Video of the Month: A cell dividing
Cell division is a highly dynamic and energy-demanding process.
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Author: Ana Rodríguez
Estrogen-regulated brain circuit helps females control obesity
An estrogen-activated brain circuit connects specific brain regions, providing anti-obesity benefits in an animal model.
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Oleic acid, a key to activating the brain’s ‘fountain of youth’
Oleic acid produced in the brain is an essential regulator of the process that enables learning and memory and proper mood regulation.
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Tuberculosis induces premature cellular aging
It’s possible that premature cellular aging in TB is one reason why survivors have a three-fold increased risk of mortality.
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Targeting TGF-β for treatment of osteogenesis imperfecta
A monoclonal antibody therapy that neutralizes TGF-β produced promising results in a Phase 1 clinical trial.
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The fruit fly helps unravel the genetics of autism
In this study, ASD emerges not as one disorder involving many genes, but as hundreds of disorders caused by certain individual gene variants.
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Restoring long-term memory recall in a mouse model of Rett syndrome
Researchers have discovered that diminished memory recall in Rett syndrome mice can be restored by activating specific inhibitory cells in the hippocampus.
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SRC-3 is a key regulator of the 12-hour clock
Altered 12-hour cycles have been associated with human diseases and hundreds of genes have been identified that are activated in 12-hour cycles.
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GlyNAC supplementation extends life span in mice
GlyNAC – a combination of precursors of the natural antioxidant glutathione – can increase lifespan and improve multiple key age-associated defects in mice.
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An organic insecticide is more damaging to non-target insects than synthetics
Very low concentrations of the popular organic insecticide Spinosad have profound effects on beneficial insect species.
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