Hybrid AI architecture improves seizure prediction using EEG signals
Epilepsy affects about 50 million people worldwide and can seriously affect patients’ quality of life. Electroencephalography (EEG), which…
Cigarette smoke alters lung stem cells to drive specific cancers
Chronic exposure to cigarette smoke may reprogram different populations of lung stem cells, which maintain and repair lung…
Study reveals how CaMKIIα proteins organize during memory formation
Researchers at the Nano Life Science Institute (WPI-NanoLSI) at Kanazawa University, Kyoto University, SOKENDAI, and the National Institute…
Study identifies two opposing molecular patterns in autism models
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is associated with more than 1,200 risk genes, raising a fundamental question: Do these…
New prime assembly method enables long and precise DNA insertions
Genomic editing holds great potential yet continues to have its limitations. Most current methods either rely on untargeted gene…
Caloric restriction reduces genetic mutations across the mouse genome
Mutations are changes in the molecular “letters” that make up DNA, the genetic blueprint for cells. Mutations build…
NSF grant supports UH researchers to investigate how mutation rates evolve across species
A nearly $1 million grant from the National Science Foundation will allow University of Houston researchers to investigate…
New genetic mutations linked to malaria drug resistance discovered
Researchers searching for genetic clues to the growing problem of malaria drug resistance identified new mutations associated with…
Scientists uncover how muscle actin filaments grow and renew themselves
Biophysicists unraveled a mystery of how muscles form at the molecular level and how they maintain their function.…
Study links inherited genetics to cancer susceptibility and progression
Scientists have found the first direct evidence of the powerful role our genetic makeup plays in influencing our…
Computationally designed antibody attacks previously untreatable KRAS cancer mutations
Antibodies are like “guided missiles” that find and attack cancer cells, but cancer-causing mutations inside cells have remained…
New BRAF protein conformation opens avenues for cancer treatment
Several types of cancer are triggered by mutations in a protein called BRAF. Researchers at the Paul Scherrer…