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By now, you've heard of CRISPR--the bacterial self-defense mechanism that can be used to modify the genome. From "biohackers" building the hype by injecting themselves with CRISPR--and later regretting it--to the more me...

Machine learning has produced impressive results, a Google expert argued, but it's fundamentally no more rigorous than medieval attempts to turn lead into gold.

As the number of adults with Alzheimer's disease and dementia steadily increases, questions around their access to firearms remain largely unaddressed, according to a new study.

New findings demonstrate that there may be ways to address blood-brain barrier dysfunction in epilepsy.

Night shifts have an impact on genes regulating important biological processes and their expression can't adapt to new sleeping and eating patterns and that most of them stay tuned to their daytime biological clock rhyth...

A new collaborative study has identified and studied Ebola antibodies that could be used to design universal therapeutics that are effective against many different Ebola species.

Scientists knew the PDK1 signaling pathway was active in metastasizing cancer cells, but no one knew why. New research has found for the first time that the PDK1 pathway regulates the formation of a three-protein core co...

Using an informatics tool that identifies "hotspots" of post-translational modification (PTM) activity on proteins, researchers have found a previously-unknown mechanism that puts the brakes on an important cell signalin...

Researchers have used artificial intelligence to spot patterns within the communities of bacteria living in the human gut. These patterns could indicate who among the approximately one billion people around the globe at ...

Researchers from Karolinska Institute have made an important discovery that could impact neuroscience research. Researchers found TIDA neurons have different wiring in rats and mice. This is due to mice lacking gap junct...

Scientists identify proteins that target specific DNA regions to keep genetic material under control.

New research reveals how traumatic noise damages hearing and identifies a potential way to preserve it.

A new study reports the locus coerleus, a brain network that controls our ability to focus while under stress, appears to weaken as we age. This may explain why we find it more difficult to focus as we get older.

Feelings of gratitude following an altruistic experience may arise as a result of the integration of relevant social information in the perigenual anterior cingulate cortex, researchers report.

AI research has come full circle, helping neuroscientist better understand how the human brain works, researchers say.

According to researchers, people with diabetes may be at increased risk of suffering from depression as a result of biological problems in regulating sugar levels that influence emotional response in the brain. Using EEG...

Stronger pupillary light reflex in infants is linked to an increased risk of autism diagnosis later in life, researchers report. Additionally, the amount of pupil restriction in infancy is associated with the strength of...

A synthetic biology research team has combined technologies to develop a new biotech technique that promises to accelerate research into protein therapies.

'Patient zero' isn't entirely to blame when an infection takes root in a population. According to scientists, social context in the community has a lot to do with how a disease spreads.

A new study adds to growing evidence that concussions can lead to neurodegenerative diseases. Researchers report the likelihood of developing dementia was found to double following a concussion, even when consciousness w...

People are more inclined to accept information as true and accurate it aligns with their world view, a new study reveals.