Day January 8, 2020

IMAGE: This is a chart of single cell sequencing on malaria parasites. view more  Credit: Texas Biomedical Research Institute San Antonio, Texas (January 8, 2020) – New technology employing single cell genome sequencing of the parasite that causes malaria has yielded…

IMAGE: Princeton’s Chris Tokita and Corina Tarnita found that division of labor and political polarization — two social phenomena not typically considered together — may be driven by the same processes…. view more  Credit: Chris Tokita, Princeton University Could the division…

IMAGE: Jarod A. Rollins of the MDI Biological Laboratory in Bar Harbor, Maine, is a lead author of a recent scientific paper that identifies synergistic cellular pathways for longevity that amplify… view more  Credit: MDI Biological Laboratory BAR HARBOR, MAINE —…

PHILADELPHIA–A new Penn Medicine study puts researchers within closer reach of vaccines that can protect infants against infections by overcoming a mother’s antibodies, which are known to shut down immune defenses initiated by conventional vaccines. That hurdle largely explains why…

For the 20 percent of Americans who suffer from chronic pain, prescription opioids may bring relief, but also risks. An estimated 21 to 29 percent of patients who receive chronic opioid treatment will misuse their medications, and 8 to 12…

IMAGE: Professor Zucai Suo of the FSU College of Medicine. His research has established the mechanism responsible for how two widely used antiviral drugs inhibit viruses, which could create more treatment… view more  Credit: Colin Hackley/Florida State University College of Medicine…

IMAGE: Evaluation of an attenuated papaya leaf distortion mosaic virus mutant for cross protection against severe strain tagged with GFP infection via symptoms and GFP fluorescence in three papaya cultivars (Tuo… view more  Credit: Decai Tuo and Wentao Shen Viruses cause…

IMAGE: Affirmative action policies (AAP) such as quota systems based on racial or socio-economic criteria are often recommended as a way to increase enrollment of underrepresented students in higher education. But… view more  Credit: Marianne Stein URBANA, Ill. – Affirmative action…

IMAGE: Comparison between the response of tumoral cells to chemotherapy with no mutation of p53 (upper cells) and of mutation of p53 (lower cells). view more  Credit: Guilherme de Oliveira More than half of cancer cases worldwide are associated with genetic…

IMAGE: Abnormal behavior of parvalbumin (PV) neurons (in red) in the auditory cortex of the mouse brain manifests as parental neglect. Normal activity of PV neurons depends on the Mecp2 gene,… view more  Credit: Shea lab/CSHL, 2020 The brain undergoes dramatic…