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Basic Cell Health Systems Wear Down In Huntington’s Disease, Analysis Shows

A new computational approach for analyzing complex datasets shows that as disease progresses, neurons and astrocytes lose the ability to maintain homeostasis.

Chemists Boost Boron’s Utility

A strategy for preventing boron-containing compounds from breaking down could help medicinal chemists design new drugs.

Study Shows Need for National Breast Milk Monitoring Programs For PFAS

Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a large family of synthetic organic chemicals that do not occur naturally in the environment.

Study Offers An Explanation For Why The APOE4 Gene Enhances Alzheimer’s Risk

The gene variant disrupts lipid metabolism, but in cell experiments the effects were reversed by choline supplements.

Eyeless Roundworms Sense Color

C. elegans compares the ratio of wavelengths in its environment to avoid dangerous bacteria that secrete colorful toxins.

Study Reveals How Egg Cells Get So Big

Oocyte growth relies on physical phenomena that drive smaller cells to dump their contents into a larger cell.

Faster Drug Discovery Through Machine Learning

New technique speeds up calculations of drug molecules’ binding affinity to proteins.

Cell Division in Embryos: Not a Textbook Case of Symmetry

As cell biologists, Université de Montréal professor Greg FitzHarris and his PhD student Lia Paim are very interested in fertility and what happens inside the eggs and embryos of the mice they study in their lab.

Zoo Enrichment Could Go Further

Zoos and aquariums could improve the lives of a wider range of their animals, new research suggests.

Cannabis Impacts Sperm Counts, Motility in Two Generations of Mice

An intense but short-term exposure to cannabis vapor lowered sperm counts and slowed sperm movement, or motility, not only in the directly exposed male mice but also in their sons.

Researchers Reject 30-Year-Old Paradigm: The Emergence Of Forests Did Not Reduce The Amount Of CO2 In The Atmosphere

CO2 For more than 30 years, researchers throughout the world have assumed that the emergence of forests on the planet reduced the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere. But this is not the case, a new study concludes. The insight it provides can help us understand how we can counter present-day climate change.

Budtenders, Healthcare Providers Seek More Training as Cannabis Use Rises

In the absence of consistent counseling from healthcare providers, women who are pregnant or breastfeeding are getting information on using cannabis from the retail marijuana workers known as budtenders, according to a study led by Celestina Barbosa-Leiker, vice-chancellor for research at Washington State University Health Sciences.

Test Determines Antibiotic Resistance in Less Than 90 Minutes

A technique that measures the metabolic activity of bacteria with an electric probe can identify antibiotic resistance in less than 90 minutes, a dramatic improvement from the one to two days required by current techniques.

Increased Take‑home Methadone During Pandemic Did Not Worsen Outcomes

Relaxing limits on take-home doses of methadone—a medication used to treat opioid addiction—does not appear to lead to worse treatment outcomes, according to a new study led by Washington State University researchers.

Committee Urges Greater Management of Antimicrobials

A new congressionally mandated report recommends ways to hold nursing homes, dialysis centers, and long-term care hospitals accountable for appropriate use of antimicrobials.

Many New College Students Report Pet Separation Anxiety

Pets are not the only ones who experience separation anxiety; their people do too.

Identification of Brucella Protein Could Lead to Infection Treatment

The bacteria that cause brucellosis need to steal food from their hosts’ bodies to survive, and Washington State University researchers may have identified an accomplice: a protein in the host cell.

Sleep Loss Does Not Impact Ability to Assess Emotional Information

It’s no secret that going without sleep can affect people’s mood, but a new study shows it does not interfere with their ability to evaluate emotional situations.

Science Backs Nature as Key to Children’s Health

The presence of greenspaces near homes and schools is strongly associated with improved physical activity and mental health outcomes in kids, according to a massive review of data from nearly 300 studies.