The NIH’s All of Us Database Expands into Multiomics
With RNAseq and proteomics data from thousands of people, the database provides scientists with diverse precision health data on almost 750,000 people to power research.
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How Pregnancy and Motherhood Reshape the Human Brain
Neuroimaging and animal research reveal how pregnancy hormones remodel neural circuits and leave a long-lasting mark on women’s bodies and health.
Annina Schmid Uncovers Neuropathic Pain Signatures
Annina Schmid’s work spans clinical and basic research to reveal the biological underpinnings of peripheral chronic pain, using carpal tunnel syndrome as a model.
Google Plans to Release Millions of Sterile Mosquitoes. Entomologists Debug This Pest-Control Strategy
Google’s Debug project targets a Wolbachia-based approach to curb West Nile virus harboring mosquitoes in California and Florida. Entomologists are optimistic.
Caloric translator controls satiation
Knowing when to stop eating is as important as knowing when to start. This process, known as satiation, relies on coordinated neural and hormonal signals. In the brain, the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus, or PVN, helps regulate feeding and satiation.
Frank Bradke Deciphers the Molecular Secrets of How Axons Grow
Neurobiologist Bradke investigates the cellular mechanisms behind how axons develop to reveal new ways of stimulating their regeneration after spinal cord injury.
Cigall Kadoch Tracks Down Chromatin Remodelers in Cancer
As a biochemist and molecular biologist, Kadoch investigates how cancer hijacks chromatin remodeling complexes in synovial sarcoma and other cancers to identify new treatments.
Nest Building in Birds: Much more than instinct
