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The presence of the Tob gene helps with stress resilience and that its removal leads to an increase in depression, fear, and anxiety.
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Joseph Shavit
- Mar 14
Scientists discover new molecule that kills liver cancer cells
Study has uncovered a potential new approach against liver cancer that could lead to the development of a new class of anticancer drugs.
Joseph Shavit
- Mar 9
Researchers finally explain how the sixth sense really works
We rely on special sensory neurons in our muscles and joints. Without them, the brain wouldn’t know what the rest of our body was doing.
Joseph Shavit
- Mar 9
New pancreatic cancer drug yields life-changing results
Small molecule, found in nearly 30 percent of all human tumors, successfully shrunk tumors or stopped cancer growth of pancreatic cancer.
Joseph Shavit
- Mar 3
Single injection reverses paralysis in people with spinal cord injuries
Researchers have developed a new injectable therapy to reverse paralysis and repair tissue after severe spinal cord injuries.
Joseph Shavit
- Feb 12
Scientists discover major new contributor to Alzheimer's disease
A pathway that begins in the gut and ends with a potent pro-inflammatory toxin in brain cells contributes to the development of Alzheimer’s.
Joseph Shavit
- Feb 7
Stanford scientists develop synthetic molecule that destroys cancerous tumors
Researchers developed a new synthetic molecule that combines a tumor-targeting agent with another molecule that triggers immune activation.
Joseph Shavit
- Feb 6
Scientists redefine obesity with discovery of two major subtypes
Scientists has identified two distinct types of obesity with physiological and molecular differences that have lifelong consequences.
Joseph Shavit
- Feb 2
Groundbreaking pill delivers equivalent results to physical exercise
Reasearcher says the molecules could potentially be hijacked, recoded and “bottled up” in a pill and taken like a vitamin.
Joseph Shavit
- Jan 30
Breakthrough "origin-of-life" molecule found to destroy cancer cells
RNA has been shown to be essential for repairing human genetic material and preventing mutations that might lead to developing cancer.
Joseph Shavit
- Jan 23
Sugar found critical to the prevention and cure of Alzheimer's Disease
Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers say they discovered that a special sugar molecule could play a key role in the development of Alzheimer’s
Joseph Shavit
- Jan 11
Scientists finally answer the fundamental question of how life on Earth began
The missing link isn’t a not-yet-discovered fossil, after all. It’s a tiny, self-replicating globule called a coacervate droplet.
Joseph Shavit
- Jan 6
Stanford scientists develop synthetic molecule that destroys cancerous tumors
Activating the immune system at the site of a tumor can recruit and stimulate immune cells to destroy tumor cells.
Joseph Shavit
- Jan 3
Single injection reverses paralysis in patients with severe spinal cord injuries
A new injectable therapy harnesses “dancing molecules” to reverse paralysis and repair tissue after severe spinal cord injuries.
Joseph Shavit
- Jan 2
Groundbreaking pill delivers equivalent results to physical exercise
The beneficial messages being sent to the central nervous system during exercise are packaged up in what are known as lipid particles.
Joseph Shavit
- Dec 31, 2022
Groundbreaking drug naturally converts ‘bad’ fat to ‘good’ fat
“Metabolism” describes the body’s chemical changes that create the necessary materials for growth and overall health.
Joseph Shavit
- Dec 23, 2022
Sugar molecules found critical to the prevention and cure of Alzheimer's Disease
Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers say they discovered that a special sugar molecule could play a key role in the development of Alzheimer’s
Joseph Shavit
- Dec 21, 2022
Researchers use machine learning to get a first-ever view of small molecules
A new machine learning model will help scientists identify small molecules, with applications in medicine and drug discovery.
Joseph Shavit
- Dec 19, 2022
Researchers finally solve the mystery of why ice is slippery
Sliding on ice is a familiar experience.
Faraday hypothesized that ice forms spontaneously a thin quasi-liquid layer on its surface.
Joseph Shavit
- Dec 17, 2022
Researchers solve the mystery of how a single cell turns into majestic trees
Researchers have demonstrated for the first time one way that a small molecule turns a single cell into something as large as a tree.
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