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A research team has described the first case of a patient affected by dysfunctions in a nucleoside transporter of the SLC28 gene family, which brings a set of genes which were not related to human pathologies in the scientific bibliography so far

A study has found evidence that the process of synaptic pruning, a normal part of brain development during adolescence, is excessive in individuals with schizophrenia. This study is the first to directly observe excessive synaptic pruning using cells from patients with schizophrenia.

An analysis of data from almost 46,000 people has found that weight loss, nutrient boosting and fat reduction diets can all reduce the symptoms of non-clinical depression.

A study of the differences between healthy brains and those with Alzheimer’s Disease has produced largest dataset of its type ever. And the data, developed by a team of researchers led by Dr Richard Unwin at The University of Manchester, is now freely available online for any scientist to use.

A new gene-editing protein, CasX, may give CRISPR-Cas9 a run for its money. Scientists have determined the unique structure of CasX, revealing that this pint-sized Cas enzyme is dominated by RNA that directs it to specific sequences of DNA, where it binds and cuts the DNA.

Scientists investigated whether hedgerows and their proximity to forests might have a positive effect on the pollination of strawberries.

Memory plays a crucial role in our lives, and several studies have already investigated how we store and retrieve information under different conditions. Typically, stimuli presented at the beginning and at the end of a list are recalled better than stimuli from the middle. But are these findings universal and generalizable across languages and cultures?

A computational method, “CATCH”, can design molecular “baits” for any virus known to infect humans, including those present in low abundance such as Zika. The approach could aid disease surveillance and help to control outbreaks.

During a study spanning nearly a decade, researchers have linked the protein clusterin - for the first time - to many different facets of cardiometabolic syndrome risk through its actions in the liver.

A new use of an old mathematical method analyzes a massive single-cell RNA sequencing experiment to explore how cells move from one state to another.