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| An up-close view of bacterial 'motors' Posted: 29 Mar 2016 12:34 PM PDT Over millennia, bacteria have evolved a variety of specialized mechanisms to move themselves through their particular environments. In two recent studies researchers used a state-of-the-art imaging technique to capture, for the first time, three-dimensional views of this tiny complicated machinery in bacteria. |
| Psychotherapy for depressed rats shows genes aren't destiny Posted: 29 Mar 2016 08:24 AM PDT Genes are not destiny in determining whether a person will suffer from depression, reports a new study. Nurture can override nature. When rats genetically bred for depression received the equivalent of rat 'psychotherapy,' their depressed behavior was alleviated. And, after the depressed rats had the therapy, some of their blood biomarkers for depression changed to non-depressed levels. |
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