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A big shift in our knowledge of small RNAs
New pathway found for microRNAs, powerful and versatile regulators
Lively, hardy, and inexpensive, the zebrafish is a popular species for beginning tropical-fish hobbyists. An attractive small fish native to the Ganges River and other freshwater sites in South Asia, it is also a darling of developmental biologists because, in addition...
Ixodes scapularis? There’s an app for that!
Thanks to faculty and students at the Yale School of Public Health (YSPH), users of Apple’s popular iPhone can better protect themselves against Lyme disease, the most prevalent insect-borne disease in the United...
VA hospital with Yale affiliation gets top marks for care
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has ranked the VA Connecticut Healthcare System (VACHS) in West Haven, Conn., first in the country among the system’s tertiary facilities for its clinical care. “We’re not...
A familiar voice speaks up for Alzheimer’s patients, research
It began with a sweatshirt. In December 2007, when Tony- and Emmy-Award-winning actor David Hyde Pierce appeared on the Today show to promoteCurtains, the Broadway comedy in which he was then appearing, an alert viewer...
Advances
Faulty histamine gene is a factor in Tourette’s
Best known for triggering symptoms of hay fever, histamine also acts as a neurotransmitter in the...
Read more...A new sort of stem cell is aimed at Parkinson’s
Parkinson’s disease, which degenerates motor function and speech, results from a loss of...
Read more...Getting ‘pumped’ aids kids’ diabetes control
In type 1 diabetes, autoimmune damage to insulin-producing cells in the pancreas causes abnormally...
Read more...Building a case against an Alzheimer’s culprit
In 2009, a team from the lab of Stephen M. Strittmatter, M.D., Ph.D., reported in Nature that small...
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