Astrocytes directly regulate brain circuits involved in memory consolidation
The findings suggest that astrocytes are much more than support cells for neurons – they also seem to directly regulate brain function.
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Research
Uncovering a new vulnerability in acute myeloid leukemia
The team explored the possibility of leveraging the new vulnerability to overcome therapy resistance.
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CS18: a new drug that can potentially overcome cancer drug resistance
CS18 is a candidate for further development as a drug that could become part of combination treatments to prevent or overcome cancer drug resistance.
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BCM-led team awarded inaugural Burroughs Wellcome Fund Climate Health Center of Excellence Grant to advance climate and health research
The $10 million award will be used to build FORECAST, an integrated system to study how a rapidly changing environment and weather drive the emergence and expansion of deadly pathogens in human populations.
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Tractor-Mix helps scientists uncover disease-linked genes that traditional methods can miss
A new computational method enables scientists to more accurately identify genetic changes linked to disease.
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Elephant vaccine shows first signs of protection against deadly virus
The studies represent a significant step toward protecting vulnerable elephant calves from a disease that has challenged the elephant community for decades.
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A closer look at brain tissue vulnerability in neurological disease
New evidence explains differences in brain tissue vulnerability using animal models of human spinocerebellar ataxia type 1.
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New imaging tools to listen in on the brain’s ‘electrical whispers’
These biosensors make previously undetectable signals visible, opening new possibilities for studying how neural circuits process information.
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Researchers uncovered a novel pathway that causes epilepsy
The findings also provide a new approach to improve the diagnosis of epilepsy, for which a genetic cause cannot be found in about 50 % of individuals with the condition.
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Turning the tables on chemotherapy resistance: LIG1 loss exposes a therapeutic vulnerability in triple-negative breast cancer
The team identified underlying molecular mechanisms of platinum resistance that they neutralized with combinations of available drugs to reduce tumor growth in animal models.
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