A computer model has been developed that can predict what word you are thinking of. The model may help to resolve questions about how the brain processes words and language... New Map Reveals Dynamic Variation in Human Genome
A team of researchers led by Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator Evan E. Eichler at the University of Washington has produced the first high-resolution map showing the structural variation that exists in the human genome... Disclosing drug makers payments to docs gets boost
Legislation that would require prescription drug makers to disclose payments to doctors got a boost ... For a Sharp Brain, Stimulation
AMERICANS may worry about heart disease, stroke and diabetes, but they downright dread Alzheimer’s disease, a recent survey found. ... AIDS and the Next 25 Years
Later this month, researchers will gather at the Institut Pasteur in Paris to mark the quarter century ... Molecular Action May Help Keep Birds on Course
Four decades after scientists showed that migratory birds use Earth's magnetic field to orient themselves during their seasonal journeys, researchers have at last found a molecular mechanism that may explain ... Spending Money on Others Promotes Happiness
Although much research has examined the effect of income on happiness, we suggest...
Protein Structure Initiative: Phase 3 or Phase Out
In the early 1990s when structural biologist Andrzej Joachimiak was working in the labs...
Researchers Hone Their Homology Tools
The Protein Structure Initiative (PSI) is churning out new protein structures at a pace never seen...
The question of how the human brain represents and organizes conceptual knowledge seems impossibly complicated to answer, given how even simple nouns, such as "celery," might be expected to activate neurons in various areas, such as ...
Genetics of gene expression and its effect on disease
Common human diseases result from the interplay of many genes and environmental factors.
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Variations in DNA elucidate molecular networks that cause disease
Identifying variations in DNA that increase susceptibility to disease is one of the primary aims of genetic studies using a forward genetics approach. However, identification of disease
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Therapeutic potential of statins in thyroid proliferative disease
The thyroid gland is a frequent site of abnormal epithelial cell proliferation. Proliferative diseases
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Are You a Morning Person?
Some neurotransmitters, such as dopamine, have been implicated in adjusting a person's mood. The circadian clock mechanisms
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A protein that makes breast cancer spread
Researchers pinpoint protein 'boss' that controls gene expression...
Happiness Is a Personal(ity) Thing
You can't buy happiness but it looks like you can at least inherit it, British and Australian researchers said
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Understanding biological functions through molecular networks
The completion of genome sequences and subsequent high-throughput mapping of molecular
networks have...
AIDS Vaccine Research
In the News of the Week story "Trials of NIH's AIDS vaccine get a yellow light"
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