[Immunogenomics] Aging and variability among immune cells
How and why the immune system becomes less effective with age are not well understood. Martinez-Jimenez et al. performed single-cell sequencing of CD4+ T cells in – [Read More] (Source: This Week in Science)
Source: This Week in Science - March 31, 2017 Category: Science Authors: Laura M. Zahn Tags: Immunogenomics Source Type: research
[Neuroscience] The calming effect of breathing
The rhythmic activity of a cluster of neurons in the brainstem initiates breathing. This cluster is composed of distinct, though intermingled, subgroups of neurons. Yackle et al. – [Read More] (Source: This Week in Science)
Source: This Week in Science - March 31, 2017 Category: Science Authors: Peter Stern Tags: Neuroscience Source Type: research
[Cometary Science] The changing surface of a comet
From 2014 to 2016, the Rosetta spacecraft investigated comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko as it passed through the inner solar system. El-Maarry et al. compared images of the – [Read More] (Source: This Week in Science)
Source: This Week in Science - March 31, 2017 Category: Science Authors: Keith T. Smith Tags: Cometary Science Source Type: research
[Carbon Cycle] Digging deeper into soils
Soils contain about twice as much carbon as Earth's atmosphere, so their response to warming is crucial to understanding carbon fluxes in a changing climate. Past studies have heated – [Read More] (Source: This Week in Science)
Source: This Week in Science - March 31, 2017 Category: Science Authors: H. Jesse Smith Tags: Carbon Cycle Source Type: research
[Immunotherapy] CD28 is a critical target for PD-1 blockade
PD-1–targeted therapies have been a breakthrough for treating certain tumors and can rejuvenate T cells to unleash the anticancer immune response (see the Perspective by Clouthier a – [Read More] (Source: This Week in Science)
Source: This Week in Science - March 31, 2017 Category: Science Authors: Priscilla N. Kelly Tags: Immunotherapy Source Type: research
Supported gold ions
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Source: This Week in Science - March 30, 2017 Category: Science Authors: Szuromi, P. Tags: Chemistry twis Source Type: research
Vitamin C prevents microglia activation
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Source: This Week in Science - March 30, 2017 Category: Science Authors: VanHook, A. Tags: twis Source Type: research
Flying foxes in peril
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Source: This Week in Science - March 30, 2017 Category: Science Authors: Fahrenkamp-Uppenbrink, J. Tags: twis Source Type: research
Mtb faces sirtuin death
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Source: This Week in Science - March 30, 2017 Category: Science Authors: Colmone, A. Tags: twis Source Type: research
Photosynthesis evolution in Cyanobacteria
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Source: This Week in Science - March 30, 2017 Category: Science Authors: Zahn, L. M. Tags: Genetics twis Source Type: research
Turning benzene into a C-H bond cleaver
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Source: This Week in Science - March 30, 2017 Category: Science Authors: Yeston, J. Tags: Chemistry twis Source Type: research
Most of Mars' atmosphere has been lost
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Source: This Week in Science - March 30, 2017 Category: Science Authors: Smith, K. T. Tags: Geochemistry, Geophysics, Planetary Science twis Source Type: research
Effects of the tumor microenvironment
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Source: This Week in Science - March 30, 2017 Category: Science Authors: Zahn, L. M. Tags: Medicine, Diseases twis Source Type: research
The epigenetics of face-making
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Source: This Week in Science - March 30, 2017 Category: Science Authors: Hines, P. J. Tags: Neuroscience twis Source Type: research
Consequences of shifting species distributions
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Source: This Week in Science - March 30, 2017 Category: Science Authors: Sugden, A. M. Tags: Ecology twis Source Type: research
