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New research has shown that over-activity in a specific area of the brain is linked to certain symptoms of schizophrenia, opening up possibilities for the development of more targeted treatments.

Scientists at Scripps Research have discovered hundreds of proteins that are constantly transported throughout the healthy brain in small membrane-enclosed sacs, revealing a new form of communication between brain cells.

Researchers have discovered that a particular molecular signaling pathway plays an important role in producing osteoarthritis pain.

A study has challenged previous findings that cognitive effort is unpleasant, revealing that if rewarded for earlier efforts, participants will seek more challenging tasks.

Recently discovered genetic knowledge of two nuisance western honey bee subspecies will help commercial and hobby beekeepers with identification.

Researchers have discovered a way to modify the message containing the instruction for CFTR, forcing the protein-making machinery to skip over this “stop sign” mutation, which allows a functional version of the protein to be made.

A study has characterized the evolution of the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2, establishing that Omicron is the result of adaptive evolution rather than recombination of previous variants.

A Zika virus vaccine candidate is effective at preventing the Zika virus passing from mother to fetus in preclinical animal studies, according to a new study in the journal npj Vaccines.

Scientists have developed a custom microscope to image microbes in soil and plants at the micrometer scale.

A team of researchers has recently published one of the most comprehensive ocular pharmacokinetic studies that investigated the metabolism of four drugs in the rabbit eye (acetaminophen, brimonidine, cefuroxime axetil, sunitinib).