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Genetic Alteration of Individual Animal Cells

Mother Jones. Credit: Scientists at ETH Zurich have devised a technique for genetically modifying individual cells separately within animals. This innovation streamlines the research process, eliminating the need for numerous animal experiments. By applying this novel approach, the scientists have pinpointed genes linked to a severe, rare genetic disorder. Typically, investigating the genetic origins of...

Quantum Algorithms Conserve Time in the Calculation of Electron Dynamics

The calculations allow the electron densities and the changes after excitation to be determined with high spatial and temporal resolution. Here, the example of the lithium hydride molecule shows the shift of electron density from cyanide (red) to lithium (green) during a laser pulse. Credit: F. Langkabel / HZB Scientists have examined the capacity of...

What Makes The Human Brain Different? Study Reveals Clues

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain What makes people brain distinct from that of all other animals-- including also our closest primate relatives? In an analysis of cell kinds in the prefrontal cortex of 4 primate species, Yale researchers identified species-specific-- particularly human-specific-- features, they report on Aug. 25th in the journal Science. And they discovered that what...

Brain’s Structural and Functional Alignment Can Differ with Sex, Age and Is Possibly Genetic, Research Suggests

The level to which the brain's wiring aligns with its activity patterns can differ with sex and age and could be hereditary, proposes research published by Weill Cornell Medicine investigators. The study finds that this alignment might additionally have ramifications on cognition. The results released July 12 in Nature Communications assist shed light on one...