Researchers have shown in mice that it is possible to return adult neural circuits to a younger, immature state by targeting a receptor in the brain called PirB....
2020-11-05To some extent, a person’s lifespan may even be determined before they are born, if a study published in Scientific Reports on October 9, 2014 turns mice into humans. This new study shows that a mitochondrial DNA mutation in a mother’s egg cell may s...
2020-11-05Recently, scientists from Princeton University \"ordered\" mice to produce three kinds of antibodies, successfully preventing hepatitis C virus infection. They also used this method to clear the virus from the body of the infected mice...
2020-11-05Recently, researchers at the University of Utah School of Medicine in the United States explained a long-standing question: What role does mitochondria play in debilitating and fatal motor neuron diseases? They prepared a new mouse model to study thi...
2020-11-05Researchers from the University of Tokyo in Japan used the DOK7 gene therapy method to successfully treat two neuromuscular diseases by increasing the neuromuscular junction that transmits brain signals to the muscles....
2020-11-05Recently, a new study published online in Nature pointed out that an experimental drug cured all 18 monkeys infected with Ebola virus. The drug is called ZMapp, developed by Max Planck Biopharmaceuticals...
2020-11-05Most people can gradually recover from trauma, but a small percentage of people will suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)-an extreme reaction to severe trauma (eg war, car accident, natural disaster)...
2020-11-05Man-made changes in memory are not only the subject of science fiction, but also a hot spot of scientific research. The latest research report published on the website of the British \"Nature\" magazine on the 27th stated that researchers h...
2020-11-05For the first time, scientists have successfully cultivated a complete thymus in an animal body. This tissue can generate T cells and is an important part of the immune system...
2020-11-05By understanding the secrets of why the tail of a lizard can regenerate, researchers may be able to develop methods to stimulate the regeneration of human limbs...
2020-11-05No amount of care, no matter how soft pillows, and no matter how comfortable the photon bath, will not allow the local tyrants who travel the world to escape the torture of jet lag...
2020-11-05A study found that the combination of a temperature-sensitive dye and a distributed light sensor on a thin flexible electrical substrate can bring about a system capable of automatically adapting to match the colors of their surroundings, as a biolog...
2020-11-05Hemophilia is a disease caused by hereditary coagulation dysfunction. It is characterized by the human body’s inability to produce coagulation factors or insufficient production of coagulation factors, which leads to prolonged clotting time and diffi...
2020-11-05Pluripotent stem cell (Ps) is the hotspot and focus of current stem cell research. It can differentiate into all cells in the body, and then form all tissues and organs of the body...
2020-11-05Platypus may be the strangest animal in the world. It is said that when European scholars first saw this duck-billed, beaver-tailed, and otter-footed animal, they thought it was a well-designed hoax....
2020-11-05Like many newborn mammals, young mice will use crying to attract mother mice\'s attention. However, a mother mouse is not born to recognize such shouts. She must learn to recognize the voices of offspring—just as a parent learns to recognize the cry ...
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