Study suggests some medications might inhibit virus replication in human cells. Despite the development of SARS-CoV-2Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is the official…
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Cytokine increases production of “beige fat” to burn more cellular energy. An immune signal promotes the production of energy-burning “beige fat,” according to a new…
Hippocampal dentate gyrus in HSHA mice, showing significant astrocyte activation (GFAP: white) and oxidative stress (8OHdG: green) surrounding the cerebral capillaries (laminin-a4: magenta). Nuclei staining…
Neolithic agriculturalists. Credit: Illustration by L.P. Repiso A new investigation of stone tools buried in graves provides evidence supporting the existence of a division of…
The global distribution of the combined toxic-climate risk. The global distribution of the combined risk of toxic pollution (low or high ecosystem health) and climate…
Beneficial Gut Bacteria. Credit: Darryl Leja, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, NIH Fasting before and during exposure to Salmonella enterica bacteria…
Selective extinction of apex predators suggests a shift to more generalist diets. A global catastrophe 66 million years ago led to the extinction of all…
Better international sequencing efforts are needed to track and respond to new SARS-CoV-2 variants. The lack of sequencing of SARS-CoV-2 variants by the U.S. and…
Scanning was completed both during Time 1 and Time 2 (approximately 1.5 years later) in each of the 5 age groups (6-year-olds, 10-year-olds, 14-year-olds, 16-year-olds,…
Landscape views of scatters of qubbas around the Jebel Maman. Credit: Stefano Costanzo (CC-BY 4.0) Statistical methods designed for cosmology reveal tomb distribution in Sudan…
Schematic illustration of sample size calculation process. Credit: Shoya Iwanami A new modeling study suggests that significant variation in virus dynamics from person to person…
First successful use aboard International Space Station of new technique for studying DNA repair in yeast. Researchers have developed and successfully demonstrated a novel method…
Image presents global COVID-19 spread across countries over time. Countries marked in yellow–upper bound of a 95% confidence interval of the estimated origin date includes…
Anti-aging Protein in Red Blood Cells Helps Prevent Mental Decline, Poor Memory and Hearing Deficits
Anti-aging Protein in Red Blood Cells Helps Prevent Mental Decline, Poor Memory and Hearing Deficits
Mice lacking ADORA2B in their blood exhibit accelerated aging, including poor memory and hearing deficits. Research conducted by Qiang et al has discovered a link…
Testing of the “electronic nose.” Credit: Kobi Snitz Electronic nose might “sniff out” COVID-19-infected people at mass scale, according to a preliminary proof-of-concept study. [embedded…
The global brain signal in Alzheimer’s disease patients is associated with weaker cerebrospinal fluid flow as compared with healthy controls. Credit: Feng Han and Xiao…
Observational studies have suggested that increased vitamin D levels may protect against COVID-19. However, these studies were inconclusive and possibly subject to confounding. A study…
Currently available COVID-19 vaccines rely on mRNA strands to teach the human immune system to recognize the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Now, researchers reporting in PLOS Neglected Tropical…
First-of-its-kind mechanical model simulates bending of mammalian whiskers. Researchers have developed a new mechanical model that simulates how whiskers bend within a follicle in response…
Potential date? (Dataset photograph from Karras et al. (2018), licensed CC BY 2.0, name DSC_3929.jpg and author Jean-Simon Asselin Researchers highlight need for public education…