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Investigating Molecular Switches

Investigating Molecular Switches

Our brain creates our imagination by switching electric signals within a huge network of approximately 100 billion nerve cells, the individual nerve cells not having direct electric contact to each…
Sex, Sugar And Metabolic Disease

Sex, Sugar And Metabolic Disease

Overweight children and adults have low levels in their blood of a protein known as SHGB, which transports sex steroids and regulates their entry into tissues. Low levels of SHGB are a marker of the…
Study: Are Men Born With  A Sexual Orientation?

Study: Are Men Born With A Sexual Orientation?

Is sexual orientation something people are born with - like the color of their skin and eyes - or a matter of choice? Canadian scientists say they have uncovered new evidence which shows genetics has…
In Epilepsy Genes, Two Wrongs Do Make A Right

In Epilepsy Genes, Two Wrongs Do Make A Right

Inheriting two genetic mutations that can individually cause epilepsy might actually be “seizure-protective,” said Baylor College of Medicine researchers the journal Nature Neuroscience. “In the…
How Mice Recognize Each Other

How Mice Recognize Each Other

Scientists at the University of Liverpool have discovered that mice rely on a special set of proteins to recognize each other. Previous studies assumed that another set of genes that influence smell…
Video: Biologically Engineered Super Mice

Video: Biologically Engineered Super Mice

Case Western Reserve University researchers have bred a line of 'super mice' (PEPCK-Cmus mice) that have the capability of running five to six kilometers at a speed of 20 meters per minute on a…