Researchers, setting their sights on Shiga toxin (player in the current E. coli outbreak from romaine lettuce) and ricin (a…
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How glial cells develop in the brain from neural precursor cells
A research team studied how glial cells develop in the brain from neural precursor cells. They discovered that differentiation involves…
New look at Puerto Rico post-Hurricane Maria
Two new research efforts delve into Hurricane Maria’s far-reaching effects on the island’s forests and on its residents’ energy and…
Cancer cells distinguished by artificial intelligence-based system
A research team has created a system that uses a convolutional neural network to learn the features distinguishing different cancer…
Memory tests predict brain atrophy and Alzheimer’s disease
Use of two episodic memory tests help in predicting brain atrophy and Alzheimer’s disease, as indicated by a study. Researchers…
Hair color gene study sheds new light on roots of redheads’ locks
Scientists have discovered eight additional genes linked to red hair, helping to solve a mystery of how redheads inherit their…
Plants as antifungal factories
Researchers have developed a biotechnological tool to produce, in a very efficient manner, antifungal proteins in the leaves of the…
New insights into childhood cancer
Peripheral nervous system tumors, known as neuroblastoma, are one of the most common types of childhood tumors. Researchers have now…
Undiplomatic immunity: Mutation causing arterial autoimmune disease revealed
Takayasu arteritis is an autoimmune disease resulting in chronic aortic inflammation leading to aneurysm or aortic regurgitation. Researchers showed that…
How does cancer spread?
How does cancer spread? While studying human brain tumour cells, a team of scientists found some answers to this crucial,…