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Protein monoaminylation in brain: novel mechanisms of neural development, plasticity and disease

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Sex-specific traits of the immune system explain men's susceptibility to obesity

Sex-specific traits of the immune system explain men's susceptibility to obesity

Acupuncture can reduce migraine headaches

Signaling in controlling neuronal diversity and brain asymmetry

Graphite nanoplatelets on medical devices kill bacteria and prevent infections

Key factors for reducing brain damage from cardiac arrest

Neuroscience/Psychology

Acupuncture can reduce migraine headaches

Acupuncture can reduce migraine headaches

Signaling in controlling neuronal diversity and brain asymmetry

Key factors for reducing brain damage from cardiac arrest

The neurotensinergic neurons in the brainstem regulate non-REM sleep

Cancer

In order to colonize other organs and grow into metastases, tumor cells that detach from the parent tumor need to manipulate their new microenvironment and create a 'metastatic niche'. Scientists have now discovered that some cancer cells stimulate connec

Interactions between cancer cells and fibroblasts promote metastasis

Crumpled graphene makes ultra-sensitive cancer DNA detector

Targeting cancer cells that lost metabolic genes

Lysosomal alterations can lead to cancer

Diabetes/Obesity

Dads low protein diet affects health of future offspring

Dads low protein diet affects health of future offspring

Sugar leads to early death, but not due to obesity

Protein controls fat metabolism

Intermittent fasting controls master regulator of fat metabolism in liver and helps prevent disease

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Microbiology & Virology

Graphite nanoplatelets on medical devices kill bacteria and prevent infections

Graphite nanoplatelets on medical devices kill bacteria and prevent infections

Intestinal microbes control epigenetic program in mucosal cells

New device quickly detects harmful bacteria in blood

Cannabis helps fight resistant bacteria

Biochemistry

How skin cells prepare to heal wounds

How skin cells prepare to heal wounds

Antibiotic daptomycin intercepts building blocks of the bacterial envelope

Enzyme targeted by TB antibiotic later stops the drug destroying it

Signaling mechanism in mechanical stress induced cell-to-cell adhesion

Plant Biology

Gene switch underlying tomato fruit size and domestication

Gene switch underlying tomato fruit size and domestication

Blue-green algae toxin targets a gene linked to Parkinson's disease

Three genes implicated in plant symbioses

Plant baldness gene discovered!

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Stem cells

A bacterial superbug damages stem cells and prevents gut repair

A bacterial superbug damages stem cells and prevents gut repair

How skin cells prepare to heal wounds

How a specific gene can impact neurodevelopment and lead to macrocephaly and autism

Liquid-liquid phase separation drives skin barrier formation

Health Science

Sex-specific traits of the immune system explain men's susceptibility to obesity

Sex-specific traits of the immune system explain men's susceptibility to obesity

Acupuncture can reduce migraine headaches

Signaling in controlling neuronal diversity and brain asymmetry

Graphite nanoplatelets on medical devices kill bacteria and prevent infections

Technology

Development of a solid material capable of slowly releasing H2S and NO

Development of a solid material capable of slowly releasing H2S and NO

A neuroimaging biomarker for striatal dysfunction in schizophrenia

Crumpled graphene makes ultra-sensitive cancer DNA detector

New microwire arrays for neural recording

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Immunology

Sex-specific traits of the immune system explain men's susceptibility to obesity

Sex-specific traits of the immune system explain men's susceptibility to obesity

Intestinal microbes control epigenetic program in mucosal cells

Interactions between cancer cells and fibroblasts promote metastasis

A bacterial superbug damages stem cells and prevents gut repair

Developmental Biology

Signaling mechanism in mechanical stress induced cell-to-cell adhesion

Signaling mechanism in mechanical stress induced cell-to-cell adhesion

Genetic signature may identify mothers at risk for preeclampsia

Babies born prematurely can catch up their immune systems

Neurodevelopmental origin implicated in behavioral individuality

Genetics

Intestinal microbes control epigenetic program in intestinal cells

Intestinal microbes control epigenetic program in mucosal cells

Gene switch underlying tomato fruit size and domestication

Targeting cancer cells that lost metabolic genes

Dads low protein diet affects health of future offspring

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