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A study has shed light on how tau proteins move through the brain and why some areas of the brain are more vulnerable to damage than other areas.

Scientists have devised a novel way of tackling the mounting issue of plastic pollution… by using bacteria to transform plastic waste into vanilla flavoring.

A survey of animal studies showed that most behavioral testing is conducted during the day when the nocturnal rodents would normally be at rest.

New research from scientists at the Universities of Aberdeen and Leicester has identified an area of the brain that drives cravings for protein-rich food.

Scientists were able to show for the first time how Pseudomonas bacteria use a self-produced signal molecule to manipulate phages in a competing bacterial strain selectively to defeat their enemy. This targeted control of phages provides entirely new biotechnological and therapeutic approaches.

Researchers have created a plant-based, sustainable, scalable material that could replace single-use plastics in many consumer products.

Researchers have made strides toward deepening the understanding of metastasis by tracking the development of metastatic cells.

Researchers have discovered that cis P-tau, a toxic, non-degradable version of a healthy brain protein, is an early marker of vascular dementia and Alzheimer's disease.

Researchers have tested an algorithm on 700,000 patient records in east London, to find out if the data routinely collected by GPs can reveal cases of Familial Hypercholesterolemia - a leading cause of heart attack in young people. The study was published in the journal Heart.

Researchers have studied the polymorphisms of neurotransmitter metabolism genes in patients with prostate cancer.