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Expression of a single gene programs an immune system helper T cell that fuels rapid growth and diversification of antibodies in a cellular structure implicated in autoimmune diseases and development of B cell lymphoma, scientists at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center reported today in Science Express, the advance online publication of the journal Science.

The pharmaceutical development division of AAI Pharma has been acquired by Chicago private equity firm Water Street Healthcare Partners. The deal was closed on July 16.

The brain would provide insights into how our perceptions of the world are interpreted and stored, and how consciousness arisesThe world's first synthetic brain could be built within 10 years, giving us an unprecedented insight into the nature of consciousness and our perception of reality.Scientists working on the Blue Brain Project in Switzerland are the first to attempt to 'reverse-engineer' the mammalian brain by recreating the behaviour of billions of neurons in a computer.Professor Henry Markham, director of the project at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, has already simulated parts of the neocortex, the most 'modern' region of the brain, which evolved rapidly in mammals to cope with the demands of parenthood and social situations.Markham's team created a 3D simulation of around 10,000 brain cells to mimic the behaviour of the rat neocortex. The way all the cells connect and send signals to each other is just as important as how many there are.'You need one laptop to

Schizophrenia is a severely debilitating psychiatric disease that is thought to have its roots in the development of the nervous system; however, major breakthroughs linking its genetics to diagnosis, prognosis and treatment are still unrealized.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Two teams of Chinese scientists have made a major advance in mice in the development of a new kind of stem cell that doesn't involve destroying embryos....

Scientists have long known of dissimilarities in anatomy and activity between the brains of women and men--now a rodent study shows that even individual neurons behave differently depending on sex.Robert Clark of the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and his colleagues found that cultured neurons from female rats and mice survived longer than did neurons from their male counterparts when facing starvation. Such sex differences had been evident for decades in other body tissues, but so far no one had looked at brain cells, Clark says. When he and his team deprived the cells of nutrients, female neurons consumed mainly fat resources to stay alive, whereas large amounts of male cells started to eat up their own protein-based building blocks--and subsequently died. [More]

A common variation of the gene involved in regulating serotonin and norepinephrine in the brain may be linked to problem behaviors in adults with developmental and intellectual disabilities, new research indicates.

A bill to reauthorize a Department of Energy program for natural gas vehicle research, development, demonstration and deployment won overwhelming approval Tuesday in the U.S. House.

Suntech Power Holdings Co. Ltd. has recently entered into a strategic agreement with China Huadian New Energy Development Co. Ltd. (HNE) to develop a total of 500 megawatts (MW) of utility-scale and commercial roof-top solar projects in Jiangsu and Shanghai provinces over the next three years.