by Natalie Young | Jun 13, 2019 | Neuroscience
The amyloid precursor protein (APP) has always been villainized as a major cause of Alzheimer’s disease. One of its fragments, the amyloid-beta peptide (Aβ), can break off and accumulate in the brain, giving rise to the puffy white globs known as senile plaques that...
by Natalie Young | Jun 7, 2019 | Neuroscience
Analysis of the first fully-sequenced genome of the Siberian hamster shows how these small, seasonal breeders adapt their bodies and energy usage to survive the winter. The research, published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, also...
