New ALS treatment target identified: STAUFEN-1 protein reduction protects brain cells from ...

University of Utah researchers at the Pulst-Scoles Laboratory have discovered that reducing levels of the STAUFEN-1 protein ...

Cracking sleep's evolutionary code: Neuron protection traced back to jellyfish and sea anemones

A new study from Bar-Ilan University shows that one of sleep's core functions originated hundreds of millions of years ago in ...

Even Brainless Jellyfish Sleep—and It May Explain Why You Need Rest Too

Sleep is one of life’s most universal behaviors. Despite its ubiquity, it’s also one of the most mysterious. Humans spend ...

We may have one thing in common with jellyfish, new research finds

Humans began sleeping as a way to partly help reduce DNA damage in nerve cells, scientists at Bar-Ilan University in Israel ...
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How Shark DNA Preserves Razor-Sharp Eyesight Over Hundreds of Years

The longest living vertebrate on Earth may have a thing or two to teach us about maintaining our eyesight into old age. New ...
Beyond Pesticides

Farmers and Farmworkers Face DNA and Cellular Damage with Chronic Pesticide Exposure, Study ...

(Beyond Pesticides, May 29, 2025) A study, published in Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology, “investigates genotoxic effects on farmers in Paraíba, Brazil, analyzing buccal mucosa cells [cells ...

Scientists Were Wrong for Decades: What Looked Like DNA Knots Turned Out To Be Something ...

What scientists long believed were knots in DNA may actually be persistent twists formed during nanopore analysis, revealing an overlooked mechanism with major implications.