In response to seizures, the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), a network of flattened tubes in the cell that packages and transports…
How fungus-farming ants could help solve our antibiotic resistance problem
For the last 60 million years, fungus-growing ants have farmed fungi for food. In their cultivation of those fungi, they’ve…
Teenage acne may be a natural, transient inflammatory state
Adolescent acne does not always result in a pathological condition; rather, it may be a natural, transient inflammatory state occurring…
Can excessive athletic training make your brain tired? New study says yes
You’d expect excessive athletic training to make the body tired, but can it make the brain tired too? A new…
Potential diagnostic tool, treatment for Parkinson’s disease
Investigators have pinpointed a molecular defect that seems almost universal among patients with Parkinson’s disease and those at a high…
How neural circuits form in a developing embryo
A new imaging method follows young neurons in a developing embryo as they progress from a messy jumble of cells…
Tasmanian devil research could help tackle immunotherapy resistance
A cluster of interacting proteins that are active in both human cancers and Tasmanian devil facial tumours, may give clues…
Human kidney map charts our growing immune defense
The first cell atlas of the human kidney’s immune system has been created after scientists mapped nearly 70,000 individual kidney…
Tracking Alzheimer’s disease pathology in single neuronal cells
Researchers have developed a superior method to describe the very earliest effects that Alzheimer’s Disease proteins have on the properties…
Genomic map implicates broad immune cell involvement in multiple sclerosis
In a study of 115,803 individuals, the authors have identified 233 sites or loci in the human genome that contribute…