full story
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