Coffee products that contain roasted beans contain small amounts of the compound acrylamide. There are concerns that acrylamide may be…
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Novel oncogenic function for receptor linked to Alzheimer’s disease
Common and rare SORLA single nucleotide polymorphisms have been associated with the development of Alzheimer’s disease. So far, SORLA has…
Structure of a ‘master switch’ controlling cell division
Unregulated cell division is a hallmark of cancer, and one of the key proteins involved in controlling cell division is…
Lost in translation: The medium is the message for a healthy heartbeat
Researchers have revealed how a genetic message to produce healthy heart tissue is altered in the body during stress and…
Finding a cell’s true identity
In a bid to reveal even more distinctive differences and similarities, researchers have developed two new artificial intelligence methods that…
High LDL linked to early-onset Alzheimer’s
Researchers found a link between high LDL cholesterol and early-onset Alzheimer’s disease. The results could help doctors understand how the…
New cable-free brain imaging method may take social neuroscience to the next level
Researchers developed a cable-free recording method that can measure brain activity associated with social behavior in mice. The method was…
Stem cell identity unmasked by single cell sequencing technology
Scientists have revealed the difference between a stem cell and other blood vessel cells using gene-sequencing technology.
GWAS identifies new risk loci for harmful alcohol use
A genome-wide association study has identified five new genetic risk loci that can pass on risk for harmful alcohol use…
Newly discovered mechanism reveals how Parkinson’s disease can spread between brain cells
Tiny channels between nerve cells are involved in a newly discovered mechanism of how Parkinson’s disease can spread throughout the…