Study: Neural inflammation plays critical role in stress-induced depression — (Details)
A group of Japanese researchers has discovered that neural inflammation caused by our innate immune system plays an unexpectedly important role in stress-induced...
Study: Chemists characterize the fatal fungus among us — (Details)
Life-threatening fungal infections affect more than two million people worldwide. Effective antifungal medications are very limited. Until now, one of the major challenges...
Study: Scientists uncover the role of a protein in production and survival of myelin-forming...
The nervous system is a complex organ that relies on a variety of biological players to ensure daily function of the human body....
Study: Infrared sensor as new method for drug discovery — (Details)
Using an infrared sensor, biophysicists at Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB) have succeeded in analysing quickly and easily which active agents affect the structure of...
Study: Scientists develop proteins that self-assemble into supramolecular complexes — (Details)
A collaborative research team based in Japan has designed new proteins that can self-assemble into the complex structures underlying biological organisms, laying the...
Study: Why does making new egg cells require so much cell death? (Details)
A highly detailed study of how the roundworm C. elegans forms oocytes suggests that the egg-making process leads to the formation and subsequent...
Study: Small-molecule drug reactivates dormant nerve pathways; could complement regenerative strategies — (Details)
Most people with spinal cord injury are paralyzed from the injury site down, even when the cord isn't completely severed. Why don't the...
Study: Mixed mRNA tails act like a shield that delays its shortening — ...
One method cells have to reliably curb the amount of specific proteins at any desired time is the control on mRNA degradation. As...
Study: Study sheds light on how the brain encodes complex information — (Details)
Back in the early days of telecommunications, engineers devised a clever way to send multiple telephone calls through a single wire at the...
Study: Scientists discover a mechanism of drug resistance in breast and ovarian cancer —...
There is a highly sophisticated way to treat some breast and ovarian cancers -- a class of drugs called PARP inhibitors, designed to...
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Hey ISIS, You Suck: Local Muslims Post Anti-ISIS Billboard
A new billboard on Manchester Road in Missouri reads, "HEY ISIS, YOU SUCK!!! From: #ActualMuslims."
A group of Muslim-Americans have put up a blunt billboard...
