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Researchers have discovered a way to better predict progression of Alzheimer's disease. By imaging microglial activation levels with positron emission tomography (PET), researchers were able to better predict progression of the disease than with beta-amyloid PET imaging, according to a study published in the April issue of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.

What goes into making plants taste good? For scientists, it takes a combination of botany, machine-learning algorithms, and some good old-fashioned chemistry.

Mobile cells move around obstacles in dense tissue by selecting for larger pore sizes, according to a recent study published in the journal Nature.

The American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG), along with several co-signing organizations, issued a position statement today outlining whether, and to what extent, there is a responsibility to recontact genetic and genomic research participants when new findings emerge that suggest their genetic information should be interpreted differently, which would allow participants to benefit from current genomics advances.

Precise experiments have revealed for the first time how Lou Gehrig's disease, or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), progresses on a genetic and cellular level. The work opens new avenues for developing potential treatments for the disease, which affects around 450,000 people worldwide.

A study of the vaccine against human papillomavirus (HPV) has found a reduction of nearly 90% in the cancer-causing virus since the treatment was brought into Scottish schools a decade ago.

Research on the X chromosome points to an abnormality in the immune system’s T cells as a possible contributing factor in lupus and other autoimmune diseases.

Researchers have proposed new guidelines to overcome current problems facing scientists developing synthetic nucleic acids - such as antisense oligonucleotides and double-stranded RNAs - as drugs and research tools.

Unprecedented structural insight has been achieved into how plant immune receptors are primed – and then activated – to provide plants with resistance against microbial pathogens.

Foster care provides valuable information about dog behavior that can help homeless dogs living in shelters find forever homes. Researchers found short-term fostering benefitted shelter dogs in Arizona, Utah, Texas, Montana and Georgia. Stress hormone levels were reduced during one- and two-night sleepovers, and dogs also rested more during and immediately following a sleepover.