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A research team has used novel single-cell sequencing methods to analyze the expression of transposons in the brains of Drosophila melanogaster fruit flies. Their findings suggest that these "jumping" genes may rewire neuronal function in these somatic cells.

Findings by Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute (BDI) researchers have pointed to a new combination of treatments that may help breast cancer patients with certain gene mutations.

Magnesium silicide (Mg2Si) is a thermoelectric material that can convert heat into electricity. Though it is known that adding antimony impurities enhances the performance of Mg2Si, the mechanisms underlying this effect are unclear. Now, scientists from Japan shed light on the effects of these impurities at the atomic level.

New lab studies are helping researchers to understand how so called “forever chemicals” behave in soil and water, which can help in understanding how these contaminants spread.

A team of Johns Hopkins neurosurgeons and biomedical engineers has received $13.48 million from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop implantable ultrasound and other devices that could revolutionize care for people suffering from spinal cord injuries.

A rapid and simple method for testing the efficacy of antibacterial drugs has been developed and validated by a team of researchers from Penn State. The new technique is called dynamic laser speckle imaging.

According to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, suicide is the 10th leading cause of death in the U.S., with over 1.4 million suicide attempts recorded in 2018. Although effective treatments are available for those at risk, clinicians do not have a reliable way of predicting which patients are likely to make a suicide attempt.

Both seasonal migration and the maintenance and use of an effective immune system come with substantial metabolic costs. To overcome this, migratory bats favor the energetically “cheaper” non-cellular (humoral) immunity during an immune challenge and selectively suppress cellular immune responses.

Researchers have discovered that a protein called TAp63 controls levels of RNA molecules, which subsequently connects the activities of p53 and AKT, two of the most commonly altered genes in cancer, to promote disease progression.

Ethylene is one of the most important and widely used organic chemicals. Researchers have designed a thin-layer artificial biofilm with embedded cyanobacterial cell factories which were specifically engineered for photosynthetic production of “green” ethylene. The fabricated biofilms have sustained ethylene production for up to 40 days.