Scientists report they have uncovered a previously overlooked connection between neurons in two distinct areas of the mammalian brain. The
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Designer cells: Artificial enzyme can activate a gene switch
Complex reaction cascades can be triggered in artificial molecular systems: Swiss scientists have constructed an enzyme than can penetrate a
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Atomic-level study reveals why rare disorder causes sudden paralysis: A hole in a protein lets ions leak into cells, thereby triggering the profound muscle weakness of hypokalemic periodic paralysis
A rare genetic disorder in which people are suddenly overcome with profound muscle weakness is caused by a hole in
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Researchers identify gene that helps prevent brain disease: Protein ‘proofreading’ errors lead to neurodegenerative disease
Scientists know that faulty proteins can cause harmful deposits or “aggregates” in neurological disorders such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease.
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Lignin: A supergreen fuel for fuel cells: Conducting polymer electrocatalysts for proton-coupled electron transfer reactions: Toward organic fuel cells with forest fuels
Researchers from the Laboratory of Organic Electronics at Linköping University have developed a fuel cell that uses lignin, a cheap
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Our vulnerable nervous system: What affects its protective sheaths? Researchers shed light on a complex biochemical mechanism
According to the Deutsche Multiple Sklerose Gesellschaft (German Multiple Sclerosis Society), around 200,000 people in Germany suffer from multiple sclerosis
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Pathways to spatial recognition
When you are lost or disoriented, your brain uses cues from your surroundings — landmarks both near and far —
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Biomarkers for irritable bowel syndrome: Successful identification of an organic cause of irritable bowel syndromes
Little is still known about the exact causes of irritable bowel syndrome. An international team with significant involvement from the
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Large aggregates of ALS-causing protein might actually help brain cells: UNC School of Medicine scientists add to evidence that small aggregates of SOD1 protein are the brain-cell killing culprits in ALS, but the formation of larger, more visible, and fibril-like aggregates of the same protein may protect brain cells
Scientists at the UNC School of Medicine have made a significant advance in the understanding of the complex and fatal
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Grafted brain organoids provide insight into neurological disorders
Many neurological disorders — Alzheimer’s, schizophrenia, autism, even depression — have lagged behind in new therapies. Because the brain is
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