Drug restores cells that are missing in MS patients
New cells can restore the missing insulation around nerve cells.
Diana Gitig / Associate Writer
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Infecting mosquitos with bacteria could block malaria
Getting Wolbachia bacteria to grow in mosquitos may help human health.
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Feeding bees corn syrup may leave them vulnerable to colony collapse
The honey it replaces revs up their immune and detoxification systems.
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Researchers find a completely new DNA binding protein
Despite all the genomes we've sequenced, there is something new to be found.
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Poor, cute bunnies likely to get eaten when the snow melts early
Hares change coat color for winter based on the calendar, not the conditions.
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Feeding our gut bacteria meat may enhance heart disease risks
Antibiotics or vegetarian diets block production of a risk-associated chemical.
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Lower their shields!
Virus turns bacteria’s defenses against them
The enemy of my enemy is my friend.
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Cancer reprograms immune cells to avoid an attack
Cause a specific type of white blood cell to change its identity.
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Reshaping the brain: scientists reprogram neurons after birth
Altered neurons link up to a different brain region.
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It’s a bug! It’s a leaf! It’s a fossil!
Insect mimicry goes back to the Jurassic.
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Has our war on microbes left our immune systems prone to dysfunction?
Book review: An Epidemic of Absence takes on the worms you're missing.
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Drugs give the immune system a mistaken sense of self
Researchers identify how some small molecules can set off an immune response.
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The making of modern humans
If some of our ancestors interbred with Neanderthals, are we really modern?
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Going organic hurts veggies, OK for legumes
A meta-analysis to determine how organic yields compare to those of …
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Recalibrated DNA clock suggests we can stop looking for early primate fossils
The molecular evolution of primates is remodeled based on body and brain size …
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Rise in allergies linked to war on bacteria
Mice bred in a sterile environment and given antibiotics have more severe …
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Lawrence Krauss describes how to get A Universe From Nothing
A Universe from Nothing is based on a lecture given by cosmologist Lawrence …
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Book Review: The Infinity Puzzle
Physicist Frank Close gives us an inside view of how 20th century physics got …
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A drug that activates only your father’s version of a gene may treat neural disorder
A drug that activates the normally silenced paternal copy of a gene may help …
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Naked mole rats feel no pain due to acid
Acid inhibition of ion channels is more potent in naked mole rats than in …
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Researchers study autism by making stem cells from autistic patients
People with Timothy syndrome have autism caused by a mutation in a neuronal …
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Irony: small mouth may be product of soft, supersized meals
Agriculturalists have shorter jawbones than hunter-gatherers because their …
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Watching bacteria evolve into problems
Researchers follow 16 years of bacterial evolution in cystic fibrosis patients …
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Antibodies and light combine for a cancer-killing therapy
An antibody, a light-sensitive chemical, and some near-infrared light have …
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Europe’s first farmers didn’t abandon their hunter-gathering habits
New evidence challenges the idea that agriculture rapidly and completely …