Category: Life sciences

Life Sciences for January & February (74aH*):
   – Complete and functional mitochondria discovered in human blood,
   – Sugar influences reward circuits as addictive drugs,
   – Balance between bacterial infection and septic shock,
   – Retrosplenial cortex and spatial orientation

Life Sciences for November & December (74aH*):
   – Plants emit ultrasounds,
   – Single cell organisms exhibit a hierarchy of avoidance behaviors

Life Sciences for September & October (74aH*):
   – Osteocalcin, plays a key role in the stress response,
   – Regions of the brain associated with lefthandedness,
   – The speed of walking reveals the health of the brain,
   – Benefits of physical and mental activity while getting older,
   – Breathing can affect the cleansing of the brain

Life Sciences for July & August (74aH*):
   – Insects, like humans, experience chronic pain,
   – The rapid increase in allergies worldwide is due to the environment,
   – A new type of cells discovered in the brain of rodents,
   – Discover within subcutaneous glial cells in mice,
   – A newly discovered microbe from deep sea

Life Sciences for May & June (73aH*):
   – The destiny of intestinal cells,
   – the birth of cells,
   – Actin is a key protein for cells,
   – A network of fine blood vessels inside the bones

Life Sciences for March & April 2019 (73aH*):
   – The role of sleep,
   – Memory of the embryonic cells,
   – Intelligence of the plants

Life Sciences for January & February 2019 (73aH*):
   – A communication network among organs and tissues,
   – Pain has both sensory and emotional dimensions,
   – Plants able to rapidly respond to pollinator sounds,
   – Cilia helps with fluid around brain’s ventricles

Life Sciences for November & December 2018 (73aH*):
   – Paralysed patients able to walk,
   – Fasting protects immune system,
   – Huge termite mounds network discovered,
   – Cell’s DNA copied as messenger RNAs,
   – New DNA structure observed into human cells

Life Sciences for September & October 2018 (73aH*):
   – A small molecule can delay vascular aging,
   – A simulator feeding information directly into a person’s brain,
   – The autonomic nervous system (ANS) is controlled by the brain,
   – Gene editing to prevent a lethal metabolic disorder in animals,
   – Cortical inhibitory neurons inhibit other neurons…

Life Sciences for July & August 2018 (73aH*):
   – A single neuron can encode information from two different sounds,
   – Senolytic drugs selectively eliminate senescent cells,
   – Giant neurons found in the nucleus gigantocellularis,
   – A profusion of microorganisms has been identified in the ocean,
   – The epithelial cells in skin and internal organs,
   – The transport system inside our cells uses motor proteins…