An interdisciplinary team of scientists from the Lieber Institute and Johns Hopkins has discovered more than 50,000 regions of the genome that show different levels of activity in the brain across six stages of human development. Their report1, published online on Dec. 15 in Nature Neuroscience, highlights the complexity of genes associated with brain growth […]
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New Mechanism of Protein Synthesis Linked to Alzheimer’s
Posted by Shannen Cravens | Perspectives in ResearchAnyone who has taken a biology or biochemistry class is familiar with the central dogma of the biological sciences, which describes the flow of genetic information. It dates back to Francis Crick in 1956 and can be simplified to the following concept: DNA encodes for RNA, and RNA encodes for proteins. A new study1 from […]
Feb 25, 2015
More Colds in the Cold?
Posted by Bree Yanagisawa | Perspectives in ResearchWhile we’ve all heard the tired warning to wear our coats outside so we don’t get sick, it’s fair to wonder how much validity there is to such reasoning. Are we really more likely to catch a cold in colder weather? Lucky for us, scientists at Yale are looking into it. Their recent article1, published […]
Feb 25, 2015
‘2014 Breakthrough of the Year’ Named by Science Magazine
Posted by Kirstie Keller | Perspectives in ResearchIn a year where scientists have turned back the clock on aging and designed robots to think as a group, choosing a standout success is a charge that is near impossible. However, when Science magazine released its annual short list of the most outstanding contributions to the scientific field, it ultimately made the difficult decision […]
Feb 20, 2015