Finding ways to get around those broken networks in the brain is an important area of research for those seeking to develop treatment interventions. Now researchers are showing in monkeys …read more Source:: Science
Day: December 7, 2017
CRISPR-Cas9 technique targeting epigenetics reverses disease in mice
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•Scientists report a modified CRISPR-Cas9 technique that alters the activity, rather than the underlying sequence, of disease-associated genes. The researchers demonstrate that this technique can be used in mice to …read more Source:: Science
Heart monitors on wild narwhals reveal alarming responses to stress
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•Stress from human disturbances could cause behavioral responses in narwhals that are inconsistent with their physiological capacities, researchers say. They found that narwhals released after entanglement in nets and outfitted …read more Source:: Science
Revising the story of the dispersal of modern humans across Eurasia
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•Most people are now familiar with the traditional ‘Out of Africa’ model: modern humans evolved in Africa and then dispersed across Asia and reached Australia in a single wave about …read more Source:: Science
Crafty crows know what it takes to make a good tool
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•Biologists have discovered how New Caledonian crows make one of their most sophisticated tool designs — sticks with a neatly shaped hooked tip. New Caledonian crows are the only species …read more Source:: Science