02 September, 2018

An international team reveals that human genome could contain up to 20% fewer genes, suggesting that humans may have only 19,000 coding genes, 3,000 fewer than the sum of the three reference annotations of the human genome and a much lower number than the 100,000 predicted just twenty years ago.


Stroke doubles dementia risk. The study analyzed data on stroke and dementia risk from 3.2 million people across the world. Their findings give the strongest evidence to date that having a stroke significantly increases the risk of dementia.


A study of 1000 adolescents has found in both ADHD and emotional instability disorders , the brain exhibits similar changes in overlapping areas, meaning that the two types of conditions should be seen as related and attention should be paid to both during diagnosis.


Ciprofloxacin, a common Antibiotic, depletes mitochondrial DNA and blocks both cell proliferation and differentiation, possibly explaining some of the serious side effects of fluoroquinolone antibiotics


Scientists find water cloud in Jupiter's Great Red Spot, sparking the possibility of finding life


The mystery behind how birds navigate is a protein in their eyes that lets them "see" Earth's magnetic fields.


World’s first wearable sensor to safely monitor lithium drug levels will soon be able to be used by people living with bipolar disorder and depression, making monitoring their lithium levels as easy as putting on a t-shirt, as reported in ACS Sensors.