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‘Living Fossil’ May Upend Basic Tenet of Evolutionary Theory: Natural Selection’s Reach Extends Beyond Genome into Epigenome, Study Suggests

6 years ago ucsf.edu

Crispr-Resistant Viruses Build ‘Safe Rooms’ to Shield Genomes from Enzymes

6 years ago ucsf.edu

In a surprising finding using the standard animal model of Down syndrome, scientists reversed the intellectual deficits, generally thought of as irreversible, with drugs that target the body’s response to cellular stresses, suggesting it may be possible to do the same in humans with Down syndrome.

6 years ago ucsf.edu

After a decade of searching, the scientists who identified the only human gene known to promote “natural short sleep” — lifelong, nightly sleep that lasts just four to six hours yet leaves individuals feeling fully rested — have discovered a second.

6 years ago ucsf.edu

Scientists have shown for the first time that cooking food fundamentally alters the microbiomes of both mice & humans, a finding with implications both for optimizing our microbial health & for understanding how cooking may have altered the evolution of the our microbiomes during human prehistory .

6 years ago ucsf.edu

Doctors have successfully treated an infant with a rare childhood leukemia using a targeted therapy approved for adults with advanced liver and kidney cancer…

6 years ago ucsf.edu cancer

Researchers discovered a scorpion toxin that targets the “wasabi receptor” in nerve cells, responsible for the sinus-jolting sting of wasabi and tears with onions

6 years ago ucsf.edu

Alzheimer’s Disease Destroys Neurons that Keep Us Awake - Study Suggests Tau Tangles, Not Amyloid Plaques, Drive Daytime Napping That Precedes Dementia

6 years ago ucsf.edu disease

Scientists have discovered that a mysterious group of neurons in the amygdala remain in an immature state throughout childhood, and mature rapidly during adolescence, but this expansion is absent in children with autism…

6 years ago ucsf.edu autism

Alzheimer’s Disease Is a ‘Double-Prion Disorder,’ Study Shows

6 years ago ucsf.edu disease