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No Ticket No Entry
A gene 'ticket' that allows cancer cells admittance to the brain is reported in a paper published online.
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Chromatin-Modification Link to Memory
A chromatin-modifying enzyme impairs memory formation in mice.
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A Time to Stress
Exposure to stress affects the brain, but different brain areas are vulnerable at particular times in life.
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The Dangers of Double Dipping
Analyses of data from functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and studies tracking electrical activity in the brain can generate misleading results, suggests an article online.
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Easing the Way to Pluripotency
Tools to selectively drive the expression of genes in pluripotent stem cells while leaving differentiated cells untouched are reported online.
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A Primate-Specific Potassium Channel in Schizophrenia
A primate-specific variant of a potassium channel affects cerebral cortex function, cognition, neuronal physiology and risk of having schizophrenia.
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High Rate of Chromosomal Instability in Human Embryos
Abnormal chromosome structure in early human embryos is quite common, according to a report online.
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Genetic Factors for Common Traits in Asians
Scientists in Korea have carried out the first large screen of health-related genes in an East Asian population.
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Sleep Disorder Associated With Autoimmune Response
An assault of the immune system on sleep centers of the brain may cause narcolepsy.
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Energized by RNA
Scientists have discovered a new class of enzymes that use a type of RNA to make natural products.
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Fresh Lead for Broad-Spectrum Huntington's Therapy
New findings may catalyze the development of drugs to treat Huntington's and other similar diseases.
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Easing Inflammation
A new type of therapy that targets a key enzyme in a specific type of white blood cell eases inflammation in mice.
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Protein Cocktail Directs Production of New Heart Cells
Researchers have discovered a cocktail of proteins that triggers the production of new heart muscle cells.
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“The future of genetic studies of complex human diseases”: Drs. Merikangas and Risch talk about that influential paper 13 years later
hum-molgen.org is starting a series of interviews and discussions with authors of recent papers that have been highly influential in human molecular genetics.
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