The central nervous system is a fundamental part of the human body’s response system, creating a massive range of reactions, targets, and in turn, diseases. With increasing average life expectancy, this wide range of disorders (from Alzheimer’s, to Parkinson’s, MS, dementia and depression), is becoming increasingly widespread in the population creating an ever greater need [...]
An international team, led by Lanzhou University, comprising BGI, the world’s largest genomics organization, Institute of Kunming Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences as well as the other 12 institutes, has completed the genomic sequence and analyses of a female domestic yak, which provides important insights into understanding mammalian divergence and adaptation at high altitude. This [...]
Most people call it the “art” of persuasion, but public health researchers at the University of Southern California (USC) are trying to pinpoint the “science” behind social influence. They hope a better understanding of human interactions – both face-to-face and online – can help prevent disease and promote general health. Whether the goal is to [...]
A professor from the University of Southampton has called on doctors around the world to give patients with persistent dizziness a booklet of simple exercises, after new research has shown that it is a very cost effective treatment for common causes of the condition. Lucy Yardley, who has been researching dizziness for many years, urgeed [...]
As the Genetics Society of America’s Model Organism to Human Biology (MOHB): Cancer Genetics Meeting in Washington, D.C. drew to a close, it was clear that the mantra for drug discovery to treat cancers in the post-genomic era is pathways. Pathways are ordered series of actions that occur as cells move from one state, through [...]
