Network of synthetic-lethal interactions connecting commonly mutated genes to potential drug targets.
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Genetic mutations that cause cancer also weaken cancer cells, creating an opportunity for researchers to develop drugs that will selectively kill them, while sparing...
While most military children grow into resilient adults, they are not always visible to the outside community, the journal reports.
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Since 9/11, the United States has seen the largest sustained deployment of military service men...
Rats were trained to depress a lever and then release it when the sound reached a certain frequency.
Credit: Illustration by Julia Kuhl
The part of the brain that creates mental maps of one's environment plays a much broader role in...
A cell in the process of dividing (centre) that is being engulfed by cells on either side. DNA is shown in blue and a protein responsible for attachment between cells is shown in green.
Credit: Dr Jo Durgan, Babraham Institute
Cell...
Low-calorie diets can extend longevity, but new research is the first to show that calorie restriction influences the body’s circadian rhythms’ involvement with the aging process in cells.
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cientists studying how aging affects the biological clock's...
The human brain actively develops until a person reaches their early twenties. Studies suggest that adults who smoked pot regularly during adolescence exhibit reduced neural connectivity in regions responsible for memory, learning and inhibitions.
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When high...
This picture represents scatterplot of pressure and temperature variables from the Hurricane Isabel dataset. The standard design (left) loses fidelity and requires manual adjustment, but the optimized design (right) automatically adapts to the data.
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These are thelial cells undergoing a shape change in Xenopus laevis embryo.
Credit: Makoto Suzuki
The first step in shaping the brain is that the neural plate, a sheet-like cell layer, curves to form the neural tube. Assistant Professor Makoto Suzuki...
Babies often amaze their parents when they seemingly learn new skills overnight -- how to walk, for example. But their brains were probably prepping for those tasks long before their first steps occurred, according to researchers.
Researchers at Penn State...
Kowal studied the direct and chronic effects of cannabis on dopamine-related functions, such as creative thinking and the ability to recognize one's own mistakes.
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Regular users of cannabis are less aware of their own mistakes, and...
A county-level survey conducted in 2015 and 2016 by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows the historic occurrence of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes between January 1995 and December 2016 in the United States. Counties with black dots...
