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Social inequality was "recorded on the bones" of Cambridge's medieval residents, according to a new study of hundreds of human remains excavated from three very different burial sites within the historic city center.

While approximately two thirds of patients respond to anti-epileptic drugs, the remainder are refractory to treatment and show drug resistance. Researchers have now discovered that reduced communication between astrocytes appears to exacerbate the epileptic activity of neurons. This finding points towards a potential new target for suppressing epileptogenesis.

Researchers have developed an antibody as a biosensor, to continuously monitor rapid changes in the concentration of EGFR, a protein present on cancer cells and in body fluids.

Scientists from UNSW Sydney have developed a ceramic-based ink that may allow surgeons in the future to 3D-print bone parts complete with living cells that could be used to repair damaged bone tissue.

A team of scientists from Aarhus University (AU) and Aarhus University Hospital (AUH) has identified genetic variants that increase the likelihood of nocturnal enuresis (NE) – commonly referred to as bedwetting.

In a promising result for the success of vaccines against COVID-19, rhesus macaque monkeys infected with the human coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 developed protective immune responses that might be reproduced with a vaccine.

Laser beams are used to change material properties precisely. However, the underlying processes generally happen unimaginably fast and at such a small scale that they have so far eluded direct observation. Researchers have now managed to film, for the first time, the laser transformation of a crystal structure with nanometre resolution and in slow motion in an electron microscope.

A new study suggests that a lot of people might be going through life with symptoms that resemble concussion - a finding supporting researchers' argument that athletes recovering from a brain injury should be assessed and treated on a highly individualized basis.

Researchers used cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) to capture the structures of RNA polymerase while in complex with DNA and showed how its activity is changed in response to poor-growth conditions.

Using water samples and environmental data gathered over 48 hours or less, engineers have developed a new predictive technique for forecasting coastal water quality. It could be used to keep tabs on otherwise unmonitored coastal areas, a critical step in protecting public health and the ocean economy.