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Disease proceeds along two independent tracks, suggesting new treatment approaches.

A study from St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital sheds light on the mechanisms governing feeding behavior in fruit flies and how skeletal muscle communicates energy needs to the brain.

Using a fluorescent probe that lights up when brain cells are electrically active, MIT and Boston University researchers have shown that they can image the activity of many neurons at once, in the brains of mice.

Researchers are helping usher in a new age of cardiac pacemakers by using stem cells found in fat, converting them to heart cells, and reprogramming those to act as biologic pacemaker cells.

Researchers have developed new methods that could make it significantly faster to produce gene-edited plants, hoping to alleviate a long-standing bottleneck in gene editing.

Scientists have established a new gene-therapy technique, by transforming human cells into mass producers of tiny nano-sized particles full of genetic material.

Just in time for Christmas, scientists have published the results of their research on the influence of fatty breakfasts and dinners on lipid metabolism.

Scientists have investigated the previously unchartered territory of the neurobiology underlying collective memory.

Researchers have developed a simple tool that shows the survival probability of a person with dementia disease over three years, with the hopes this will facilitate dialogue with the most seriously affected and help doctors and others plan care.

Researchers have shown how two gene mutations alter the function of neuronal cilia - antennae-like protuberances found on many cell types. The resulting dysfunctional cilia affect axonal connectivity and leads to rare Joubert syndrome-related disorders (JSRD).