The Brain Has Been Asleep While You’re Still Awake?
We all know that staying up late will cause people confused and unresponsive. Why the lack of sleep can bring about such a terrible experience? MIT scientists have recently solved this puzzle, and ...
Newly Identified Mechanism Solves the Mystery of Key Mechanism of Cellular Organization
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital scientists have discovered a key mechanism for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and related degenerative diseases. The study is published in the journal Cell, ...
Three Scientists Share 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for Fighting Parasitic Diseases
The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet has decided to award the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine to three scientists for their work on parasitic diseases. One half jointly award goes ...
Cell: Interpreting How Mutations Rewire Cancer Cells
In the journal of Cell, scientists have discovered how genetic cancer mutations systematically attack the networks controlling human cells, which is critical for the future development of precise& ...
A New 30,000-year-old Giant Virus Named Mollivirus Sibericum Was Found
French scientists found an ancient giant virus named Mollivirus sibericum in a frozen soil sample collected from permafrost in Siberia, which has been sleeping in prehistoric permafrost in the region ...
The Lasker Has Been Awarded to Scientists for Cancer Research & Ebola Response
October is coming, and the scientific community will also enter the "Nobel Prize Month". Every year many media organizations predict the Nobel Prize. The Lasker Awards, however, one of the most ...
Cell Reports: Activated Neurons Release "Mysterious" Proteins Against Neurodegeneration
Recently, a study found that activated neurons can release a kind of "mysterious" proteins to protect nerve cells from death threats. The latest study, conducted by researchers led by the University ...
New Finding: A New Spatial Model for the Study of Tumor Growth & Evolution
Mathematical model is the most powerful tool to elucidate cancer growth and evolution, but over the years it still has defects. Although there are some models having been developed to capture tumor ...
Obesity Gene? Now You Find Something to Blame
Obesity not only affects the self image but also is harmful to health—it increases risks of diabetes, heart disease, and some forms of cancer. However, losing weight is not an easy task. In order to ...
The "Gateway" Allows Cancer Cells to Spread to Blood Vessels
Recently, scientists used real-time, high-resolution imaging technology to determine a a "gateway" in the vasculature, allowing cancer cells to spread from the breast to other parts of the body. ...