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Researchers pinpoint molecular signature of post-stroke depression
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Earlier in 2023, Pennsylvania Senator John Fetterman checked himself into a hospital for clinical depression after suffering a near-fatal stroke. Fetterman's case of post-stroke depression may be one of the most newsworthy, but it is far from rare: Around a third of all survivors develop depression. Now, Stanford Medicine researchers have
September 14, 2023
Researchers pinpoint how Zika virus evades cell’s antiviral response
The world knows SARS-CoV-2 intimately now, but there are more than 200 virus species capable of infecting humans and causing disease. And they all want to do the same thing: invade the host cells, hijack each cell's machinery and reproduce. The human immune response system has numerous levels of robust defense, but many invading pathogens…
January 18, 2022
Biologists pinpoint key factor in immune system response to viral infection
The COVID-19 pandemic has underscored the urgency for science to continue unraveling how viruses infect and how immune systems respond to such threats. University of California San Diego researchers studying how small worms defend themselves against pathogens have discovered a gene that acts as a cell's first-line response against infection. Division of Biological Sciences Postdoctoral…
January 14, 2022
Scientists pinpoint age of molten ‘Einstein ring’
Home News New science from a stunning 2020 Hubble image illuminates the back story behind a shining loop of light.The circle, also called an Einstein ring after the famous physicist who predicted its existence, came about due to a galactic-scale illusion. The galaxy this so-called "molten ring" curls around is called as GAL-CLUS-022058s and it…
September 26, 2021