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Appetite and consumption in fruit flies is controlled by two sets of circadian clockwork genes working at cross purposes
Amita Sehgal, University of Pennsylvania Medical School |
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New imaging follows individual breast cancer cells as they go metastatic, revealing a deadly transition controlled by switching messenger genes on and then off agai
Erik Sahai, Cancer Research UK, London Research Institute |
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After an axon injury, a fruit fly neuron can regenerate by reversing the polarity of a dendrite so that it can be transformed into an axon Michelle C. Stone and Melissa M. Rolls, Pennsylvania State Universit |
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A new “rational drug design” project identifies fragments of older FDA-approved compounds that might counter drug resistance in emerging avian and swine influenzas
Daniel B. Dadon, University of California, San Diego |
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Using human umbilical stem cells as an alternative to corneal transplants clears an experimental hurdle by opening the cloudy eyes of a lab mouse
Winston W.-Y. Kao, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine |
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After more than a century, a knockout mouse lacking mysterious Merkel cells finally unlocks the secret of light touch
Ellen A. Lumpkin, Baylor College of Medicine |
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In a “shoot-’em-up” video game, teens flying “microbot” fighters against bacterial pathogens significantly increase their knowledge of the immune system
Melanie Ann Stegman, Federation of American Scientists |
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The discovery of cellular giants among opportunistic fungi may explain why cryptococcal infection remains the leading AIDS-related cause of death on Earth
Kirsten Nielsen, University of Minnesota |
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A framework of “smart” materials mimics the elasticity of the matrix that surrounds stem cells, helping to develop new cardiac muscle to repair damaged hearts
Jennifer L. Young, University of California, San Diego |
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Researchers use human embryonic stem cells to generate neurons in the lab with Alzheimer’s and Niemann–Pick type C
Lawrence S.B. Goldstein, University of California, San Diego |
