Lasker Awards go to rapid neurotransmitter release and modern cochlear implant
A very brainy area of research has scooped up one of this year’s $250,000 Lasker prizes, announced today: The Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award has gone to two researchers who shed light on...
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Alzheimer’s patients with different medical histories might possess distinct variants of amyloid beta fibrils—the basic component of the plaque-like deposits found in the brains of people with the...
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Pain researchers know that, in the immediate aftermath of a severe injury, pain sensitization pathways become active, causing the body to produce opioids—naturally occurring chemicals that inhibit pain...
View ArticleCentipede venom trumps morphine in mouse study of pain
Placing a Chinese red headed centipede on a burn can speed up the healing process, according to ancient Chinese medicine. But a mouse study published today suggests that what the Chinese interpreted as...
View ArticleSeeing through the smoke with the help of research: a conversation with Helen...
NIH Most people stopped doubting the dangers of tobacco long ago. And yet, tobacco products continue to adorn the checkout kiosks of convenience stores and appear in the pages of magazines. The...
View ArticleBundled RNA balls silence brain cancer gene expression
Mirkin lab, Northwestern Scientists have developed a nanotechnology-based way to silence a key genetic switch involved in the formation of glioblastoma brain cancer. The technique, which delayed tumor...
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