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Aug 05, 2019 03:10 AM EDT

Researchers Create First-Ever 'Map' of Global Labor Flow

A small team of researchers at Indiana University has created the first global map of labor flow in collaboration with the world's largest professional social network, LinkedIn. The work is reported in the journal Nature Communications.

Aug 01, 2019 06:50 AM EDT

Researchers Show How Side Hit to the Head Could Damage Brain, Lead to Concussion

Play contact sports for any length of time and at one point or another, you're probably going to have your 'bell rung' by a powerful blow to the head from a hard hit or fall. Rising awareness of the severe, abiding repercussions of strong impacts to the head--concussions, mild traumatic brain injury...

Jul 23, 2019 08:51 PM EDT

Brain Protein Mutation From Child With Autism Causes Autism-Like Behavioral Change In Mice

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - A de novo gene mutation that encodes a brain protein in a child with autism has been placed into the brains of mice. These mice then showed severe alterations of specific behaviors that closely resemble those seen in human autism spectrum disorder or ASD.

Jul 15, 2019 11:35 AM EDT

Cancer Tissue-Freezing Approach May Help More breast Cancer Patients in Lower Income Countries

A new reusable device created by the Johns Hopkins University can help women with breast cancer in lower-income countries by using carbon dioxide, a widely available and affordable gas, to power a cancer tissue-freezing probe instead of industry-standard argon.

Jun 27, 2019 10:41 AM EDT

Unexpected Mechanism Allows CaMKII to Decode Calcium Signaling in the Brain

In an increasingly connected world, translators and interpreters play a key role in the exchange of ideas and information. They serve the vital purpose of accurately conveying meaning from one language to the next. Nowadays, almost every modern industry has a crucial need for translators. But did yo...

Jun 24, 2019 11:45 AM EDT

Does Stimulation of the Brain's Dorsal Anterior Insula Trigger Ecstasy?

The epileptic "aura" is a subjective phenomenon that sometimes precedes the visible clinical features of a seizure. Investigators tested three epileptic patients prior to potential surgery to try to determine where their seizures originate. They observed that these patients reported an ecstatic aura...

Jun 11, 2019 11:46 AM EDT

Breakthrough in the Discovery of DNA in Ancient Bones Buried in Water

During the Iron Age around 300 AD, something extraordinary was initiated in Levänluhta area in Isokyrö, SW Finland. The deceased was buried in a lake, and this habit was continued for at least 400 years. When trenches were dug in the local fields in mid-1800's skulls and other human bones were sur...

Jun 08, 2019 12:06 PM EDT

A Molecular Glue to Overcome Cancer Drug Resistance?

DURHAM, N.C. -- Scientists have discovered a small molecule drug that may stop cancer cells from becoming resistant to chemotherapy. Drug resistance is a major cause of cancer relapse and is responsible for as much as 90% of deaths related to the disease.

Jun 03, 2019 08:15 PM EDT

Six Fingers Per Hand

Polydactyly is the extraordinary condition of someone being born with more than five fingers or toes. In a case study published in Nature Communications, researchers from the University of Freiburg, Imperial College London, the University Hospital of Lausanne, and EPFL have for the first time examin...

May 31, 2019 09:53 AM EDT

A New Mechanism for Accessing Damaged DNA

UV light damages the DNA of skin cells, which can lead to skin cancer. But this process is counteracted by the DNA repair machinery, acting as a molecular sunscreen. It has been unclear, however, how repair proteins work on DNA tightly packed in chromatin, where access to DNA damage is restricted by...

May 22, 2019 09:51 AM EDT

Newly Discovered Hybrid Molecules Could Serve as a Novel Category of Anti-cancer Agent

Researchers from NYU Abu Dhabi's (NYUAD) chemistry program and colleagues from the University's biology program have developed and studied the biological activity of five new, metal-organic hybrid knotted molecules, termed metal-organic trefoil knots (M-TKs). These molecules can effectively deliver ...