Pericyte Control of Neurovascular Function - Pericytes are known to play a key role in the development of cerebral microcirculation but their function in the adult brain and during aging is not clear....
Symbiotic ants defend acacia hosts from elephants - In the savannas of East Africa, tiny symbiotic ants depend on an acacia tree to provide them with housing and food. In return, the ants provide prot...
Mitochondrial links to genomic instability in aging
Mitochondrial links to genomic instability in aging - Understanding why our genomes become more prone to mutations as we age is a key goal of ageing and cancer research. Dr. Dan Gottschling and his co...
Emer Marguire, from Queen's University Belfast with "Why Do We Kiss? The Science of Smooching" - a three minute pitch from the FameLab Northern Ireland Final, an international science compe...
Video Highlight: Author Aristea Binia on her recently published Human Mutation paper entitled "A Polymorphism Affecting MYB Binding Within the Promoter of th......
Heller and colleagues describe a mathematical method that allows a 3D reconstruction of the inner-ear tissue based on the relative location and differentiation status of individual cells....
Blood-Brain Barrier Breakdown and Cognitive Impairment in Humans
Blood-Brain Barrier Breakdown and Cognitive Impairment in Humans - By imaging the living human brain, Montagne et al. show an age-dependent blood-brain barrier (BBB) breakdown in the hippocampus, a re...
Smart T Cell Vaccines: CAR T Cells - by Carl June, MD
Erika Pearce and colleagues challenge previous ideas about T cell metabolism by showing that activated T cells switch from oxidative phosphorylation to aerobic glycolysis not to promote proliferation ...
