The search for new molecules and biological targets for antidepressant drug discovery remains a challenge for contemporary psychiatry. Such work is needed to understand the fundamental molecular ...

MINNEAPOLIS/ST. PAUL (July 19, 2013) – Researchers at the University of Minnesota have identified infection-fighting and inflammation-suppressing functions for a gene associated with human autoimmune ...

A combined genetic and mathematical modelling approach helps scientists interpret genetic information in the parasite population with high precision in considerably less time. An international ...

CAMBRIDGE, MA -- Only about 1 percent of the human genome contains gene regions that code for proteins, raising the question of what the rest of the DNA is doing. Scientists have now begun to discover ...

Traumatic injury to the brain, spinal cord and optic nerve in the central nervous system (CNS) are the leading cause of disability and the second leading cause of death worldwide. CNS injuries often ...

1. Corridors are commonly used to connect fragments of wildlife habitat, yet the identification of conservation corridors typically neglects processes of habitat selection and movement for target ...

Neuroscientists say they have found a new function for the SYNGAP1 gene, a DNA sequence that controls memory and learning in mammals, including mice and humans. Johns Hopkins Medicine neuroscientists ...

PESHAWAR: The working groups on local governments on Friday directed the relevant departments to identify the functions and areas of jurisdiction to be devolved to the city and tehsil local ...