The scent of food sets the stage for courtship. On the left, five male and five female flies actively court in the presence of food odors. Without this odor cue, flies on the right remain nearly motionless. (Credit: Ruta lab)…
Posted October 23, 2026 | Reviewed by Tyler Woods Seven million years ago, the evolution of humans and chimpanzees suddenly split from their common ancestor. New research finds that a retroviral infection inserted viral DNA into the genome of early chimpanzees can account…
Source: EMBL / Wellcome Sanger Institute / DKFZ / Nature For decades, oncology dogma maintained that this state-shifting was stochastic and chaotic, creating an unpredictable moving target that easily evades single-agent therapies. The breakthrough emerged from a foundational effort to map glioblastoma biology…
A neurobiology investigation led by researchers at UC San Francisco, Yale University, and the Max Planck Institute reveals how the brain transforms unpalatable tastes into beloved foods over time. Published in Nature, the study maps an internal, “slow” dopamine circuit…
Furthermore, the team discovered that an X-linked transcriptional activator called ZFX, which escapes X-chromosome inactivation and is expressed at higher levels in females, acts as a master regulator of this convergent network—uncovering the molecular machinery underlying the female protective…
Alzheimer's disease is a degenerative brain disorder in which amyloid beta protein abnormally aggregates and accumulates in the brain, damaging nerve cells. In particular, when the protein tangles into long, rigid fibers, it is known to impair nerve cell function…
Study shows that one species’ males are only interested in mating when they detect the aroma of food—a courtship behavior that’s tightly tuned to their specific ecology. image: The scent of food sets the stage for courtship. On the…
For most of history, the question “What makes a mind?” belonged to philosophers. And then one day, machines started talking back. A chatbot today can draft a sermon, explain a proof, or tell you it understands how you feel. Whether…
Bioengineer.org News Source: Cassandra Pierce. (November 4, 2026). Histone Marks May Hold Alzheimer’s Inflammation in a Persistent State. Scienmag.
image: WVU neurobiologist Eric Horstick (right) works with postdoctoral researcher John Hageter in the Horstick Lab, where a nearly $1 million National Science Foundation CAREER award will help advance research into how early-life temperature changes affect brain development and behavior while…
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