Racism Aggravates Treatment-Resistant Asthma
Racial discrimination experienced by African-American children and young adults exacerbates a type of asthma known to be resistant to standard treatment, according to a study headed by researchers at UC…
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Researchers Discover What May Be Earliest Stage of Alzheimer’s
Older adults with elevated levels of brain-clogging plaques — but otherwise normal cognition — experience faster mental decline suggestive of Alzheimer’s disease, according to a new study led by the…
Scientists 3-D Print Mouse Ovaries That Actually Make Babies
Not all girls grow up to be mothers. Sometimes they choose not to be, and sometimes circumstances take those choices away. A superfluity of cancers and genetic diseases can destroy…
Study of Worms Reveals ‘Selfish Genes’ That Encode A Toxin – and Its Antidote
A UCLA study has found that a common strain of Caenorhabditis elegans — a type of roundworm frequently used in laboratory research on neural development — has a pair of genes…
In Brain Evolution, Size Matters – Most of the Time
Which came first, overall bigger brains or larger brain regions that control specialized behaviors? Neuroscientists have debated this question for decades, but a new Cornell study settles the score. The…
Project to Map Human Brain From Womb to Birth Releases Stunning Images
A landmark project to map the wiring of the human brain from womb to birth has released thousands of images that will help scientists unravel how conditions such as autism,…