Researchers at Harvard Medical School have identified a new component of the circadian clock, BMAL1, which partners with CLOCK to regulate daily rhythms. The study shows how closely conserved genes are between different organisms and hopes to shed light on the negative feedback part of the circadian loop.
A team of Japanese and American physicists have found evidence of mass and oscillations in neutrinos, elementary particles with the smallest mass yet. The discovery comes from Super-Kamiokande experiment and confirms an anomaly uncovered in 1985, resolving a long-standing mystery in particle physics.
Two teams of scientists have identified similar genes that control the daily cycles of life, revealing a simple feedback loop mechanism. This breakthrough sheds light on how animals like humans regulate their sleep-wake cycles, and may help explain why heart attacks occur more often in the morning.
Macrophages may proliferate in response to HIV integration, causing disease through sequential pathogenesis. Researchers identify potential DNA-interacting drugs to treat AIDS dementia.
A new study by exercise science researchers at the University at Buffalo found that wearing nasal strips has no effect on breathing during intense exercise. The strips may still be beneficial for individuals with exercise-induced asthma, however.
Researchers at Duke University Medical Center have shown that a new type of gene therapy can correct the defect in human blood cells, potentially providing a treatment for sickle cell anemia. The therapy uses ribozymes to edit defective RNA and could lead to a significant reduction in disease symptoms.
A team of physicists from the University of Washington has found evidence that subatomic particles known as neutrinos have mass. The discovery, made in a deep underground laboratory, suggests that muon-neutrinos are changing into other types, indicating they must have mass.
The Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) and the Operational Research Society of Israel (ORSIS) will hold an international convention at Tel Aviv University. Operations researchers use math and science to make sense of millions of details, impacting industries such as airlines, healthcare, and business.