Study suggests ‘use it or lose it’ to defend against memory loss
Iowa State University researchers have identified a protein essential for building memories that appears to predict the progression of memory loss and brain atrophy...
Growing up on an Amish farm protects children against asthma by reprogramming immune cells
Cows in an Amish barn.Credit: Image courtesy of University of Chicago Medical Center
By probing the differences between two farming communities -- the Amish of...
New biochip-based blood test detects elevated risk for Alzheimer’s disease
Researchers today unveiled results from a new blood test to help identify which patients are at an elevated risk of Alzheimer's disease. The findings,...
What’s Inside Ceres? New Findings from Gravity Data
This artist's concept shows a diagram of how the inside of Ceres could be structured, based on data about the dwarf planet's gravity field...
The keys to a major process in DNA repair
The DNA of our cells is continuously damaged by numerous external agents, such as carcinogens contained in tobacco smoke or UV radiation emitted by...
New genome reveals how Arctic microbes survive in cold extreme habitats
The cyanobacterium Phormidesmis priestleyi BC1401 was isolated from cryoconite on the Greenland Ice Sheet. Credit: Nathan Chrismas
Scientists at the University of Bristol have revealed...
Brains of overweight people ‘ten years older’ than lean counterparts at middle-age
Comparison of grey matter (brown) and white matter (yellow) in sex-matched subjects A (56 years, BMI 19.5) and B (50 years, BMI 43.4) Credit:...
Human-Neanderthal gene variance is involved in autism
The reconstruction of a head of a Neanderthal man, at left, and a Neanderthal skull. One gene identified by UW Medicine and other researchers...
Desert elephants pass on knowledge — not mutations — to survive
This is an elephant in Namibia.Credit: Photo courtesy of Andrew Schaefer
Despite reported differences in appearance and behavior, DNA evidence finds that Namibian desert elephants...
Insomnia? Oversleeping? Both may increase your risk of stroke
There is growing evidence that sleep disorders like insomnia and sleep apnea are related to stroke risk and recovery from stroke, according to a...
Researchers inhibit tumor growth in new subtype of lung cancer
Lung cancer is the most common cause of cancer deaths, accounting for about a third of all tumor-related deaths. Adenocarcinomas, a non-small cell lung...
