The endocannabinoid system is found throughout the brain and body and plays a key role in everything from memory and learning ...

Most communication between neurons is mediated by the neurotransmitter glutamate. The finding that temperature influences how glutamate binds to neuronal receptor proteins to initiate signal ...

Soluble TAM receptors (sTAMs) could serve as biomarkers for RA, indicating disease activity, severity, and prognosis, though standardized detection methods are needed. TAM receptors could emerge as ...

Ozempic being a household name, GLP-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RAs), a class of medications have garnered significant attention for their ability to treat diabetes, promote weight loss, and reduce ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. – The ability to accurately detect heat and pain is critical to human survival, but scientists have struggled to understand on a molecular level exactly how our bodies sense these ...

Researchers have discovered the exact structure of the receptor that makes our sensory nerves tingle when we eat sushi garnished with wasabi. And because the "wasabi receptor" is also involved in pain ...

The activation of taste receptors by various food molecules triggers specific pathways, resulting in the sensation of taste. The association of chloride ion, a component of table salt, with a sweet ...

RICHMOND, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--BioAge Labs, Inc. ("BioAge"), a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing therapeutic candidates for metabolic diseases, such as obesity, by targeting the ...

Dan Berkowitz might never have noticed the phenomenon if not for the new lights. In 2012, Johns Hopkins University’s Berkowitz had just moved to a lab space where the lights were motion-activated, and ...

There are many kinds of T cells, and they play different parts in defending the body. Some T cells kill infected cells, ...